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Nature, Gardens & Animals
Our national forests
Richard Hans Douai Boerker
226 pages~4 hr 31 min read38 chapters$4.99
Why does a nation set aside its forests, and who benefits? Richard Boerker lays out the case for the American national forests: their extent, their creation, and the public good of managing timber, water and wildlife for the long haul. A clear primer on early conservation. Understand the forests held in common for everyone.
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38 chapters
- 1OUR NATIONAL FORESTS
- 2PREFACE
- 3INTRODUCTION
- 4FORESTRY AS A NATIONAL PROBLEM
- 5THE EXTENT AND CHARACTER OF OUR NATIONAL FORESTS
- 6WHY THE NATIONAL FORESTS WERE CREATED
- 7HOW THE NATIONAL FOREST POLICY HAS BENEFITED THE PEOPLE
- 8TABLE OF CONTENTS
- 9ILLUSTRATIONS
- 10OUR NATIONAL FORESTS CHAPTER I THE CREATION AND ORGANIZATION OF THE NATIONAL FORESTS
- 11ECONOMIC CONDITIONS WHICH LED TO FOREST CONSERVATION
- 12THE FIRST STEPS IN FEDERAL FOREST CONSERVATION.
- 13THE FIRST FOREST RESERVES ESTABLISHED MARCH 30, 1891
- 14AN ANOMALOUS CONDITION—FOREST RESERVES WITHOUT FOREST ADMINISTRATION
- 15THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE RESERVES UNDER THE GENERAL LAND OFFICE
- 16THE CONSOLIDATION OF THE FORESTRY WORK IN THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE IN 1905
- 17THE PRESENT ORGANIZATION OF THE FOREST SERVICE
- 18CHAPTER II THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE NATIONAL FORESTS
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