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At The Creation: The National Forest Commission Of 1896-97, Gerald W. Williams, Char Miller
At The Creation: The National Forest Commission Of 1896-97, Gerald W. Williams, Char Miller
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Among the central forces in the creation of the legislation necessary to establish federal forestry was the National Forest Commission. Its members included some of the leading conservationists of the 1890s, including Charles Sprague Sargent and Gifford Pinchot; John Muir was an unofficial member. Its final report advocated the establishment of a national forest system and served as the basis for the so-called Organic Act, which cleared the way for active management on federal forests and grasslands. Unlike the other articles, this one contains several excerpted documents interspersed with exposition.