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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
Pomona Faculty Publications and Research
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.
French Lessons: F.P. Baker, American Forestry, And The 1878 Paris Universal Exposition, Char Miller
French Lessons: F.P. Baker, American Forestry, And The 1878 Paris Universal Exposition, Char Miller
Pomona Faculty Publications and Research
Although he never became a forester, F. P. Baker did much to advance the profession’s cause. Its potential became clear to him while serving as a U.S. Commissioner to the 1878 Paris Exposition, during which he reported on European forestry, its scientific methods and political meaning. Returning home, he was inspired to advance forestry in America.
Amateur Hour: Nathaniel H. Egleston And Professional Forestry In Post-Civil War America, Char Miller
Amateur Hour: Nathaniel H. Egleston And Professional Forestry In Post-Civil War America, Char Miller
Pomona Faculty Publications and Research
Nathaniel Egleston, the second head of the U.S. Division of Forestry (1883–1886), is a forgotten figure in the history of early American forestry. The one-time minister became a tireless advocate for trees in the post-Civil War era, writing innumerable and well-received essays and pamphlets. But his enthusiasm did not translate into administrative success, and he was replaced by Bernard Fernow, who in turn was succeeded by Gifford Pinchot; the pair’s scientific training signaled the professionalization of American forestry.
Deep Roots: The Late Nineteenth Century Origins Of American Forestry, Char Miller
Deep Roots: The Late Nineteenth Century Origins Of American Forestry, Char Miller
Pomona Faculty Publications and Research
The U.S. Forest Service celebrated its centennial in 2005, an event that depended on a set of individuals who in the years immediately prior to the agency’s creation in 1905 labored quietly, and sometimes not so quietly, to defuse opposition to the idea of it within the executive and legislative branches. Surely the most crucial of these figures was Gifford Pinchot, then head of the Bureau of Forestry, and President Theodore Roosevelt: animating their activism was a shared conviction that conservation of the nation’s natural resources would save the United States from economic ruin and a collective faith that a …