[275]This agency was later transferred to the Department of Agriculture.
[276]Richard G. Lillard, op. cit., p. 264.
[277]Ibid., p. 270.
[278]Ibid. National Legislation Executive Almanac in Brief:
1876—$2,000.00, appropriated to employ a competent man to investigate timber conditions in the United States. June 30, 1886—Act creating Division of Forestry in Department of Agriculture. March 3, 1891—President authorized to establish Forest Reserves; Yellowstone Park Timberland Reserve proclaimed by President Harrison on March 30, 1891. June 4, 1897—Present National Forest Act passed. July 1, 1901—Division of Forestry becomes Bureau of Forestry. February 1, 1905—Bureau of Forestry becomes Forest Service. March 1, 1911—Weeks Law passed. April 11, 1921—Snell Bill introduced in Congress. May 2, 1921—Capper Bill introduced in Congress. June 7, 1924—Clarke-McNary Bill signed by President. April 30, 1928—McNary-Woodruff Act signed by President. May 22, 1928—McSweeney-McNary Act signed by President. Jan. 1, 1931—Creation of the Timber Conservation Board. 1937—The Norris-Doxey Act. 1944—The Cooperative Sustained Yield Act.
Other Acts closely related to the Forestry program include, Civilian Conservation Corps, the Agricultural Adjustment Administration, Public Works Administration, Taylor Grazing Control Act, Farm Security Act, and Tennessee Valley Authority.
[279]“National Parks and National Forests,” a statement by the National Park Service, Department of the Interior and the Forest Service, Department of Agriculture.
[280]Earl of Dunraven, op. cit., p. 34.
[281]William T. Hornaday, Our Vanishing Wild Life (New York: New York Zoological Society, 1913), p. 2.
[282]Ibid., p. 63.