Show 47 ax V acs V movement to P preserve reserve forests traced gracea to 1873 following the civil war settlements sprang up throughout the west wesl wood to la greater and greater quantities was needed and louder than before the note of alarm was bounded we were using up and burning up our timber with rightful rapidity from europe scholars were returning guys forest and mankind they told how france Germi germany iny and other countries were able to have the penny and the cake both how bow they were able to cut timber broin from their forests yair year niter after year and still have increasing quantities io in 1873 a committee of forestry of the american association tor for the advancement van Tan cement of science presented a report to congress jt stressing the imbor tanca of pre preserving servin aur ur oresta forests and la in answer to this the first significant stepa step forward was wag made by the federal government it appointed a forest agent to investigate conditions later this position expanded and grew into the division of forestry effry |