The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-02-23
More Than Twerty Million Acres Added to
the Forest Reserve by Thirteen
PrOclamatiOns
Far-Reaching in Effect.
important to the West.
The Most Valuable Body of Timber in the
Interior of the Continent Is
Included.

serve is one of the most rugged, difficult,
least known and least settled parts of the
United States.
No. 9-The Olympic forest reserve occupies
the high and broken Olympic mountain region
in Northwestern Washington, and contains an
estimated area Of 21SO,SOO acres. This pro-
posed reserve no doubt contains for it's area
the largest and most valuable body of timber
belonging to the nation.
No. 10-The Mt. Rainier forest reserve was
originally established by executive order of
Feb. 20, 1893, the Pacific forest reserve"
The proclamation extends the reserve south
ward along the two slopes of the Cascade
mountains nearly to the Columbia river, and
changes the name from the Pacific to the
Mt Ranier forest reserve. The proposed
extension makes the total area of The Mt.
Rainier reserve 2,234, $50 acres.
No. 1.-THE tanislaus reserve extends north
along the slopes of the Sierra Nevada noun
ta1ns In California, and embraces an area of
69l, 200 acres.
No. 12-The San Jacinto forest reserve en-
braces the San Jacinto mountains in Southern
California and is separated from the existing
San Bernardino forest reserve by the San
Georgonio pass. Estimated area 731, 2SO acres.
No. 13-The Uintah forest reserve embraces
both slopes of the eastern part Of the Uintah
mountain range in Northern Utah and the
northern slope only of the western part of
this range, the southern slope being part of
the Uintah Indian reservation.
The report of the commission con-
clUdeS with the statement that it full
ly recognized the fact that the forest
reserves established and proposed can
not be maintained unless play can be
adopted under which their boundaries
can be modified SO as to take from
them all lands better suited for agri-
culture than for the production OF
forests, and under which their timber
can be made available for domestic
and commercial purposes and valuable
minerals can be freely sought for and
mined within their boundaries. The
commission is now engaged in perfect
ing a scheme of forest management
which it believes will make the aid
ministratiOn of the reserves possible.
Secretary Francis says: THE deep
and growing interest in the preSerVa-
ton of our forests will make the act Of
President Cleveland very popular with
all except those who have selfish de-
signs on the forests. The timber
growth in most or many Of the older
states has been ruthlessly laid waste;
in some sections the settlers are real
iZing it's scarcity, its cost for domestic
uses growing greater from year to
year. Furthermore, these forests are
the great reservoirs of the country;
they preserve the SHOWS, which, when
protected, furnish a good and oppor-
tune supply of water to the streams.
but If exposed to the sun form de-
structive floods and inflict irreparable
damage. to be followed by unbroken
drOuthS.
This forestry commission which has
done such good work will now fOrmu-
late for submission to congress,
through the secretary Of the interior
a forestry policy, to provide for the
protection of these wonderful reserva-
tons from the depredations Of sacrili-
gous men as we'll as from the ravages
of fire -