The Glenwood post., 1907-03-09
ENLARGEMENT OF
FOREST RESERVES
President Roosevelt issues Orders
Taking In Seventeen 1iIIiOn
Acres of Ldnd--FOreStdIIS
Efforts of Congress
SEVEN IN COLORADO INCREASED


million acres of forest lands have been
added to the forset reserve by plocla-
nations issued by President Roosevelt
made public today. Thirty two for
est reservations are created or increas-
ed in area by these proclamations.
The following memorandum bearing
on the subject was made public at the
White house today:
'These forest reserves were deter
mined upon and the preparation of
the necessary papers ordered some
mont hs ago-in two thirds of the
cases some years ago-in the exercise
of the duty imposed upon me by act of
congress of March 3, 1891. The ut
most care and del Iteration have been
exercised in deciding upon the boun-
daries of the proposed reserves; in all
but very few cases long continued
and detailed field examinations have
ditions all amply sufficient to justify
the proposed action.
The necessary proclamations un-
der existing law now come before me,
and the question is presented whether
l should refrain from acting under
the existing law because there is now
under consideration by congress pro
posal to change the law so as to re-
quire congressional action upon the
1oest reserves.
eff 1 did not act reservations
which l consider very important to
the United States would be wholly or
in part ssipated before congress has
an opportunity again to consider the
matter, while under the action which
propose to take they will be pre-.
served; and if congress differs flom
me in this action it will have full
opportunity in the future to take such
position as it may desire anent the
discontinuance of the reserves, by
affirmative action, taken with the
fullest opportunity for considering the
subject by itself and ON its own mer-
its. If by any cnance land more val
liable for other purposes than for for
est reserves is shown to have been in
cluded in those reserves, l forth with
shall restore it to the entry.
"Failure op my part to sign these
proclamations would mean that i'm
mense tracts of valuable timber
would fall into the hands of the lum
ber syndicates before congress has an
opportunity to act, whereas the crea-
tion of the reserves means that this
timber will be kept in the interest of
the homemaker for our entire pnr-
pose in this forest reserve policy is to
keep the land for the benefit of the
actual settler anC homemaker, to
further his interests in every way,
Vhd while using the natural resources
uSathe country for the benefit of the
present generation, also to use them
in such manner as to keep them un
impaired for the benefit of the chill.
dren now growing up to inherit the
land. This is the final and exclusive
object, not merely of our forest policy,
but of our whole public land policy.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT 7.
THE White House, March ., 1907. -
The reservations created or in
creased follow:
Toiybe forest reserve, Nevada !;
Wanaha forest reserve, Oregon and
Washington, Las Animas, Colorado
and New Mexico; Colville. Wyoming :;
Holy Cross, Colorado; Uncompahgre
Colorado; Park Range, Colorado I'm.
naha. Oregon; Big Belt, Montana; !;
Big Hole, Idaho and Montana; Otter,
Montana; Lewis and Clark, Montana
Montezuma, Colorado; Olympic,
Washington; Little Rockies. Mon
tana; San Juan, Colorado; Medicine
Bow, Colorado and Wyoming; Vel
lowstone, Idaho, Montana and Wyo-
ming Port Neuf, Idaho; Priest
River, Idaho and Washington; Cabi-
net, Montana and Idaho; Rainier
Washington; Washington reserve,
Washington; Ashland, Oregon, Co.
guile. Oregon; Cascade. Oregon
Umpqua, Oregon; Blue Mountain,
Oregon