The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-10-14

the Department of Agriculture. His
torically the first national park
preceded the establishment of any
national forest. The Yellowstone
National Park was created in 1872;
and the first national forest not
until 1891. However, the national
forest system did not become ex-
tensively established until after
1905, and the national park system
not until after 1916. Some of the
national parks or additions were
created through the transfer of out
standing scenic areas from the ma
tional forests.
"Since the national forests and
the national parks were not estab-
lished concurrently and force of
circumstances at times dictated the
establishment of arbitrary division
lines it has happened that national
forests have embraced areas that
should be withdrawn from utiiiza-
ton; likewise the national parks
have included areas that should be
placed under forest management.
To effect coordination in policy and
the complementary development of
the resources of each class of reser-
walton the National Council on Out
door Recreation requested the Presi-
dents Committee on Outdoor Re
creation to undertake a study OF
the problem.
son February 10, 1925. the Presl-
dents committee formally appointed
commission to investigate and re-
port to the committee on all pro-
jects under consideration by the
Department of Interior and Agra-
culture dealing with the proposed
engagements or adjustments OF
national parks or forests which in
volve the interests of the two de-
partments. The commission as
created consisted of DR.. Henry w.
Temple, member of congress from
Pennsylvania, chairman; Mr.. Chas.
Sheldon of the Boone and Crockett
Club; Major William A. WEIGH,
cher engineer of the Palisades In
terstate Park commission; Colonel
w. B. Greeley, chief of the United
States Forest Service; Mr.. stephen
T. Mather, director of the National
Park Service; Mr.. Darlington Moore
of the Council on Parks, Forests
and Wild Life; Mr.. Duncan McDuffle
of the Sierra Club, and Mr.. Arthur
Ringland of the National Confer
ence on Outdoor Recreation, secre-
tary.
'"This commission spent the sea-
sons of 1925 and 1926 in the field
and examined proposed adjustments
in the boundaries of national parks
and national forests in Wyoming,
Arizona, California, and Oregon.
Four projects have now been ap-
proved by congress: the Sequoia,
Mt. Rainier, Rocky Mountain and
Grand Canyon National Park pro-
jects; the Yellowstone Park project
is pending action; and field work on
the Yosemite and Crater National
Park projects has been completed.
"The work of the Coordinating
Commission it is hoped. has estab-
lished the principles which should
govern the INTERPRETATION of national
parks and national forests. Usually
these reservations have coterminous
boundaries and therefore coordi-
nation in administration is an OBJ
vious necessity. Each class repre-
SCENTS an essential phase of the con-
servation of national resources; ma
tional parks an example of the COM
plete preservation of natural en-
vironment, and the national forests
an example of economic use of the
annual income of natural capital
Thus the national parks perpetuate
the social enjoyment of the unmodi-
fled resources. The national forests
through the conservative use OF
their material resources, perma-
nently contribute to the mainte-
nance of local and national wealth. +"