| PAGE |
| Preface | vii |
| Introduction | xiii |
| Forestry as a National Problem | xiii |
| Our consumption of wood | xiii |
| The lumber industry | xiv |
| Our future lumber supply | xv |
| Forests and stream flow | xvi |
| Forests and erosion | xvii |
| Forestry a public enterprise | xviii |
| The Extent and Character of Our National Forests | xix |
| How the Government obtained the National Forest lands | xix |
| The romance of the National Forest region | xx |
| Famous scenic wonders near the Forests | xxii |
| The size and extent of the National Forests | xxiv |
| The topography and climate of the National Forest region | xxvi |
| Why the National Forests were Created | xxvii |
| How the National Forest Policy has Benefited the People | xxx |
| The remaining timber resources were saved | xxx |
| The use of forage and water resources was regulated | xxxii |
| The Forests were protected from fire and trespass | xxxv |
| The watershed cover was preserved | xxxvii |
| Civilization brought to the mountains | xxxviii |
| Agricultural lands opened to settlement | xxxix |
| Permanent and not temporary civilization resulted | xl |
| Financial returns | xliii |
| The new eastern National Forests | xlvii |
| I The Creation and Organization of the National Forests | 1 |
| Economic Conditions Which Led to Forest Conservation | 1 |
| Prodigality leads finally to conservation | 1 |
| The march of forest destruction | 2 |
| Our lumber and water supply imperiled | 5 |
| The First Steps in Federal Forest Conservation | 6 |
| The upbuilding of the West | 6 |
| The Lake States first to act | 7 |
| The first federal steps | 8 |
| The Act of August 16, 1876 | 9 |
| Further work under the Act | 11 |
| The First Forest Reserves Established March 30, 1891 | 12 |
| The situation before 1891 | 12 |
| The need of the forest policy | 13 |
| The Act of March 3, 1891 | 14 |
| An Anomalous Condition—Forest Reserves Without Forest Administration | 14 |
| Readjustment of Stumpage rates | 194 |
| Refunds | 194 |
| The Disposal of timber to Homestead Settlers and Under Free Use | 195 |
| Sales to homestead settlers and farmers | 195 |
| Free Use | 195 |
| Timber Settlement and Administrative Use | 198 |
| The Rental of National Forest Range Lands | 200 |
| Importance of the live-stock industry | 200 |
| Permits issued in 1917 | 201 |
| Kinds of range, grazing seasons, and methods handling stock | 202 |
| Grazing districts and grazing units | 205 |
| Who are entitled to grazing privileges | 207 |
| Grazing permits | 211 |
| Grazing fees | 214 |
| Stock associations | 215 |
| Protective and maximum limits | 216 |
| Prohibition of grazing | 218 |
| Protection of grazing interests | 219 |
| Special Uses | 220 |
| Claims and Settlement | 223 |
| The National Forest Homestead Act | 224 |
| The mining laws | 229 |
| Coal-land laws | 230 |
| Administrative Use of National Forest Lands | 230 |
| Water Power, Telephone, Telegraph, and Power Transmission Lines | 230 |
| Appendix | 233 |
