History of the Forest Service in the Southwest Photograph Collection [Picture]. [1930-1960]

  1. Resources
  2. View Resource

ArchivalResource

History of the Forest Service in the Southwest Photograph Collection [Picture]. [1930-1960]

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/43681383

27 photographic prints ; 20 x 25 cm.9 photonegatives ; 35 mm.

University of New Mexico-Main Campus

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 7531481

University of New Mexico-Main Campus

Related Entities

There are 2 Entities related to this resource.

United States. Department of Agriculture

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6p66cd9 (corporateBody)

The United States Department of Agriculture was established in 1862 by President Abraham Lincoln and was elevated to a Cabinet level organization by President Grover Cleveland in 1889. The Department of Agriculture assists farmers and producers of food as well as creating policies and programs related to food distribution and nutrition information. The United States Department of Agriculture controls a number of regional offices through out the continential United States and its territories....

United States. Forest Service. Southwestern Region

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6cc635s (corporateBody)

The evolution of the USDA Forest Service is rooted in the General Provision Act of 1891 in which Congress authorized the President to designate particular areas of the forested public domain to be set aside as "reserves" for future use. The number and size of these reserves increased notably in 1897 when the President was authorized to establish reserves in order to protect watersheds, to preserve timber, and to provide lumber for local use. On February 1, 1905, Secretary of Agriculture James Wi...