County forest development plats, 1914-1946.

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County forest development plats, 1914-1946.

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Series 2 of record group 70-129 consists of county forest development plats (1914-46) from the Forestry Division of the Michigan Dept. of Conservation. Contains township maps of selected Michigan counties that apprear to have been prepared in 1918, with the possible exception of seven plats which may have been drawn as early as 1914. These maps, originally created by Marcus Schaaf, the state forester, often show such cultural and physical characteristics of townships as settlements, roads, railroads, swamps, lakes and rivers. Land owned by Michigan is shaded in yellow, with notes of how the property came into the hands of the state. Occasional marginal notes describe the nature of vegetation cover, and the percent of land in each township that was state, federal or privately owned. The plats were occasionally updated through 1946.

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Michigan. Department of Conservation

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The 1925 Clark-McNary Act expanded the provisions of 1911 Federal legislation creating the National Forest System (Weeks Law). It made it easier for the United States Department of Agriculture to buy land from those sellers whose property was located within the National Forest System. The act also enabled the National Forest Service to work with state officials in forest protection and reforestation efforts. From the description of Documentation relating to the acquisition of the Eas...

Michigan. Forestry Division

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Schaaf, Marcus.

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