Resume of Arizona Wool Growers' Association minutes, ca. 1897-1923.

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Resume of Arizona Wool Growers' Association minutes, ca. 1897-1923.

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Summary: Typescript summary of minutes of the Arizona Wool Growers Association created by Paul Roberts while researching the history of the association. The minutes cover the period from 1897, when the organization first began keeping written minutes, to 1923, when the first permanent secretary was employed. Roberts has annotated the minutes with additional background information and provided a history of the Arizona Wool Growers' Association. During this period, the Forest Service put controlled grazing into effect on the national forests, and strong efforts were made to place grazing on the public domain lands under control.

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Arizona Historical Society, Southern Arizona Division

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Arizona Historical Society, Southern Arizona Division

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Roberts, Paul H. (Paul Henley), 1891-

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Biographical note: Forest Service employee; Roberts arrived in Arizona in 1912 and worked as a member of a Forest Service Range Reconnaissance crew, later became Inspector of Grazing for the Southwestern Region of the Forest Service. Still later, from 1922 to 1931, he served in Holbrook, Arizona as Supervisor of the Sitgreaves National Forest. From the description of Resume of Arizona Wool Growers' Association minutes, ca. 1897-1923. (Arizona Historical Society, Southern Arizona Divi...

United States. Forest Service

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The evolution of the USDA Forest Service is rooted in the General Provision Act of l89l 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 l897 when the President was authorized to establish reserves in order to protect watersheds, to preserve timber, and to provide lumber for local use. There was no provision for management or...