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  2.                              NATIONAL FOREST SERVICE
  3.                            CELEBRATES 100TH ANNIVERSARY
  4.  
  5.  
  6.          On March 30, 1891, with little fanfare, the United States
  7.          took its first step toward a national forest system by
  8.          establishing the Yellowstone Park Forest Reserve. Before
  9.          this date, government policy was to dispose of public
  10.          lands.
  11.  
  12.          Sportsmen, scientists and others saw the devastation being
  13.          wrought upon vast tracts of beautiful land. These
  14.          concerned citizens convinced Congress and President
  15.          Harrison of the benfits of public ownership and management
  16.          of natural resources.
  17.  
  18.          With the Creation Act of 1891, the complex of National
  19.          Forests, wildlife refuges and national parks began. This
  20.          Act, along with the Organic Act of 1897, initiated the
  21.          idea of conservation and the wise use of natural resources
  22.          and public lands -- a concept that has survived for 100
  23.          years.
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