...they would be reserved as National Forests "to improve and protect the forest within the boundaries, or for the purpose of securing favorable conditions...and necessities of citizens of the United States." 40 By the time it closed federal lands to entry under the homesteading statutes, Congress had discovered...

...Act for the Forest Service. At that time Congress described the purposes of the National Forest Act: "No public forest reservation shall be established,...and protect the forest within the reservation or for die purposes of securing favorable conditions of water flows, and to furnish a continuous supply of...

...particular ability to meet public needs, originally identified as "to improve and protect the forests . . ., securing favorable conditions of water flows, and to furnish a continuous supply of timber". Today these lands are cherished as well for their natural beauty and abundance of wildlife. Wyoming...

...the opening provision of the 1897 Act, which was not disturbed by the 1976 Act: No national forest shall be established except to improve and protect the forest within the boundaries. As well as to: ... or for the purpose of securing favorable conditions of water flows,...

...these conflicts, we must start in 1897, when Congress stated in the Organic Act for the Forest Service no public forest reservation shall be established...reservation or for the purpose of securing favorable condition of water flows, and to furnish a continuous supply of timber for the use and necessities...

...lose sight of the purpose behind establishing the National Forest System under the Organic Act of 1897 "securing favorable conditions of water flows, and...continuous supply of timber for the use and necessities of the citizens of the United States" (16 USC 475). Riparian areas and wetland conservation areas established...

...meaning).29 The "Organic Act" of 1897 (30 Stat. 34) stated that a major purpose of the forest reserves was "to furnish a continuous supply of timber for the use and necessities of citizens of the United States."30 The "Multiple Use-Sustained Yield Act" (74 Stat. 215) defined sustained yield as "the achievement...

...violates the Organic Act of 1897 which established the national forests for the protection of watersheds and to 'furnish a continuous supply of timber for the use and necessities of citizens of the US". Again, this shift in mission will ultimately impact the management on the ground. The proposed...

...money to handle the forest, to produce less timber, when your basic organic act says no national forest shall be established, except to improve and protect the forest within the boundaries, or for the purpose of securing favorable conditions of water flows, and to furnish a continuous...

...forest reserves be managed to "improve and protect the forest within the boundaries, for the purpose of favorable conditions of water flows, and to furnish a continuous supply of timber" Transferred Bureau of Forestry to USDA and created the Forest Service Enabled cooperative work with...