 | Civil service - 1917 - 180 pages
...civil-service law. On February 1, 1905, by act of Congress, the administration of the National Forests was transferred from the Department of the Interior to the Department of Agriculture, and it was provided that forest supervisors and rangers should be selected, when practicable, from qualified... | |
 | Reynolds Library - Reference books - 1898 - 350 pages
...United States Entomological Commission, nos. 1-4, 6, 7. Wash. 1877-87. 8°. [Norn: This commission was transferred from the Department of the Interior to the Department of Agriculture by acts of 1880 and i88i.J REPORT of the United States Entomological Commission, 2-4. Wash. 1880-85.... | |
 | Colonial Society of Massachusetts - Local history - 1906 - 548 pages
...New Series, zx. 722-727. By an Act of Congress approved 1 February, 1905, the Forest Reserves were transferred from the Department of the Interior to the Department of Agriculture (United States Statutes at Large, zxziii. 628). other parks established by Congress which are under... | |
 | Colonial Society of Massachusetts - Massachusetts - 1906 - 568 pages
...New Series, ix. 722-727. By an Act of Congress approved 1 February, 1905, the Forest Reserves were transferred from the Department of the Interior to the Department of Agriculture (United States Statutes at Large, xxxiii. 628). other parks established by Congress which are under... | |
 | United States. 59th Congress, 2d. session, 1906-1907 House. [from old catalog] - 1907 - 1194 pages
...bureau organization was necessary in order to carry it on effectively; and when the forest reserves were transferred from the Department of the Interior to the Department of Agriculture a still different form of organization became necessary, and it was properly called the Forest Service.... | |
 | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Agriculture - Seed distribution - 1907 - 442 pages
...Gentlemen, substantially the situation, with reference to the forest reserves, is as follows: When they were transferred from the Department of the Interior to the Department of Agriculture, two appropriations were consolidated, making together, in about equal amounts from each bureau, $850,000.... | |
 | Julian Hawthorne - United States - 1910 - 440 pages
...country's waning forests for future usefulness. In 1905 control of the national forest reserves had been transferred from the Department of the Interior to the Department of Agriculture and a new "Forest Service" created, which marked a long step forward in the preservation of forests for... | |
 | Oregon State Board of Forestry - Forests and forestry - 1922 - 432 pages
...beginning of federal influence in forestry in the state. In 1905 the administration of these "reserves" was transferred from the Department of the Interior to the Department of Agriculture and the name changed to "National Forests." This transfer marked the beginning of a broad, progressive... | |
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February 1, 1905, the forest reserves were transferred from the Department of the Interior to the Department of Agriculture and have since been known as the National Forests, administered by the Forest Service. 
