The Development of Forest Law in America. A Historical Presentation...
Kinney, J.P. The Development of Forest Law in America. A Historical Presentation of the Successive Enactments, the Legislatures of the Forty-eight States of the American Union and by the Federal Congress, Directed to the Conservation and Administration of Forest Resources. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1917. First edition. xviii, 254, xxi pp. With Errata slip bound in at page 241. Publisher's green cloth hardcover with gilt stamped spine. Previous owner's signature on front pastedown, else internally clean. A very good copy. $75. * First edition. The author was the Chief Supervisor of Forests, of the United States Indian Service. This work surveys the development of state and federal forest legislation in the United States over three centuries, which was directed to the preservation of existing forest resources, the reforestation of cut-over or burned over areas, the extension of forest areas and the systematic management of forests for productive purposes. Kinney also includes references to laws regarding forest fires, shade trees and other related subjects.
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