History of the Weeks Act
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December 16th, 2010 | Author: NHPTV
Explanation of the legislative history of the Weeks Act, passed in 1911. The Weeks Act enabled the creation of the eastern national forests. The clip is a DVD extra from “The Greatest Good,” a documentary on the history of the U.S. Forest Service: http://www.foresthistory.org/Publications/new.html#greatest
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