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Gerald Ford: “Although the first Federal forester had been hired just 100 years ago in 1876, it was the establishment of the forest…”

On the recordOctober 21, 1976
Although the first Federal forester had been hired just 100 years ago in 1876, it was the establishment of the forest reserves in 1891 which sped the development and practice of professional scientific forestry.
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Gerald Ford
Republican · Michigan

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Statement on Signing the National Forest Management Act of 1976.

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