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Plymouth Colony passsed America's 1st ordinance controlling timber sales
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History
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Regulations on deer hunting made in Rhode Island
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Conneticut and Massachusetts imopsed limits on deer hunting
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U.S. forests produce a billion board feet of lumber
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New York Sporting Club formed
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First Game and Fish Commission created in MA
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35 billion board feet of lumber produced
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American Forestry Association organized
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Congress authorized creation of forest reserves from public-owned land.
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Gifford Pinchot became head of USDA's Forestry Division
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Division of Forestry upgraded to Bureau status, became U.S. Forest Service
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46 billion board feet of lumber produced
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U.S. and Great Britain signed Migratory Bird Treaty
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Migratory Bird Treaty Act passed
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Dr. Hugh H. Bennett and W.R. Chapline published USDA's 1st Soil Conservation Bulletin
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Aldo Leopold published Game Manangent
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Duck Stamp Act passed
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Soil Erosion Serivce moved to Department of Agriculture
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United States Fish and Wildlife Serivce Department of Interior formed
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U.S. Forest Service's national forest system covered 182 million acres
