. American forestry. Forests and forestry. io8 AMERICAN FORESTRY were subsequently created. In the lat- ter part of 1902 he examined proposed forest reserves in Utah, and recom- mended boundary lines for the Logan, Manti, and Aquarius forest reserves, all of which have since been established. In 1903 Mr. Potter was in charge of the field party which made examination of forest boundaries in California, which resulted in the creation of the forests which now compose the Trinity, Plumas, Klamath, Shasta, and Modoc National Forests. In 1904 he was as- signed, at the request of the President, to se
. American forestry. Forests and forestry. io8 AMERICAN FORESTRY were subsequently created. In the lat- ter part of 1902 he examined proposed forest reserves in Utah, and recom- mended boundary lines for the Logan, Manti, and Aquarius forest reserves, all of which have since been established. In 1903 Mr. Potter was in charge of the field party which made examination of forest boundaries in California, which resulted in the creation of the forests which now compose the Trinity, Plumas, Klamath, Shasta, and Modoc National Forests. In 1904 he was as- signed, at the request of the President, to service on the Public Lands Com- mission as an expert. He made a spe- cial report on this work, which was pub- lished as Bulletin 62, "Grazing on the Public ; In 1905, when the National Forests were transferred to the Department of Agriculture, Mr. Potter was made Chief of the Branch of Grazing. In July, 1908, he was made Assistant For- ester, in charge of the Branch of Graz- ing. In this position he started the Gov- ernment's work in the improvement of National Forest ranges, incluindg the forage investigation, the inauguration of a campaign to rid the ranges of preda- tory animals, investigations to eradicate poisonous plants on ranges, and ex- periments in pasturing sheep, as a pos- sible substitute for the herding system in some parts of the A Western Hemlock, Cascade Mountains, Washing'on, Showing Thick, Rough Bark of the Mountain Form. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original American Forestry Association. Washington, D. C. : American Forestry Association
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