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President Roosevelt approves the circular that Secretary Hitchcock will issue regarding modifying the laws about grazing practices, with slight adjustments.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-01-02
After discussing the matter of grazing rates in forest reserves with Attorney General William H. Moody and Secretary of Agriculture James Wilson, President Roosevelt disagrees with Senator Patterson about the matter. He encloses letters between himself and Wilson that show that their policy is made in the interest of the smaller ranchmen and stockmen.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-12-21
President Roosevelt approves of Secretary of Agriculture Wilson’s plan to update grazing fee policies in National Forest reserves. The plan will prioritize small local homesteaders and larger ranchers before allowing large transient cattlemen to graze their stock there.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-12-21
Gifford Pinchot expresses his concerns on public lands, land settlement, and land reclamation in this memorandum. He proposes “better administration” by reorganizing the Department of the Interior and “better law” by repealing the Timber and Stone Act, revising the Homestead Law, and improving agricultural prospects on desert land through several proposed measures by the Department of Agriculture.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-1909
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson reports to President Roosevelt on grazing fee policies in National Forest reserves, especially in light of cattlemen protests. Wilson informs Roosevelt that grazing fees are only a third of their value, and that there is a fee reduction this year from home-builders and small stock owners. Wilson notes that Department of Agriculture will allocate the limited number of reduced fee permits to small stock owners, reserve range occupants, and transient cattle owners, in that order. Wilson also touches on policies related to reserve land division, improvements, and law enforcement.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-12-20