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President Roosevelt appoints Richard Achilles Ballinger as a member of the commission on the public lands, and designates him as chairman.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-03-30
President Roosevelt asks Will C. Barnes to serve on a committee of stockmen that will advise the Public Lands Commission on methods to control, protect and improve the public pasture lands; and wants Barnes to meet with the Public Lands Commission in Washington, D. C. in February.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-01-30
President Roosevelt asks Martin Henry Garn to serve on a committee of stockmen that will advise the Public Lands Commission on methods to control, protect and improve the public pasture lands; and wants Garn to meet with the Public Lands Commission in Washington, D. C. in February.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-01-30
President Roosevelt asks Henry A. Jastro to serve on a committee of stockmen that will advise the Public Lands Commission on methods to control, protect and improve the public pasture lands; and wants Jastro to meet with the Public Lands Commission in Washington, D. C. in February.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-01-30
President Roosevelt asks Murdo Mackenzie to serve on a committee of stockmen that will advise the Public Lands Commission on methods to control, protect and improve the public pasture lands; and wants Mackenzie to meet with the Public Lands Commission in Washington, D. C. in February.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-01-30
President Roosevelt asks Daniel P. Smythe to serve on a committee of stockmen that will advise the Public Lands Commission on methods to control, protect and improve the public pasture lands; and wants Smythe to meet with the Public Lands Commission in Washington, D. C. in February.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-01-30
President Roosevelt asks Frank M. Stewart to serve on a committee of stockmen that will advise the Public Lands Commission on methods to control, protect and improve the public pasture lands; and wants Stewart to meet with the Public Lands Commission in Washington, D. C. in February.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-01-30
President Roosevelt asks Senator Warren to serve on a committee of stockmen that will advise the Public Lands Commission on methods to control, protect and improve the public pasture lands; and wants Warren to meet with the Public Lands Commission in Washington, D. C. in February.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-01-30
Listing and description of seven commissions, conferences, and congresses convened by President Theodore Roosevelt, five of them in the last year of his presidency. These gatherings dealt with land use and the conservation of natural resources. Each entry notes when the meeting occurred and includes the scope of its mandate. A text box containing contact information for the Theodore Roosevelt Association also appears in this article.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
1999
John A. Gable provides a comprehensive accounting of the conservation record of President Theodore Roosevelt, and in ten quotations dating from 1905 to 1912, Roosevelt explains his philosophy of conservation. Roosevelt stresses that natural resources must be carefully managed for future generations and that conservation is the most important issue facing the country. Gable lists the 21 reclamation projects, 150 national forests, 51 bird refuges, and 4 national game preserves established by Roosevelt during his presidency. Gable also lists the 5 national parks and 18 national monuments created during Roosevelt’s tenure. He also notes the 7 different commissions and conferences called by Roosevelt during his presidency to study issues related to conservation and natural resources.
Photographs of Roosevelt at the dedication of the Roosevelt Dam in Arizona, at a federal bird refuge in Louisiana, and on horseback supplement the text.
A listing of the officers of the Theodore Roosevelt Association along with the members of its executive, finance, and Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace committees is included in the article.