d, cut-over, or denuded lands the watersheds of navigable which are necessary to regulate ow of navigable streams or to e timber. The Act appropriated $9 à dollars to purchase 6 million f land in the eastern United States purpose of establishing national CLARKE-MCNAIR ACT Act of June 7, 1924. (43 Stat. 653) to provide for the protection of lands, for the reforestation of ed areas, for the extension of al forests, and for other purposes, der to promote the continuous ction of timber on lands chiefly e therefor. his Act established the transfer of tional Forests to State and private This Act also increase the desire e suppression as a purpose of the Service. MCSWEENEY-MCNAIR ACT Act of May 22, 1928. An Act to insure adequate supplies of timber and other forest products for the people of the United States, to promote the full use for timber growing, and other purposes, of forest lands in the United States, including farm wood lots and those abandoned areas not suitable for agricultural production, and to secure the correlation and the most economical conduct of forest research in the Department of Agriculture, through research in reforestation, timber growing, protection, utilization, forest economics, and related subjects, and for other purposes. This Act authorized a comprehensive Forest Service research program. The Act also offered federal aid to the States for the prevention and suppression of forest fires. ct to promote effectual planning, lopment, maintenance, and dination of wildlife, fish, and game The Act established a Public Land Law review commission which was charged to make a comprehensive review of the public land laws and the rules, regulations, policies and practices of Federal, State and local governments and agencies; recommend any necessary |