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Plymouth colony passed America's first ordinance controlling the sale of timber
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Regulations on deer hunting were imposed by the town charter of Newport, Rhode Island
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Two colonies, Connecticut and Massachusetts, imposed limits on the deer hunt
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New york sporting club was formed
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The first state administrated game and fish commission was created in Massachusetts
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the american forestry association was organized to promoste timber culture and forestry
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common wealth of Massachusetts authorized its cities to purchase "municipal forests" to protect their watersheds
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only 500,00 deer in North America
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Gifford Pinchot became head of the USDA's forestry Division
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Practically no deer in most of the Eastern states
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The weaks law gave the president authority to purchase forest lands for river watershed protection
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The United States and great Britain signed the Migratory Bird treaty
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Migratory Bird Treaty Act was passed
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The Federal government began to assume some responsibility for flood control
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Deer population had returned to all those states
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The Duck Stamp Act was passed
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The federal government instituted a program of grants to farmers
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The flood control act authorized the SCS to develop and implement plans for umpstream soil and water conservation in order to reduce sedimentation and flooding
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The Secretary of Agriculture set the policy that all SCS work on private land be done only through such association
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The United States forest service's national forest system covered 182 million acres
