"Message From the President of the United States, Transmitting A Report of the Secretary of Agriculture in Relation to the Forests, Rivers, and Mountains of the Southern Appalachian Region", U.S. Government

Sets forth the "economic need of prime importance to the welfare of the South...of protecting through wise use a mountain region whose influence flows far beyond its borders with the waters of the rivers to which it gives rise." Secretary James Wilson's report recommends the creation of a national forest reserve in the Southern Appalachian region. 4to, 210 pp. with 78 plates including 2 folding maps. Hardbound in original green cloth.

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