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The State Line Herald
North Lemmon, Adams County, North Dakota
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The U.S. government, under President Taft, approves a plan by Secretaries Wilson and Ballinger to reclassify forest lands, stripping over four million acres unsuitable for forests from reserves and restoring them to public domain for homestead settlement, based on Gifford Pinchot's ideas.
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Washington, Feb. 10—More than four million acres of land will be stripped from the forest reserves of the United States in the near future and restored to the public domain for homestead settlement through the government's policy in carrying out Gifford Pinchot's idea as to the classification of forest lands.
This is the initial result of President Taft's approval of a plan jointly submitted to him a few days ago by Secretaries Wilson and Ballinger for the reclassification of these lands.
The lands involved are those not suitable for forest purposes and represent more than 2 per cent of the total forest area. As three fourths of the forest domain still is unclassified it is difficult to estimate what will be the total elimination when the whole area has been mapped out.
It cannot be stated at this time what withdrawals will be made, as the subject is under consideration.
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Washington, United States Forest Reserves
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Feb. 10
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More than four million acres of land unsuitable for forest purposes will be removed from U.S. forest reserves and restored to public domain for homestead settlement, following President Taft's approval of a reclassification plan by Secretaries Wilson and Ballinger based on Gifford Pinchot's classification ideas.