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Search - Hearings Before The Committee On Agriculture On Bills Having For Their Object The Acquisition Of Forest And Other Lands For The Protection Of Watersheds ... Of The Navigability Of Navigable Streams

Hearings Before The Committee On Agriculture On Bills Having For Their Object The Acquisition Of Forest And Other Lands For The Protection Of Watersheds Of The Navigability Of Navigable Streams
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HEARINGS BEFORE THE COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE ON BILLS HAVING FOR THEIR OBJECT THE ACQUISITION OF FOREST AND OTHER LANDS FOR THE PROTECTION OF WATERSHEDS AND CONSERVATION. OF THE NAVIGABILITY OF NAVIGABLE STREAMS ALSO OTHER PAPERS BEARIXG ON THE SAME SUBJECTS - 1909 -The CHAIRMANG.- Gentlemen of the committee, I wish to say that about two weeks b... more »efore the session of Congress opened I was requested to grant a hearing to some gentlemen who wished to a pear here in the interest of the White Mountain and Appalachian forest project. It was too late, then, to communicate with members of the committee individually and hear from them, and I therefore took the liberty-of calling this meeting, taking their assent for granted, and I am glad to note the presence of a very large portion of the committee. I understand that at a meeting held last evenin of those who are interested in this matter it was decided to ask 8 overnor Guild, of Massachusetts., to conduct the hearing. Before introducing him however, I mish to make a few statements touching the attitude oi the committee toward this measure, which may, perhaps, have something of suggestion in them to those who are to speak. In the first place, I wish to say that the committee is fairly well educated on the general proposition. It has been discussed before us at considerable length and by very able entlemen. In the second place the opinion of the Ju iciary Committee of the House seems to leavc this committee with no alternative but to exclude from consideration any question of the purchase of forest lands for the mere purpose of preserving the forests. Under that opinion we can only consider the propriety of such purchase in the event that a direct ancl substantial connection can be shown between the preser-I vation of the forests and the continued maintenance of the navigability of navigable streams. Therefore, what I think the c o h i t t e e desires f articularly to have this morning is facts bearing directly on this atter proposition. We want to know, if any of the gentlemen who are to appear before us are prepared to state it, just how much difference in the stream flow of some individual navigable river can be directly attributed to the deforestation of the watershed contributing to that stream. I think we would like to know if there is any data showing the record of streams for as long a period as possible, covering a period when the forests were in existence and since they have been removed. I think we would like to know whether the erosion, of which complaint is made as resulting in the streams, is due to the removal of forests from the iun p psielrti n S f o pes or from the lower slopes of the mountains whether it is due to the operations of farming or to the operations of lumbering. And I think also we mould like to have some information, if it is possible, as to the probable price at which land can be bought in the sections under consideration, and about the number of acres that would probabl be required. making these suggestions you will understand, of course, Governor Guild, that I am not seeking to dictate what the gentlemen who are to appear before us shall say. I am merely trying to indicate points that must be given very careful consideration by the committee before it acts upon this matter...

ISBN-13: 9781408611852
ISBN-10: 1408611856
Publication Date: 1/31/2008
Pages: 144
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