Forest Service Organic Administration Act

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:United_States_federal_law
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Organic_Act_of_1897
gptkbp:appliesTo United States national forests
gptkbp:approvedBy Secretary of the Interior to preserve forests and watersheds
Secretary of the Interior to regulate occupancy and use of forest reserves
gptkbp:codifiedIn 16 U.S.C. § 473 et seq.
gptkbp:dateEnacted 1897
gptkbp:enables regulation of mineral resources
regulation of water use
protection against fire and depredations
regulation of grazing
regulation of timber harvest
gptkbp:enactedBy gptkb:United_States_Congress
gptkbp:established basic framework for management of national forests
gptkbp:governs administration of forest reserves
gptkbp:historicalName part of Progressive Era conservation movement
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Forest Service Organic Administration Act
gptkbp:predecessor U.S. Forest Service policies
gptkbp:purpose to provide for the management and administration of forest reserves
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Forest_Reserve_Act_of_1891
gptkb:National_Forest_Management_Act_of_1976
gptkb:Weeks_Act
gptkbp:replacedBy gptkb:Multiple-Use_Sustained-Yield_Act_of_1960
gptkbp:significance foundation of U.S. Forest Service management policy
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Organic_Act_of_1897
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7