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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:United_States_federal_law
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gptkbp:amendedBy
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gptkb:Clarke–McNary_Act
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gptkbp:category
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gptkb:United_States_federal_environmental_legislation
1911 in American law
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gptkbp:dateEnacted
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1911
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gptkbp:enactedBy
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gptkb:United_States_Congress
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gptkbp:fullTitle
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An Act to enable any State to cooperate with any other State or States, or with the United States, for the protection of the watersheds of navigable streams, and to appoint a commission for the acquisition of lands for the purpose of conserving the navigability of navigable rivers.
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Weeks Act
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gptkbp:location
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gptkb:United_States
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gptkbp:namedAfter
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gptkb:John_W._Weeks
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gptkbp:publicLawNumber
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gptkb:Public_Law_61-435
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gptkbp:purpose
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authorize federal government to purchase forest lands to protect watersheds of navigable streams
establish cooperation between federal and state governments in forest fire prevention and control
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gptkbp:relatedTo
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gptkb:Forest_Service
gptkb:National_Forest_System
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gptkbp:resultedIn
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gptkb:Allegheny_National_Forest
gptkb:Pisgah_National_Forest
gptkb:White_Mountain_National_Forest
creation of eastern national forests
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gptkbp:signedBy
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gptkb:William_Howard_Taft
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gptkbp:statutesAtLargeCitation
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gptkb:36_Stat._961
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gptkbp:subject
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conservation
forestry
watershed protection
public lands
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:John_W._Weeks
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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6
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