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Weeks Act Centennial

Historical Background Information and Photos

Historical Background Information and Photos:
- Portrait of John W. Weeks: Source: Commons Wikimedia. (PDF 0.03MB)
- Picture of first National Forest Tract: Undated (PDF 3.5 MB)
- The Battle for the Weeks Bill: American Forestry, vol. 16 (Mar) 1910. Source: Forest History Society. (PDF 2.3MB)
- Our Eastern National Forests: Record Steady Progress in Acquisition Under the Provisions of the Weeks Law: American Forests and Forest Life, vol. 36 (July) 1930. Source: Forest History Society. (PDF 0.9MB)
- The John Weeks Story: a 1961 USFS pamphlet on John Weeks and the history of the Weeks Act. Source: Forest History Society. (PDF 1.6MB)
- Weeks Act and the creation of the White Mountain National Forest: White Mountain History
- Private Property to Public Property: The beginnings of the National Forests in the South: Gerald W. Williams, Ph.D., National Historian, USDA Forest Service: 2003. Source: Forest History Society. (PDF 0.07MB)
- Bridger-Teton Administrative Facilities, History (2003): Summary (DOCX .01MB), Complete Document (PDF 7MB)
- Cooperative Forest Fire Control - a history under the Weeks Act: 1964. Source: Forest History Society. (PDF 4.8MB)

John W Weeks (1860-1926) was a Congressman and Senator from Massachusetts. He was also an avid conservationist, businessman and a Republican who recognize the importance of sound resource management as one of the foundations of a strong market economy. For more information about this remarkable man, read his biography at the Forest History Society.

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