The 1891 act allowing federal lands to be set aside were for 2 purposes, timber and watersheds of navigable rivers. The tonto was set aside to protect the watershed of the Salt river.
Very good read. I wonder how this might link with the Bureau of Reclamation and the authorization of Roosevelt dam around1907 in Arizona. As I understand this was the first federal reclamation project in the U.S. It is on the TontoNF. I recall there is a “first form reclamation withdrawal” from the NF there.
That's an amazing photo of the bridge across the Skagit. Wow.
The 1891 act allowing federal lands to be set aside were for 2 purposes, timber and watersheds of navigable rivers. The tonto was set aside to protect the watershed of the Salt river.
Very good read. I wonder how this might link with the Bureau of Reclamation and the authorization of Roosevelt dam around1907 in Arizona. As I understand this was the first federal reclamation project in the U.S. It is on the TontoNF. I recall there is a “first form reclamation withdrawal” from the NF there.