mar 3, 1891 - Signs the Forest Reserve Act (26 Stat 1095). The act states that "the President of the United States may, from time to time, set apart and reserve, in any State or Territory having public land bearing forests . . . and shall, by public proclamation, declare the establishment of such reservations . . . " The power will be enthusiastically embraced by subsequent presidents
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