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50 North American Natural Resources: Timber and Forest Products

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This map shows the federally owned and managed land in the United States. The colors represent the federal bureau in charge of that land.

Forests Today Many of the efforts to protect, preserve, manage, and conserve today’s forests and natural resources were the result of the actions of President Theodore Roosevelt. Roosevelt was the 26th president of the United States, and he has come to be known as the “Conservationist President.” President Roosevelt took office in 1901. He formed the US Forest Service in 1905, and he appointed Gifford Pinchot as the first chief of this new agency. Pinchot described the mission of the agency as being “to provide the greatest amount of good for the greatest amount of people in the long run.”