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Activities of the Appalachian National Park Association and the Appalachian National Forest Reserve Association: 1899-1906

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  • NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL £ ECONOMIC SURVEY The North Carolina Geological & Economic Survey took a very active interest in the work Of the Appalachian National Park Assooiation and the Appalachian Forest Reserve Association from the very inception of the Be organizations, and has advanoed the oause of national forests in the Southern Appalachian region in every way possible. At the organization meeting, Prof. J. A. Holmes, who was unable to attend, appointed Charles MoNamee, a member of the Geologioal Board, to represent the Survey at this meeting, which was held In Asheville November 22, 1899. The services of the N. C. Geologioal & Economic Survey have always been at the disposal of the Park and Forest Reserve Associations, and the Survey has consistently utilized Its forces and influence in every way possible toward obtaining the passage of legislation in Congress favorable to the establishment of National Forests. Members of the Survey who rendered service In studying conditions of the forested areas of the
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  • This 72-page journal recording “The Activities of the Appalachian National Park Association and the Appalachian National Forest Reserve Association: 1899-1906” was compiled by the association’s secretary and founding member Chase P. Ambler (1865-1932). The manuscript was created in 1929, the year Ambler donated the association’s records to the State Archives. The Appalachian National Park Association was formed in 1899 for the purpose of promoting the idea of a national park in the eastern U.S. Although housed in Asheville, North Carolina, the organization was a multi-state effort, attracting representatives from six southern states. The association lobbied Congress for the creation of a park, but with limited success. The association disbanded in 1905.