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

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  • Page III mitted with speoial message of President Roosevelt to the Senate and House of Represent at Ives on December 19, 1901. This report was published in book form in 1902 by the government printing office, and was one of the most elaborate volumes ever published relating to national forests, and aroused nation-wide interest in the cause of establishing national forests in the Southern Appalachian region. The 3emi-annual reports of the State Geologist to the Geological Board, and the biennial reports to the General Assembly constantly refer to the interest of the Survey in establishing these national forests; and to what the different members of the staff had done to further the cause and obtain the passage of legislation by Congress. In the State Geologist's report for 1901-1902, it states the following concerning the activities of W. W. Ashe: "During a portion of the year he has cooperated in the investigation of the hardv/ood forests of the mountain counties. This latter investigation, however, has been done largely by Mr. H. B. Ayres of the United States Geological Survey, they paying his salary, while the State Geological Survey has paid the larger part of his field
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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.