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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 IV expenses. This investigation into the forest conditions of the western counties has been carried on mainly in connection with the movement for the establishment of a National Forest Reserve in the mountain counties of Western North Carolina and adjacent states, and the immediate results of the investigation have been turned over to the U. S. Department of Agriculture and embodied in a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, which will be transmitted to Congress at an early date. "It should be added in this connection that with a view to making the above mentioned report as complete as practicable, the investigation into the geology, topography and general hydrographio oonditions in the Southern Appalachian Mountain region has been continued during portions of the past year by the U. S. Geologioal Survey, cooperating with the State Survey, and during the months of July and August the special photographer of the U. s. Forestry Bureau was sent to North Carolina to cooperate with Mr. Ashe of this Purvey in securing an elaborate series of photographs illustrative of the forests and agricultural conditions in the Southern Appalachian region and mainly in 'western North Carolina. "In the investigation of the general natural history resources of the State a study of the miscellaneous
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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.