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Appalachian National Park: Synopsis of work accomplished

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  • sections; the loss of water power ; the inability to raise crops on account of lack of irrigation ; changes in climate, together with the fact that we are rapidly making inroads on the only hardwood forests remaining in the country, should induce every citizen to become interested in this matter. Nov. 22, 1899, an organization was started in Asheville, at which meeting all of the Southeastern states were represented, for the purpose of carrying out an active campaign for the establishment of a forest reserve in the Southern Appalachian mountains. As this movement has become better known it has not failed to find friends. In presenting this small booklet, it is our intention to show what our Association has already accomplished, what the press of the country has had to say regarding our movement and to give the views of well known scientists and writers throughout the country.
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  • This 32-page booklet is titled, “Appalachian National Park: Synopsis of work accomplished” since the founding of the Appalachian National Park Association. While the booklet is titled “fourth edition,” the first three editions have a different title and content. The first, second, and third editions are titled, “Reasons in Favor of the Establishment of a National Park in the Mountains of Western North Carolina.”