Report of the Forestry Commission of the State of Wisconsin
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- 1898
- Description
The destruction and exploitation of forests was an early concern among Wisconsin citizens and politicians. In 1867, the state legislature established the first Forestry Commission to study forest destruction, concluding that the rapid growth of the region had led to increasingly "rapid and often wasteful exploitation of the forest resource...amplified by frequent and often catastrophic wild fire." Another Forestry Commission was formed in 1897, charged with finding ways to preserve and protect Wisconsin's forests without harming the state's economic development. They submitted this report in 1898 that detailed the importance and necessary steps toward creating a system of sustainably managed state forests.
- Creator
Wisconsin Forestry Commission
- Partner
- Recollection Wisconsin
- Contributing Institution
- Wisconsin Historical Society
- Collection
- Wisconsin Government Publications
- Publisher
- Democrat Print. Co
- Subjects
- Fires
Cutover lands
Deforestation
Forest conservation
State parks and reserves
Legislation
Forests - Type
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- Language
- English
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- Wisconsin Forestry Commission. Report of the Forestry Commission of the State of Wisconsin. 1898. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/cdm/ref/collection/tp/id/63405. (Accessed March 28, 2024.)
- APA citation style
- Wisconsin Forestry Commission, (1898) Report of the Forestry Commission of the State of Wisconsin. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/cdm/ref/collection/tp/id/63405
- MLA citation style
- Wisconsin Forestry Commission. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/cdm/ref/collection/tp/id/63405>.