Tag Archive for "Conservation" | Calvin Coolidge Presidential Foundation

Proclamation, September 30, 1925

April 13, 2021

Purpose: Change in the boundaries of several National Forests and the transfer of a portion of the Angeles National Forest to the Morongo Indians. Date: September 30, 1925 (Original document available here) Whereas, it appears that the public good will be promoted by excluding from the Angeles National Forest, in California, certain areas and temporarily withdrawing the […]

Calvin Coolidge Says, April 11, 1931

December 29, 2020

Date: April 11, 1931 Location: Northampton, MA (Original document available here) Almost from the inception of the national government the disposal of the public lands has been a live issue. Most of the good tillage land on the Great Plains has been sold, but there remain large tracts suitable for pasturage and others covered with timber […]

Calvin Coolidge Says, April 23, 1931

December 3, 2020

Date: April 23, 1923 Location: Northampton, MA (Original document available here) The old question of conservation of natural resources has become acute again in the inverted form of overproduction. The same producing interests which formerly looked with disfavor on conservation as a limitation on the use of their property regardless of its becoming exhausted are now […]

Proclamation, June 10, 1925

December 3, 2020

Purpose: To adjust the boundaries of the Tongass National Forest in Alaska Date: June 10, 1925 (Original document available here) Whereas, since the issuance of the third proclamation on February 7, 1922, certain lands theretofore occupied for fish cannery purposes have been excluded from the Tongass National Forest, within the Territory of Alaska, by Executive orders […]

Proclamation, March 16, 1925

November 24, 2020

Purpose: To increase the size of Cache National Forest in Utah Date: March 16, 1925 (Original document available here) WHEREAS, it appears that the public good will be promoted by adding certain lands in Utah to the Cache National Forest; Now, therefore, I, CALVIN COOLIDGE, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the […]