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-The concept of national forests was born from [[Theodore Roosevelt]]'s conservation group, [[Boone and Crockett Club]], due to concerns regarding [[Yellowstone National Park]] beginning as early as 1875.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Sheldon|first1=William G.|title=History of the Boone and Crockett Club Pg 64-80|url=http://scholarworks.umt.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?filename=1&article=1000&context=sheldon&type=additional|website=Scholar Works, University of Montana|publisher=Boone and Crockett Club|access-date=1 February 2017|ref=Pg. 65-82}}</ref> In 1876, Congress formed the office of Special Agent in the Department of Agriculture to assess the quality and conditions of forests in the United States. [[Franklin B. Hough]] was appointed the head of the office. In 1881, the office was expanded into the newly formed '''Division of Forestry'''. The [[Forest Reserve Act of 1891]] authorized withdrawing land from the public domain as forest reserves managed by the [[United States Department of the Interior|Department of the Interior]]. In 1901, the Division of Forestry was renamed the '''Bureau of Forestry'''.
+The concept of national forests was born from Theodore Roosevelt's conservation group, [[Boone and Crockett Club]], due to concerns regarding [[Yellowstone National Park]] beginning as early as 1875.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Sheldon|first1=William G.|title=History of the Boone and Crockett Club Pg 64-80|url=http://scholarworks.umt.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?filename=1&article=1000&context=sheldon&type=additional|website=Scholar Works, University of Montana|publisher=Boone and Crockett Club|access-date=1 February 2017|ref=Pg. 65-82}}</ref> In 1876, Congress formed the office of Special Agent in the Department of Agriculture to assess the quality and conditions of forests in the United States. [[Franklin B. Hough]] was appointed the head of the office. In 1881, the office was expanded into the newly formed '''Division of Forestry'''. The [[Forest Reserve Act of 1891]] authorized withdrawing land from the public domain as forest reserves managed by the [[United States Department of the Interior|Department of the Interior]]. In 1901, the Division of Forestry was renamed the '''Bureau of Forestry'''.
 The [[Transfer Act of 1905]] transferred the management of forest reserves from the [[United States General Land Office]] of the Interior Department to the Bureau of Forestry, henceforth known as the '''United States Forest Service'''. [[Gifford Pinchot]] was the first [[United States Chief Foresters|United States Chief Forester]] in the [[Presidency of Theodore Roosevelt]].<ref>{{cite web |title="Our History" |url= https://www.fs.usda.gov/learn/our-history|website=USDA |date= October 2, 2015|access-date= 31 March 2023 }}</ref>