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and washed into the streams, polluting the rivers, denud- ing the fields and obstructing navigation.” 3 Roosevelt used his powers as president to create public lands that were to be conserved as national forests. This system of National Parks continued to grow both during and after Roosevelt’s presidency. Roosevelt also established the United States Forest Service (USFS) in 1905.

President Theodore Roosevelt poses for a photo at Glacier Point, Yosemite, in May 1903. Roosevelt was an outdoorsman and hunter, and as president he protected over 230 million acres of public land as national forests or wildlife reserves.

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Overview of Environmental Issues

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