Creator
C. Hart Merriam
Recipient
John Muir
Transcription
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
BIOLOGICAL SURVEY
biological surveyWASHINGTON, D. c.
c. HART MERRIAM, CHIEF
T.S. PALMER, ASSISTANT CHIEF
October 28, 1901.
Dear Mr. Muir:
The President wishes you would write him a brief letter calling his attention to the fact that sheep are still permitted to range in parts of some of the reservations, citing particularly the case where in September, 1900, we found some 6,000 sheep in Sonora Pass, in the Stanislaus forest reserve.
The President is heartily with us in the matter of preserving the forests and keeping out the sheep.He wants to know the facts and is particularly anxious to learn them from men like yourself who are not connected with the Government service and at the same time are known and esteemed by the people.
In the same connection it might be well for you to express a hope that the complete management and control of the forest reserves be vested in the Bureau of Forestry of this Department, instead of being divided, as at present, between two widely different Departments of the Government service.
Very truly yours,
Mr. John Muir
Martinez, Calif.
[02739]
Location
Washington, D. C.
Date Original
1901 Oct 28
Source
Original letter dimensions: 26.5 x 20 cm.
Recommended Citation
Merriam, C. Hart, "Letter from C. Hart Merriam to John Muir, 1901 Oct 28." (1901). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 4469.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/4469
Resource Identifier
muir11_0897-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 11, Image 0897
Collection Identifier
Online finding aid for the microform version of the John Muir Correspondence http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt0w1031nc
Copyright Status
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Owning Institution
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Pages
1 page
Keywords
Environmentalist, naturalist, travel, conservation, national parks, John Muir, Yosemite, California, history, correspondence, letters
