Weeks Act of 1911

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United States federal law conservation law

The Weeks Act of 1911 is a landmark U.S. conservation law that authorized federal purchase of private lands to create and expand national forests, especially in the eastern United States, to protect watersheds and regulate streamflow.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Weeks Act	2
Weeks Act of 1911 canonical	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States federal law ⓘ conservation law ⓘ
administeredBy	United States Forest Service NERFINISHED ⓘ
appliesToRegion	eastern United States ⓘ southern United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
authorizes	federal purchase of private lands for national forests ⓘ
branchOfGovernment	legislative branch ⓘ
codifiedIn	United States Statutes at Large NERFINISHED ⓘ
commissionRole	approve purchase of lands for national forests ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
createdBody	National Forest Reservation Commission NERFINISHED ⓘ
dateEnacted	1911-03-01 ⓘ
enables	creation of eastern national forests ⓘ expansion of existing national forests ⓘ
enactedBy	United States Congress ⓘ
establishes	National Forest Reservation Commission NERFINISHED ⓘ
focusesOn	lands within watersheds of navigable streams ⓘ
historicalSignificance	foundation of the eastern national forest system ⓘ marked major shift to federal acquisition of private lands for conservation ⓘ
impact	expanded federal role in watershed and forest protection ⓘ facilitated reforestation of cutover and degraded lands in the East ⓘ
jurisdiction	United States government ⓘ surface form: United States federal government
language	English ⓘ
legalBasisFor	Pisgah National Forest NERFINISHED ⓘ White Mountain National Forest NERFINISHED ⓘ many eastern national forests ⓘ
legalStatus	in force, as amended ⓘ
namedAfter	John W. Weeks NERFINISHED ⓘ
policyArea	environmental protection ⓘ forest conservation ⓘ natural resources management ⓘ watershed protection ⓘ
primaryPurpose	creation and expansion of national forests ⓘ protection of watersheds of navigable streams ⓘ regulation of streamflow ⓘ
relatedTo	Forest Service Organic Administration Act of 1897 NERFINISHED ⓘ National Forest Management Act of 1976 NERFINISHED ⓘ U.S. national forest system NERFINISHED ⓘ
requires	state consent for federal land purchases ⓘ
shortDescription	U.S. law authorizing federal purchase of private lands for national forests to protect watersheds ⓘ
signedBy	William Howard Taft NERFINISHED ⓘ
signingPresident	William Howard Taft NERFINISHED ⓘ
subjectOf	U.S. forest policy history ⓘ
title	An Act to enable any State to cooperate with any other State or States, or with the United States, for the protection of the watersheds of navigable streams, and to appoint a commission for the acquisition of lands for the purpose of conserving the navigability of navigable rivers NERFINISHED ⓘ
typeOfLegislation	public law ⓘ
yearEnacted	1911 ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

United States public land law → relatedStatute → Weeks Act of 1911 ⓘ

Multiple-Use Sustained-Yield Act of 1960 → relatedTo → Weeks Act of 1911 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Weeks Act

Organic Administration Act of 1897 → relatedTo → Weeks Act of 1911 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Weeks Act