U.S. National Conservation CommissionIn 1908, the U.S. National Conservation Commission was appointed by President Roosevelt which prepared the first inventory of the natural resources of the United States. It was divided into four sections, water, forests, lands, and minerals, each section having a chairman, and with Gifford Pinchot as chairman of the executive committee. Its three-volume report was given at the the Joint Conservation Congress (Dec 1908), attended by 20 governors, representatives of 22 state conservation commissions, and leaders from various national organzations. These were outcomes of the three-day Conference of Governors which opened at the White House on 13 May 1908, called by Roosevelt to consider the problems of conservation. |
