14 min
Episode 19: Vital Internal Problems VERY UNofficial: An AICP Study Guide Podcast
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The U.S. has 99 problems, but water and forests are actually – as Teddy Roosevelt called them – “vital internal problems.” Unfortunately, our favorite conservationist President could only make so much headway. From reclamation projects to trying to counteract corruption and develop healthier waterways, he definitely embodied the sentiments of Progressive Era America.
US Reclamation Act of 1902:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newlands_Reclamation_Act
https://www.oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/national_reclamation_act_1902_/#.YCF5--hKiUk
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/Blog/Item/The%20Arid%20West%20The%20Newlands%20Reclamation%20Act%20of%201902
Public Land Commission 1903:
https://memory.loc.gov/gc/amrvg/vg57old/vg57.html
https://scholarworks.umt.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=5847&context=etd
Inland Waterway Commission 1907:
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-policy-history/article/abs/water-planning-in-the-progressive-era-the-inland-waterways-commission-reconsidered/F9D50E3B2F659B838003876906B95451
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inland_Waterways_Commission
http://www.let.rug.nl/usa/outlines/history-1963/the-era-of-expansion-and-reform/roosevelt-acts-to-save-resources.php
https://amp.en.google-info.org/33981721/1/inland-waterways-commission.html
The U.S. has 99 problems, but water and forests are actually – as Teddy Roosevelt called them – “vital internal problems.” Unfortunately, our favorite conservationist President could only make so much headway. From reclamation projects to trying to counteract corruption and develop healthier waterways, he definitely embodied the sentiments of Progressive Era America.
US Reclamation Act of 1902:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newlands_Reclamation_Act
https://www.oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/national_reclamation_act_1902_/#.YCF5--hKiUk
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/Blog/Item/The%20Arid%20West%20The%20Newlands%20Reclamation%20Act%20of%201902
Public Land Commission 1903:
https://memory.loc.gov/gc/amrvg/vg57old/vg57.html
https://scholarworks.umt.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=5847&context=etd
Inland Waterway Commission 1907:
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-policy-history/article/abs/water-planning-in-the-progressive-era-the-inland-waterways-commission-reconsidered/F9D50E3B2F659B838003876906B95451
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inland_Waterways_Commission
http://www.let.rug.nl/usa/outlines/history-1963/the-era-of-expansion-and-reform/roosevelt-acts-to-save-resources.php
https://amp.en.google-info.org/33981721/1/inland-waterways-commission.html
14 min