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States' Rights Timeline

Ordinance of 1785

Northwest Ordinance of 1787

1789 Constitutional Roots

1913-1919 State Resolutions for Land Transfers

1929 President Herbert Hoover's Speech

1946 Senator Robertson's Bill

1952 U.S. Chamber of Commerce Speech

1953 Robert W. Sawyer Response

1964 Land Ownership and the National Interest

1980 Sagebrush Rebellion

1980 Draft Report Concerning Transfer of Western National Forest System Lands to State Ownership

1980 Forest Service Response

1983 Reagan Administration "Asset Management"

Catron County and other County Movements

1995 Forest Service Chief Jack Ward Thomas Speech

 

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