Progressive Era Conservation/Land use Acts
The Desert Land Act of 1877~ the federal gov't sold dry land cheap iff the purchase would be irrigated in 3 years.
The Forest Reserve Act of 1891~ the president set aside forests as nat'l parks. the amount of saved trees was 46 million acres.
The Carey Act of 1894~ distribution of federal land to states to be irrigated and settled.
The Newlands Act of 1902~ pushed by Teddy-R. Washington would take a cut of the sale of Western public lands to put towards irrigation projects. 
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