Breaking new ground

Choosing a lifework : Through Yale to Nancy ; At the French Forest School ; The Brandis Excursion ; When I got home ; The job ahead

On the trail : A tenderfoot goes West ; Forestry comes to America ; In the Carolina mountains ; Pisgah Forest ; Consulting forester ; Ne-Ha-Sa-Ne

Public awakening : The public lands ; Early forest legislation ; Toward a Forest Commission ; The Forest Commission is born ; A great chance lost ; Hunting forest reserves ; Commission goes west

The President makes the issue : Cleveland's thirteen reserves ; The war is on ; Laying the foundation ; Too little to late ; Confidential forest agent

Spade work : The old Forestry Division ; Freshman year ; A bid to the lumbermen ; Building a profession ; First Congressional appropriation ; Politics in the woods ; The Black Hills ; Not all sheep are black ; New York's problem child

Pursuing the goal : T.R.'s first message ; One plan that failed ; The fight continues ; Uncle Sam, forester

Mission to the east : Russia ; Siberia, Manchuria, China ; The Philippines ; On the way home

The goal at last : Full steam ahead ; Government reorganization ; The Public Lands Commission ; The race for new reserves ; At last the transfer

Practicing our preaching : Unlocking the reserves ; Peace on the range ; Timber for use ; Forest fire control ; Field organization ; What made the service click ; No red tape ; Seven years after ; Government business ; Holding the line ; A new science, forestry ; Life in Washington

A world movement is born : The birth of conservation ; Inland waterways ; Water power control begins ; Calling all farmers ; The Conference of Governors

The National Conservation Commission ; North American Conservation Conference ; World Conservation Conference

End of an era : Desertion under fire ; The last days ; T.R.'s service to America ; The public good comes first

The pay-off : And then came Taft ; Commissioner Ballinger ; Attorney Ballinger ; Secretary Ballinger ; The rift ; After Spokane ; The clean bill of health ; Salt Lake ; The coming storm ; The storm breaks ; The Dolliver letter ; Fired! ; The morning after

Let the people judge : The work goes on ; the Joint Committee ; The Counsel ; The hearings ; The Lawler memorandum ; Three verdicts ; Porto Maurizio ; What it all means