Desert Land Act 1877 regulated the selling of arid land with the condition that the buyer would irrigate it.
Forest Reserve Act 1891 set aside public forests as national parks
Carey Act 1894 distributed federal land to the states on the condition that it would be irrigated and settled
Newlands Act 1902: Washington was authorized to collect money from the sale of land in the Western states and use the profits for the development of irrigation projects
As a whole, the progressives viewed the conservation of land as a necessary endeavor, although among them, their reasons varied somewhat (ie. the hunter and the animal-saver).
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