Yellowstone National Forest

[failed verification] Legislation was introduced by Senator George Graham Vest to accomplish this, but it was stalled by local opposition.

The American Forestry Association took up the cause, advocating for legislation that would allow the United States president to set aside lands as "forest reservations" through an executive order.

President Benjamin Harrison then proclaimed the reserve, largely following Sheridan's recommendation,[failed verification] on March 30, 1891.

Some areas on the northeast portion of the proposed reservation were excluded to allow mining in the headwaters of the Clarks Fork River.

[2] Artist and rancher Abraham Archibald Anderson was named as the first Special Superintendent of Forest Reserves.