Weeks Act Centennial: Law that paved way for White Mountains preservation hits 100

Law that paved way for White Mountains preservation hits 100 - The Green Blog - A Boston Globe blog on living Green in Boston: 

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Love those rugged White Mountains? You probably don't know it, but you have a 100-year-old law to thank for their enduring quiet beauty.

The forests of the Appalachian Mountains wouldn't look the same if it weren't for the Weeks Act, signed into law March 1, 1911.