The Weeks Act 1911
Inscription
The Lodge atop Mt. Prospect was the summer home of John Wingate Weeks (1860–1926), renowned 'Father of the Eastern National Forests,' author of The Weeks Act, passed by the U.S. Congress, March 1, 1911. The Act enables the government to buy privately owned land to be 'permanently reserved, held and administered as national forest lands,' for the protection, development, and use of their natural resources.
Much of the White Mountain National Forest (WMNF), one of the 48 forests made possible by The Weeks Act, can be viewed from the Lodge and from the fieldstone fire tower near the Lodge.
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