On the Fact that (According to Marc Reisner's Disturbing Book, "Cadillac Desert"), TR (Prompted by Adviser, Gifford Pinchot), in a Clear Violation of the Law, Arbitrarily Declared that Most of the Owens River Valley in California, a Region with No Trees, Be Considered a National Forest

Absurdity aside, this was nothing more than a political gift to the city of Los Angeles that the rest of the country took it up the poop-shoot for................................................................................................P.S. And as Jim Powell has adroitly pointed out in "Bully Boy", the act of ensuring that water be provided under market price only made the situation worse in that it encouraged more people to move to L.A.; more people, a greater need for water, yada, yada.