National Conservation Commission
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The National Conservation Commission, appointed in June, 1908 by President Roosevelt and composed of representatives of Congress and relevant executive agencies with Gifford Pinchot as chairman, compiles an inventory of U.S. natural resources and presents Pinchot's concepts of resource management as a comprehensive policy recommendation in a three-volume report submitted to Congress at the beginning of 1909. Roosevelt and Pinchot wanted the Commission to continue, but Congress refused further funding.