Editing Homestead Acts (section)

=== Forest Homestead Act of 1906 ===
This act allowed homesteads within [[Forest Reserves (United States)|Forest Reserves]] (created from 1891 on) and [[National forest (United States)|National Forests]] (from 1905? on), responding to opponents of the nation's Forest Reserves who felt land suited for agriculture was being withheld from private development. Homestead applications were reviewed by the [[U.S. Forest Service]] (created in 1905). While at first five years residency was required (per the 1862 Act), in 1913 this act was amended to allow proving up in just three years.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://coloradoencyclopedia.org/article/homestead |title=Homestead |date=November 10, 2015 |publisher=[[Colorado Encyclopedia]] |access-date=June 15, 2021}}</ref>