Forest Reserve Act (1891): The president was authorized to set aside public forests as national parks and other reserves. The effect was 46 million trees being saved.
Carey Act (1894): This distributed federal land to the states on the condition that it be irrigated and settled. 
Newlands Act (1902): Washington was authorized to collect money from the sale of public lands in the western states and use the funds for the development of irrigation projects.
Progressives believed that these lands should not be wasted but saved for the future of America. So, they weren't like Muir who was a treehugger but not industrialists either.
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