''Forest and Stream'' was a magazine featuring

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, and other outdoor activities in the

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. The journal was founded in August 1873 by Charles Hallock. At the time of its 1930 cancellation it was the ninth oldest magazine still being issued in the US.''Time''. (1930, June 16). "Forest, Field & Stream".
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by Hallock in newspaper format measuring 16" x 11", it published many articles by "Nessmuk" (

George W. Sears George Washington Sears (December 2, 1821 – May 1, 1890) was a sportswriter for ''Forest and Stream'' magazine in the 1880s and an early conservationist. His stories, appearing under the pen name "Nessmuk", popularized self-guided canoe cam ...

) in the 1880s that helped to popularize

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ing, the Adirondack lakes, self-guided canoe

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tours and ultralight camping. An early vehicle for

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, ''Forest and Stream'' was dedicated to wildlife conservation, helped to launch the

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, was an early sponsor the national park movement, and supported the U.S.-Canadian

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. Naturalist

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was editor for 35 years, and contributors included

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. Another notable contributor was

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, long considered "the father of American

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," who began writing for the magazine in 1903.Lawton, Terry. (2005). ''Nymph Fishing: A History of the Art and Practice'', Stackpole Books, Mechanicsburg PA, The magazine merged with ''

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'' in 1930.

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External links

"Nessmuk's" Adirondack Letters

Google Books ''Forest and Stream'', 1922
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