History
 
The tract of Brahmaputra Valley came under the occupation of the British East India Company following the “Yandaboo” treaty in 1826 A.D. At that time forest department in ASSAM was not constituted. The petty Revenue officers only levied some taxes on various forest products in an un organized manner. As a corrective measure 1850 A.D. The collector of Kamrup suggested to the commissioner of ASSAM. That a tax should be levied on timber felled instead of letting the timber trade remain un control and leaving the ordinary fixed officers ton levy the unauthorized ceases as they were in the habitat of doing at that time.
The tax proposed was 2 ½ annas for each. In addition the collector also proposed to establish at the same time a check on the felling of young as to ensure natural reproduction of Forest. During 1852 the board of revenue replaced this system and introduced that of farming certain area of tracks to the highest bidder for a period of not exceeding 5 years at a time. Restriction as a regards sizes were abolished leaving it for future consideration and Thus, commercialization of Assam timber began…

A scheme of preparing a general forest map of the lower provinces in Bengal was completed in 1868-69 as a prelude to the appointment of the first Forest officer in Assam in the same year. With his arrival, special examination with a view of selecting forests( Reserves) was commenced in 1870-71 and experimental timber and plantation works was started in the provinces in the same year i.e. 1870-71.

Constitutions of Reserve Forests started around 1874-75. Thus began the conservation history of ASSAM’s wilderness.

Annexation Of Assam DOOARS:

In 1857, the administration of British India was taken over by the British Monarchy under economical rule till than it was found that the DOOARS of Assam along the Bhutan foothills had dual administration for 8 months the DOOAR areas remain under the control of the Bhutanese and followed by 4 months by Assamese nobility. There were records of authorities carried out by the Bhutanese using this as a Clue. The Britishers started a war fare and annexed DEWANGIRI following the Bhutan was in 1864 and entire Indo- Bhutan was fired and the eastern DOOARS came under British occupations, legislation and rules. Crystallised with the publication of Assam Forest Manual Part I and II and it contain the Assam forest Regulation1891.

A part from exploitation of timber products practically no attention has been paid to the wild life on the forests. Killing of wild life was almost regarded by the local people as their legit–inmate right. Therefore Poaching has been common although wildlife population has gone down considerably. They seen to have got a feeling that wild life could not be exhausted. Not only has this in all the forest working planned no much consideration. The wild life has been given even for their economic harvesting destruction of the wild life however was going an until in Manas Reserve Forests.
 

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