Archive Record
Metadata
Title |
Service Bulletin, Vol XIII, No. 9, March 4, 1929 |
Catalog Number |
2013.021.043 |
Object Name |
Newsletter |
Scope & Content |
Service Bulletin, March 4, 1929 >> Information from the Forest Service's National Headquarters sent to field personnel. Contents were considered confidential. >> This issue has articles on Forest Service accomplishments during the past year >> Research by E. H. Clapp -- Oak yield tables for Appalachia; Forest Products Laboratory on lumber moisture for different lumber grades >> Forest Management by E. E. Carter --few logging operations underway; Correlating silvicultural practices when logging with machinery; Malheur National Forest timber was resold; Increased acres planted >> Operations by Roy Headley. Acres burned; >> Lands by L. F. Kneipp -- Land acquisition under Clarke-McNary Act was 9.6 million acres; Made progress placing under management additional areas of unreserved and unappropriated lands in several national Forests: Missoula, Montezuma, Idaho, Challis, Sawtooth Crater; Extension of the General Exchange Act to all Spanish or Mexican land grants contiguous to National Forests in New Mexico. >> Engineering by T. W. Norcross -- at least 1,225 miles of road was constructed and 13,700 miles were maintained; Determining ways to improve construction work with equipment; Road signs have standardized; District 1 continued work to determine the practicability of the airplane survey method >> Range Management by C. E. Rachford -- better knowledge of forage requirements >> Public Relations by Ward Shepard >> Division of Information -- assisting in the formulation of the proposed public forestry inquiry; Educational effort in regard to the Clarke-McNary Act; Very active in motion pictures (long list of titles) >> Division of State Cooperation -- Mandan Conference of 24 men involved in dry land forest planting; Development of cooperative fire protection associations in the South; Development of State Programs |
Additional File |
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Year Range from |
1929 |
Year Range to |
1929 |
People |
Carter, Edward E. Clapp, Earle H. Headley, Roy Kneipp, Leon F. Norcross, T. W. Rachford, C. E. Shepard, Ward |
Subjects |
Chief's Newsletter Research Fire Range management Cooperative fore associations Clarke-McNary Act Land Acquisition Tree planting Missoula NF Montezuma NF Idaho NF Challis NF Sawtooth NF Crater NF |
Search Terms |
Forest Service Research State-Private Forestry Timber Management Range Management Engineering roads and bridges Fire Lands-Real Estate Management Timber-Reforestation & TSI |
Catalog date |
2013-08-02 |
Extent of Description |
12 pages, printed double sided, Letter size paper |
Collection |
Herbolsheimer, William G. |