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History & Culture
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Seek out the historical information from photo collections, research materials, and other state history and organizations from the links below.
Historic Photo Collections
Arthur Smith Range Management Photograph Collection
Idaho State Historical Society's Forest Service Photo Collection
Rangeland Through Time: Vegetation Changes in Wyoming 1870-1986
Rocky Mountain Research Station Flagstaff Lab
Utah State History Collections
Diaries
Rangers and other Forest Service personnel were required to keep a daily record during the Forest Service’s first decades. These diaries document early forest and range conditions, grazing and forestry practices, local transportation systems, building construction, and much more.
Anonymous, 1916 (Idaho forests)
Leadore Ranger District, 1921-1934 (rangers & surveyors)
Select the headings below for more information.
American Memory: The Evolution of the Conservation Movement
Civilian Conservation Corps Legacy
Eyes of the Forest: Idaho Fire Lookouts
Idaho Smokejumping & Firefighting Oral History Project
Mountain West Digital Library (search “Forest Service”)
National New Deal Preservation Association
National Museum of Forest Service History
Peeling Back the Bark - Forest History Society blog
Theodore Roosevelt Association
US Forest Service History (Forest History Society)
Links to non-government sites are provided to supplement information and does not constitute endorsement by the U.S. Department of Agriculture or the USDA Forest Service of the information, products, or services contained at the destination websites. We do not exercise any editorial control over the information you may find at these links.