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Timeless Heritage: A History of the Forest Service in the Southwest

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• Cover, Title, and Acknowlegments (70 kb)
• Chapter 1 - The Southwest and the Forest Service (56 kb)
• Chapter 2 - The Historical Geography of the Southwest (505 kb)
• Chapter 3 - The Land and the People (169 kb)
• Chapter 4 - Establishment of Forest Reserves and Land Status Changes (240 kb)
• Chapter 5 - National Forest Lands and Resources: Ownership, of Land in Arizona and New Mexico (140 kb)
• Chapter 6 - The Pioneers—Establishing the Concept of Forestry in the Southwest, 1905-24 (483 kb)
• Chapter 7 - The Pooler Era: 1920-45 (296 kb)
• Chapter 8 - The Postwar Year: 1945-60 (311 kb)
• Chapter 9 - The Southwestern Region and the Enviornmental Revolution: 1960-86 (72 kb)
• Chapter 10 - Timber Management (729 kb)
• Chapter 11 - Grazing: Controlling Use to Maintain Productivity (422 kb)
• Chapter 12 - The Forests and Fire (440 kb)
• Chapter 13 - Recreation (1.5 mb)
• Chapter 14 - Relations With Other Federal and State Agencies (211 kb)
• Chapter 15 - The Life of Foresters (445 kb)
• Chapter 16 - The Organizational Structure (246 kb)
• Chapter 17 - Management Improves the Land (186 kb)

U.S. Forest Service - Southwestern Region
Last Modified: Wednesday, 03 January 2007 at 14:21:56 EST