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| Compiled by Dave
Powell Forest Silviculturist
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Historical Reference Material
The Umatilla National Forest silviculture library includes an archives containing a variety of historical reference materials. It was initiated in 1993, primarily in response to three situations requiring access to historical information: increasing emphasis on the historical range of variability (HRV) as an analytical technique, issuance of interim direction stipulating that HRV be used as one of three screens for all timber sales on the Forest, and implementation of "ecosystem analysis at the watershed scale" with its requirement to characterize reference (historical) conditions.
Since the archives was intended to provide background information for characterization of vegetation reference conditions and HRV, many of the reference materials pertain to vegetation conditions. However, it also includes accessions about range management and livestock grazing, wildlife management, hydrology, and other natural resources. Note that the Umatilla National Forest has another archives administered by the Forest’s archaeologist; it contains a variety of reference materials about historic individuals, structures and facilities, policies, events, and so forth.
The archives contains materials pertaining to the entire Blue Mountains, not just the Umatilla National Forest portion. That decision was made because national forest boundaries changed over time; much of the North Fork John Day Ranger District, for example, was included in the Whitman or Malheur National Forests at one time. With few exceptions, only items produced before 1950 are included in the history archives.
In 1995, we decided to transcribe commonly-requested reports, primarily forest reserve establishment reports and silvics narratives produced before 1910, so that they could be distributed in an electronic format. Eventually, the transcribed documents will be available for downloading from this internet site. Limitations on time and funding have slowed the progress of that effort. The Forest would like to transcribe dozens of additional reports obtained from the National Archives (College Park, Maryland) in March of 1998, but time and funding limitations have prevented that work as well. The table below lists the transcribed reports currently available for downloading. There is also a link to an Abstract for each report.
| Blake, Grover C. 1957. Sowing the Seed. sowingtheseed.pdf |
| Historical Livestock Grazing Data for Umatilla NF Counties grazingdata.htm |
| Historical Vegetation Mapping (10/02) historicalvegmapping.pdf (344 kb) |
| Hodgson, Allen H. 1913. The Ochoco National Forest, A History. ochocohistory.pdf |
| Forest
Inventory Data for the Blue Mountains (1910-1911) This document is a technical analysis of inventory data collected in 1910-1911. It contains tables, bar charts, and line graphs pertaining to the following plot locations: Austin-Whitney; Crawford Creek; Lookingglass Creek; Parker's Mill' Winlock's Mill; and seedling growth data for Baker/Grant/Union counties. munger.pdf (7 kb) |
| Bright,
George A. 1913. An
Extensive Reconnaissance of the Wenaha National Forest in 1913 Abstract | wenaharpt.pdf (9,553 kb) |
| Bright,
George A. 1913. Annual
Silvical Report -
Relative Merits of Western Larch and Douglas Fir in the Blue Mountains, Oregon Abstract | umatilla1.pdf (23 kb) |
| Buckhorn,
W. J. 1947. Defoliator
Situation in the Fir Stands of Eastern Oregon and Washington - Season of 1947 Abstract | defoliate.pdf (40 kb) |
| Buckhorn,
W. J. Second
Memorandum on the Douglas Fir Tussock Moth Outbreak Near Troy, Oregon Abstract | tussockm.pdf (31 kb) |
| Chidsey,
Thomas E. 1910. Annual
Grazing Report - 1910 Abstract | umatilla10.pdf (16 kb) |
| Erickson,
M. L. 1906. Report on
Blue Mountains (West) Reserve, Oregon Abstract | bluemtn5.pdf (91 kb) |
| Erickson,
M.L. 1907. Report on
Heppner, Oregon, National Forest - 1907 Abstract | heppner2.pdf (85 kb) |
| Foster,
H. D. 1908. Report on
the Silvics of the Blue Mountains (E) National Forest Abstract | bluemtns2.pdf (39 kb) |
| Gaskill,
A. Blue
Mountain Reserve Abstract | bluemtns6.pdf (14 kb) |
| Langille,
H. D. 1906. Report
on the Proposed Blue Mountains Forest Reserve Abstract | bluemtns1.pdf (50 kb) |
| Langille, H.
D. 1903. The
Proposed Heppner Forest Reserve Abstract | heppner1.pdf (381kb) |
| Merritt,
Melvin L. 1911. Lodgepole
Pine in the Whitman National Forest Abstract | lodgepole.pdf (78 kb) |
| Wernstedt,
Lage. 1906. A
Favorable Report on a Proposed Addition to the Blue Mountains Forest Reserve Abstract | bluemtn3.pdf (35 kb) |
ABSTRACTS FOR PHOTOS AT TOP OF PAGE
IMPORTANT NOTE: These historical documents are in a .pdf file. Adobe Acrobat Reader is free! To learn more about Adobe Acrobat or to download a copy of the software, please follow the Steps to Downloading the Free Acrobat Reader .
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Last update: 10/29/02
