Eastern Region

R9 History Quiz

• WHICH REGION WAS THE ORIGINAL EASTERN REGION?
  • REGION 7

   

• WHICH R9 FORESTS WERE ONCE IN R7?
  • MONONGAHELA/ ALLEGHENY/ GREEN MOUNTAIN/ WHITE MOUNTAIN

   

• WHAT WAS R9 CALLED BEFORE IT BECAME THE EASTERN REGION?
  • LAKE STATES (1928)....NORTH CENTRAL STATES (1933)....EASTERN REGION (1965)

   

• WHAT WERE THE 3 ORIGINAL R9 NATIONAL FORESTS?
  • MARQUETTE/ MICHIGAN/ MINNESOTA

   

• WHO WAS THE FIRST R9 REGIONAL FORESTER?
  • EARL W. TINKER - 1929-1936

   

• WHY WAS MILWAUKEE, WI CHOSEN AS THE LOCATION FOR THE R9 REGIONAL OFFICE IN 1928?
  • LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION/ TRANSPORTATION, TRANSPORTATION, TRANSPORTATION-THE RAILROAD SYSTEMS

   

• WHERE WAS THE FIRST RO IN MILWAUKEE LOCATED?
  • IN A WHISKEY TESTING LABORATORY

   

• WHAT YEAR WAS THE FOREST PRODUCTS LAB ESTABLISHED/DEDICATED?
  • 1910

   

• WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THE FORMER NATIONAL FOREST IN IOWA?
  • HAWKEYE

   

• WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THE FOREST THAT MERGED WITH THE MARK TWAIN IN THE 1970'S?
  • CLARK NATIONAL FOREST