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RM-GTR-27: History of Forest Service Research in the Central and
Southern Rocky Mountain Regions, 1908-1975
Price, Raymond. 1976. History of Forest Service Research in the Central and Southern Rocky Mountain Regions, 1908-1975. Gen. Tech. Rep. RM-27. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Forest and Range Experiment Station. 100 p.
The first forest research area established by the Forest Service was in 1908the Fort Valley Experimental Forest near Flagstaff, Arizona. In 1909, the Fremont Experiment Station near Colorado Springs was begun, as well as the Wagon Wheel Gap watershed experiment in the central Rockies. The Santa Rita Range Reserve, begun in 1903, was transferred to the Forest Service in 1915. Two forest and range experiment stations were officially designated Southwestern Station, in 1930, at Tucson, Arizona, and Rocky Mountain Station, in 1935, at Fort Collins, Colorado. The two Stations were combined in 1953, with central headquarters at Fort Collins, to serve a 10-State territory.
Keywords: USDA Forest Service, forestry research, history
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Contents
PDF File Size: 120 K"Here we shall plant the tree of research"
PDF File Size: 370 KThe Central and Southern Rocky Mountain Regions
PDF File Size: 630 KThe beginning of Forest Service Research in the Central and Southern Rocky Mountain Regions
PDF File Size: 2.5 MBComplexity of forest land management called for organized research
PDF File Size: 400 KThe Southwestern Forest and Range Experiment Station, 1930-53
PDF File Size: 2.7 MBThe Rocky Mountain Forest and Range Experiment Station, 1935-53
PDF File Size: 3.5 MBConsolidation of Rocky Mountain and Southwestern Stations, 1953
PDF File Size: 660 KGrowth and development of the new Rocky Mountain Station, 1953-75
PDF File Size: 6.5 MBThe distaff side
PDF File Size: 310 KCooperation with other agencies
PDF File Size: 320 KSome research highlights and accomplishments
PDF File Size: 490 KPersonnel
PDF File Size: 280 KAppendix
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Title: RM-GTR-27:
History of Forest Service Research in the Central and Southern
Rocky Mountain Regions, 1908-1975
Electronic Publish Date: March 11, 2004
Last Update: September
15 12, 2008