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Apt, Adam Jared. "Harvard Astronomer George Phillips Bond and His Role in Mapping the White Mountains, 1852–1876." Historical New Hampshire 57 (Spring/Summer 2002): 39–56. The author discusses the creation and publication of the first complete and accurate map of the White Mountains of New Hampshire by George Phillips Bond (1825–1865).

Arave, Joseph. "The Forest Service Takes to the Slopes: The Birth of Utah's Ski Industry and the Role of the Forest Service." Utah Historical Quarterly 70 (No. 4, 2002): 341–355. Discusses the ways in which the U.S. Forest Service promoted and supported alpine skiing on national forest lands, and protected skiers from avalanches. From the 1930s through 2000.

Baker, Robert D. "Those Who Have Led Us." Texas Forestry (November 2002): 5. Briefly reviews notable chairmen of the Texas Society of American Foresters from 1900 to 2002.

Bate, Geoff. "Forest History and the Forest Service Ranger School." British Columbia Forest History Newsletter 67 (August 2002): 5–7. Briefly discusses the history of the school responsible for training Forest Service employees in Surrey, British Columbia, during the twentieth century.

Best, Allen. "Straight & True: History Meets Hydrology." Forest Magazine (Winter 2003): 19–24. Discusses the conflict over the preservation of Camp Hale of the U.S. Army Tenth Mountain Division and the restoration of the Eagle River in Colorado. From the 1940s to 2001.

Bonner, Robert E. "Buffalo Bill Cody and Wyoming Water Politics." Western Historical Quarterly 33 (Winter 2002): 433–451. Investigates the roles of businessman William F. (Buffalo Bill) Cody (1846–1917) and the Burlington and Missouri River Railroad in the Shoshone federal water reclamation project in Wyoming. Also discusses the impact of the Cody Canal development in establishing the pattern of private irrigation development. 1895–1910.

Casey, Andrew. "Reddies River Flume Was Engineering Feat." Wilkes Journal Patriot (August 14, 2002): C1, C3. Reviews the use of a wooden flume along the Reddies River in North Carolina for log transportation by the Giant Lumber Lumber Company. 1907–1916.

Colburn, Christine H. "Forest Policy and the Quincy Library Group." In Finding Common Ground: Governance and Natural Resources in the American West, edited by Ronald D. Brunner, et al. New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 2002. 159–200 pp. The author studies the evolution of the Herger-Feinstein Quincy Library Group Forest Recovery Act for the management of three national forests proposed by a citizen group in Quincy, California. 1980s and 1990s.

Cornell, Ronald C. "A History: Ohio Forests and OFA." Ohio Woodlands 39 (No. 4, 2002): 14, 19. Briefly discusses the activities of the Ohio Forestry Association (OFA) and its participation at National Council of Forestry Association Executives (NCFAE) annual meetings. From 1948 to 2002.

Crane, Jeff. "Protesting Monuments to Progress: A Comparative Study of Protests Against Four Dams, 1838–1955." Oregon Historical Quarterly 103 (Fall 2002): 295–319. Analyzes protests over the proposed construction of dams on the Kennebec River in Maine and on the Elwha and Lower Snake rivers in Washington state, and discusses the battle over the Echo Park Dam in Utah.

Crom, Theodore. "One Collector's Small Frame Saws." Chronicle of the Early American Industries Association 55 (December 2002): 145–150. The author describes and dates his collection of small frame saws. From the eighteenth through the twentieth centuries.

Cromley, Christina M. "Bison Management in Greater Yellowstone." In Finding Common Ground: Governance and Natural Resources in the American West, edited by Ronald D. Brunner, et al. New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 2002. 126–158 pp. The author studies what she perceives to be the failure of bison management in Yellowstone National Park. Twentieth century.

Dixie Ranger. "Oral History of H.C. 'Rick' Eriksson." Dixie Ranger 32 (November 2002): 14–15. H.C. Eriksson (b.1911) reminisces about his early years working for the U.S. Forest Service in the 1930s. Interview conducted by Jim and Elaine McConnell.

Ecologist. "1942–2002: 60 Years of Nuclear." Ecologist 32 (No. 10, 2002): 30–33. Timeline of significant events in the history of the nuclear power industry in the United States. Covers nuclear accidents, radioactive contamination, plant failures, and nuclear weapons production.

Forest Focus. "50 Years of Forest Research." Forest Focus 26 (No. 3, 2002): 3–4. Briefly reviews the history and activities of the Vinton Furnace Experimental Forest (VFEF), a center for forestry and ecological research near McArthur, Ohio. 1952–2002.

Forests & People. "Red River Raft: History's Greatest Log Jam." Forests & People 52 (No. 4, 2002): 26–27. Examines the work of American steamboat captain and designer Henry Miller Shreve (1785–1851) in clearing the 165-mile- long log jam on the Red River in Louisiana during the 1830s. Excerpted from Forests & People First Quarter 1967.

Gardner, Stephanie S., and Bill Alexander. "Doctor Carl Alwin Schenck: A Pioneer of American Forestry." Log & Tally 112 (No. 1, 2003): 13. Briefly reviews the life of German-born forester Carl Schenck (1868–1955), founder of the Biltmore Forest School in Asheville, North Carolina.

Gaumnitz, Lisa. "Long Live the Kings." Wisconsin Natural Resources 26 (No. 6, 2002): 22–27. Investigates the hatchery system and catch-and-release ethic employed by Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources fisheries in the restoration of musky populations. From the 1890s through the 1990s.

Gordon, D. L. A. "Frederick G. Todd and the Origins of the Park System in Canada's Capital." Journal of Planning History 1 (No. 1, 2002): 29–57. Investigates the contribution of Canadian landscape architect Frederick G. Todd (1876–1948) to the park system in Ottawa, Ontario, and Hull, Quebec.

Guillard, Joany. "Un Auxiliaire Oublié: Le Gaz des Forêts." Revue forestière française (No. 2, 2002): 201–203. "A Forgotten Ancillary: Forest Gas." Text in French. Discusses the use of charcoal production from wood as a source of energy for cars in France from the 1920s through the 1940s.

Hamblin, Jacob Darwin. "Environmental Diplomacy in the Cold War: The Disposal of Radioactive Waste at Sea During the 1960s." International History Review 24 (June 2002): 348–375. Reviews the controversy surrounding the disposal of radioactive waste at sea by the Soviet Union, and the resulting international agreements limiting this practice and the acceptance of the use of the sea by small countries when disposing radioactive waste.

Hamilton, Lawrence S. "Forest and Tree Conservation Through Metaphysical Constraints." George Wright Forum 19 (No. 3, 2002): 57–78. Discusses attitudes toward and conservation concerns for cosmic tree species; trees of unusual size, age, or species; historic trees; sacred groves; temple-support forests; trees and groves of malevolence; patterns of landscape harmony; forests of healing or sanctuary; restoration and dedication forests. From ancient times through the twentieth centuries.

Harding, David. "Where Have All the Caterpillars Gone?" Quarterly Journal of Forestry 96 (No. 4, 2002): 278–283. Studies changes in defoliation caused by oak-feeding caterpillars in the Chaddesley Woods National Nature Reserve near Kidderminster, Worcestershire, England. From 1982 to 2002.

Jakobsson, Eva. "Industrialization of Rivers: A Water System Approach to Hydropower Development." Knowledge, Technology & Policy 14 (No. 4, 2002): 41–56. Reviews the impact of legislation and social institutions on the industrialization of rivers for the development of hydroelectric power in Sweden. Nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

Johnson, Sherry. "Climate, Community, and Commerce Among Florida, Cuba, and the Atlantic World, 1784–1800." Florida Historical Quarterly 80 (Spring 2002): 455–482. Examines the role of hurricanes in implementing Spanish commercial reforms in Florida and Cuba.

Jones, Lisa. "Rocky Mountain Guru." OnEarth 24 (Winter 2003): 20–23. Discusses the creation of High Country News, an environmental newspaper in Colorado, by environmentalist and ex-physicist Ed Marston (b.1940?).

Julin, Suzanne Barta. "Art Meets Politics: Peter Norbeck, Frank Lloyd Wright, and the Sylvan Lake Hotel Commission." South Dakota History 32 (Summer 2002): 117–148. The author discusses the opposition to U.S. Senator Peter Norbeck's (d.1936) preference for Frank Lloyd Wright as architect of the new Sylvan Lake Hotel located in Custer State Park in the Black Hills of South Dakota. From the 1910s through the 1930s.

Kimmins, J. P. "Future Shock in Forestry: Where Have We Come From; Where Are We Going; Is There a 'Right Way' to Manage Forests? Lessons from Thoreau, Leopold, Toffler, Botkin and Nature." Forestry Chronicle 78 (March/April 2002): 263–271. Includes discussions on forestry and the conservation philosophies of American nature writer Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862), ecologist Aldo Leopold (1887–1948), author Alvin Toffler, and conservation biologist Daniel B. Botkin.

Klein, Roberta A. "Wolf Recovery in the Northern Rockies." In Finding Common Ground: Governance and Natural Resources in the American West, edited by Ronald D. Brunner, et al. New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 2002. 88–125 pp. Studies the initiatives of committees in planning and implementing: the return of wolves in the northern Rocky Mountains; mitigating burdens on livestock producers; and compensating ranchers for livestock killed by wolves. Twentieth century.

Leadbitter, Paul, David Euler, and Brian Naylor. "A Comparison of Historical and Current Forest Cover in Selected Areas of the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Forest of Central Ontario." Forestry Chronicle 78 (No. 4, 2002): 522–529. Using Crown survey notes, the authors analyze forest cover conditions and changes in forest composition between 1890 and 1990.

Licina, Rudy. "Deep Winter With the CCCs." NACCCA Journal 26 (January 2003): 12. Discusses the construction of a road by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the cold winter of 1933 at Camp Ontonagan, near Lake Superior in Michigan.

Lord, Gary Thomas. "Alden Partridge's Excursions to the White Mountains, 1811–1824, and the Emergence of Modern Views of the Mountain Environment." Historical New Hampshire 57 (Spring/Summer 2002): 26–38. Studies the contribution of American topographer Alden Partridge (1785–1854) to recreational hiking in the White Mountains of New Hampshire and changing attitudes about the mountain environment.

Lowitt, Richard. "From Petroleum to Pigs: The Oklahoma Panhandle in the Last Half of the Twentieth Century." Chronicles of Oklahoma 80 (No. 3, 2002): 260–283. Reviews the development of pig farms, natural gas and petroleum industries, and improvements in irrigation technologies in Texas and in Cimarron and Beaver counties, Oklahoma. From the 1950s through the 1990s.

Lubetkin, M. John. "The Forgotten Yellowstone Surveying Expeditions of 1871: W. Milnor Roberts and the Northern Pacific Railroad in Montana." Montana: The Magazine of Western History 52 (No. 4, 2002): 32–47. Investigates the expedition of U.S. civil engineer William Milnor Roberts (1810–1881) to examine the feasibility of a transcontinental route for the Northern Pacific Railroad.

MacEachern, Alan. "Voices Crying in the Wilderness: Recent Works in Canadian Environmental History." Acadiensis 31 (Spring 2002): 215–226. Reviews Janet Foster's (b.1940) Working for Wildlife: The Beginning of Preservation in Canada; George Warecki's (b.1959) Protecting Ontario's Wilderness: A History of Changing Ideas and Preservation Politics, 1927–1973; Raymond Albert Rogers's Solving History: The Challenge of Environmental Activism; Jamie Benidickson's Idleness, Water, and a Canoe: Reflections on Paddling for Pleasure; and Robert J. Burns' (b.1944) and Michael J. Schintz's Guardians of the Wild: A History of the Warden Service of Canada's National Parks.

Machemer, Grace S. "Headquartered at Piscataqua: Samuel Holland's Coastal and Inland Surveys, 1770–1774." Historical New Hampshire 57 (Spring/Summer 2002): 4–25. Studies the survey expedition conducted by Samuel Johannes Holland (1728–1801), surveyor general of the Northern District of North America, to chart the coasts of Maine, New Hampshire, and Massachusetts.

Mason, Kathy S. "Adapting to Endure: The Early History of Wind Cave National Park, 1903–1916." South Dakota History 32 (Summer 2002): 149–164. Investigates the ways in which the Wind Cave National Park in South Dakota achieved and maintained its status prior to the U.S. National Park Service.

McNeill, John R. "Yellow Fever and Geopolitics: Environment, Epidemics, and the Struggles for Empire in the American Tropics, 1650–1900." History Now: Te Pae Tawhito O Te Wa 8 (May 2002): 10–16. Discusses the impact of yellow fever on the power and domination of France, Spain, and England in the Caribbean.

Michalak, Roman, et al. "Forest Inventory and Assessment: Country Experiences and Needs." Unasylva 53 (2002): 28–41. Studies forest information collection activities in Poland, Mexico, and South Africa, and briefly summarizes national forest inventory experiences in Bhutan, Guatemala, Mozambique, Brunei Darussalam, Papua New Guinea, Uganda, and Lao. From the 1970s to 2000.

Miller, Char. "Thinking Like a Conservationist." Journal of Forestry 100 (December 2002): 42–45. Investigates perceptions of conservation by American conservationists George Perkins Marsh (1801–1882), Aldo Leopold (1887–1948), and Gifford Pinchot (1865–1946).

Miller, Hugh. "The State and Future of Professional Education in Forestry." Quarterly Journal of Forestry 96 (No. 3, 2002): S3–S6. The author discusses the changing requirements in the work place, the curriculum design, and the problems in the provision of education and training at the University of Aberdeen Department of Forestry. United Kingdom. Twentieth century.

Miller, M. "Garden Cities and Suburbs: At Home and Abroad." Journal of Planning History 1 (No. 1, 2002): 6–28. Reviews the impact of garden cities and garden suburbs on public housing, sustainable development, and the New Urbanism movement in England during the twentieth century.

Morey, Pam. "A Tribute to South Mount Hawkins Lookout." Lookout Network 13 (Autumn 2002): 1. Brief history of South Mount Hawkins fire lookout in Angeles National Forest, California. From 1937 to 1999.

Murphy, Michael, and Kristin Bonds. "Something to Crow About." Conservationist 57 (No. 3, 2002): 2–5. Studies the wild ring-necked pheasants raising program at the Richard E. Reynolds Game Farm near Ithaca, New York. From 1927 to 2002.

NACCCA Journal. "Civilian Conservation Corps in Mt. Hood National Forest." NACCCA Journal 25 (November 2002): 10. Lists Civilian Conservation Corps camps and their work in Mt. Hood National Forest (Oregon) and briefly describes the life at Camp Zigzag. 1933 to 1942.

NACCCA Journal. "The CCC in the Great Smokies." NACCCA Journal 25 (No. 12, 2002): 6–8. Examines Civilian Conservation Corps camp life and work in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park during the 1930s and 1940s.

Olson, Elizabeth A. "Water Management and the Upper Clark Fork Steering Committee." In Finding Common Ground: Governance and Natural Resources in the American West, edited by Ronald D. Brunner, et al. New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 2002. 48–87 pp. Studies the initiatives of a committee in Montana to protect existing water rights and instream flow on the Upper Clark Fork River during the 1980s and 1990s.

Pfaff, Christine. "Reclamation and the CCC." NACCCA Journal 26 (January 2003): 1, 6. Discusses the contribution of the Civilian Conservation Corps to the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation's program during the 1930s and 1940s.

Qi-Bin, Zhang, and René I. Alfaro. "Periodicity of Two-Year Cycle Spruce Budworm Outbreaks in Central British Columbia: A Dendro-Ecological Analysis." Forest Science 48 (November 2002): 722–731. Analyzes the defoliation damage of spruce budworms to spruce, subalpine fir, and lodgepole pine trees in the Fort St. James and Mackenzie Forest Districts of central British Columbia. From the 1890s though the 1990s.

Ronda, James P. "Knowing Your 'Place': Lewis and Clark and the Invention of Regionalism." Columbia 16 (No. 1, 2002): 12–16. On the creation of regional differences in the western United States by Meriwether Lewis (1774–1809) and William Clark (1770–1838) on their 1804–1806 expedition.

Rushforth, Brett. "'The Great Spirit Was Grieved': Religion and Environment Among the Cowlitz Indians." Pacific Northwest Quarterly 93 (Fall 2002): 188–198. Examines the impact of environmental change brought by American settlers on Cowlitz spirituality along the Cowlitz River in Washington State during the nineteenth century.

Russell, Paul. "Early Days in the Forest Service." Dixie Ranger 32 (November 2002): 3–7. The author's memories of his work with the U.S. Forest Service from the 1950s through the 1970s.

Schuler, Jamie, and Subhrendu K. Pattanayak. "Costa Rica's Innovative Environmental Conservation Initiatives." Sylvanet 15 (No. 2, 2002): 10–13. The authors discuss the positive impacts of forestry education and research institutions, public support for conservation, ecotourism, and environmental service payments on deforestation in Costa Rica. From 1940 to 2001.

Sheldon, Karin P. "How Did We Get Here? Looking to History to Understand Conflicts in Public Land Governance Today." Public Land & Resources Law Review 23 (2002): 1–20. Studies the historical development of public land law in the United States. From the 1780s through the 1970s.

South, David B., and Edward R. Buckner. "The Decline of Southern Yellow Pine Timberland." Journal of Forestry 101 (No. 1, 2003): 30–35. Discusses the impact of wildfires, prescribed burning, hardwood competition, southern pine beetles, urban development, and high-grading on southern yellow pines in the northeastern and southern United States since 1953.

Sproul, David Kent. "Environmentalism and the Kaiparowits Power Project, 1964–76." Utah Historical Quarterly 70 (No. 4, 2002): 356–371. Discusses the opposition of environmental groups to the coal mining project and coal-fired power plant on the Kaiparowits Plateau in Utah.

Steely, James Wright. "The Civilian Conservation Corps Invades East Texas, 1933–1942." East Texas Historical Journal 40 (No. 2, 2002): 34–39. Discusses activities of the Civilian Conservation Corps in East Texas, such as tree planting, erosion control, and the creation of parks.

Sullivan, J. Blake. "Changing Southern Land Use? Change is the Only Thing for Certain." Forest Landowner 61 (No. 6, 2002): 18–20. Using aerial photographs, the author discusses changes in land use in Lawrenceville, Georgia, between 1938 and 1999.

Tarpley, Margaret. "Louisiana Hoop-La." Forests & People 52 (No. 4, 2002): 10–11, 13. Discusses the history of Bunkie Wood Products, formerly known as Louisiana Hoop Company, a maker of barrel hoops, pallets, potato boxes, and furniture accessories. From 1910 to 2002.

Tate, Bryan. "Sullivan County Log Homes." Material Culture 34 (No. 2, 2002): 41–53. Reviews the origins, layouts, and construction techniques of log houses in Sullivan County, Tennessee. From the eighteenth through the twentieth centuries.

Vanderbilt, Amy B. "On the Road Again: Glacier National Park's Red Buses." CRM 25 (No. 5, 2002): 23–26. Discusses the use of park-touring red and black buses with convertible tops called "Red Buses" or "Reds" in Glacier National Park since 1936.

Walcheck, Kenneth C. "Naming The Animals." We Proceeded On 28 (February 2002): 26–31. Describes the names that Meriwether Lewis (1774–1809) and William Clark (1770–1838) applied to the mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes found on their 1804–1806 expedition to the western United States.

Wallinger, Dave. "Growing Up in the Interior. Part Two of Two." British Columbia Forest History Newsletter 66 (June 2002): 1–5. Reviews the reforestation projects conducted by the Forest Service in British Columbia. From the 1960s through the 1990s.

Walls, Robert E. "Lady Loggers and Gyppo Wives: Women and Northwest Logging." Oregon Historical Quarterly 103 (Fall 2002): 362–382. Examines the experiences of women in the independent logging industry of the western United States. Twentieth century.

Welsh, Michael M. "Beyond Designed Capture: A Reanalysis of the Beginnings of Public Range Management, 1928–38." Social Science History 26 (Summer 2002): 347–391. Analyzes the legislative history of the Taylor Grazing Act of 1934 allowing local councils of cattle ranchers to manage public rangelands in the United States.

Whittlesey, Lee H. "Native Americans, the Earliest Interpreters: What is Known About Their Legends and Stories of Yellowstone National Park and the Complexities of Interpreting Them." George Wright Forum 19 (No. 3, 2002): 40–51. Nineteenth century.

Wikeem, Brian M., and Timothy J. Ross. "Plant Succession in the Rocky Mountain Trench: Influence of Historical Factors." Rangelands 24 (December 2002): 17–20. Examines the impact of fires, horses, domestic livestock, railway building, and wildlife on plant communities and forage resources in the Rocky Mountain Trench of British Columbia. Ancient times.

Williams, Ted. "Trout Are Wildlife, Too." Audubon 104 (December 2002): 36–47. The author argues that hatchery trouts are threatening native Yellowstone cutthroats in Yellowstone Lake, Montana. From the 1970s to 2001.

Williams, Thomas M. "Natural Recovery of Red-Cockaded Woodpecker Cavity Trees After Hurricane Hugo." Southern Journal of Applied Forestry 26 (No. 4, 2002): 197–206. Studies the bird's nesting and foraging habitats in the Hobcaw Forest in Georgetown County, South Carolina, between 1989 and 1996.

Wondrak, Alice K. "Wrestling with Horace Albright: Edmund Rogers, Visitors, and Bears in Yellowstone National Park. Part II." Montana: The Magazine of Western History 52 (No. 4, 2002): 18–31. The author studies the difficulty of prohibiting bear feeding practices within the Yellowstone National Park during the 1940s and 1950s.

Woods, Mark. "An Appalachian Tale: Restoring Boone's Wilderness Road." CRM 25 (No. 5, 2002): 20–22. Discusses the restoration of the Cumberland Gap and Wilderness Road in Cumberland Gap National Historical Park to its 1780–1810 appearance.


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