Camp Filibert Roth (University of Michigan)

Camp Filibert Roth was opened in 1929 in Iron County, Michigan, as a summer field experience camp for students in the University of Michigan's School of Natural Resources. The camp was named for Professor Filibert Roth (1858-1925), founder of the School of Forestry at the University of Michigan and a leader in the field of forestry. From his arrival at the University in 1903, Roth guided the program until his retirement in 1923 at which time he was appointed Professor Emeritus. To his colleagues and students, Roth was known affectionately as "Daddy."

Prior to 1929, forestry students had been required to spend the summer between their sophomore and junior years doing surveying work at Camp Davis on Douglas Lake. The decision by the Department of Civil Engineering to relocate Camp Davis to Wyoming and the desire of the School of Forestry to have a camp located in Michigan's Upper Peninsula devoted to forestry training prompted the school in 1928 to begin investigating possible locations for a camp.

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