Records of the Colorado State Forestry Association 1873-1933 1905-1916

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Records of the Colorado State Forestry Association 1873-1933 1905-1916

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Colorado conservationists formed the Colorado State Forestry Association, also known as the Colorado Forestry Association (CFA), in 1884 to support the conservation, management, and renewal of forests through the dissemination of educational materials, promotion of forestry legislation, and creation of forest reserves. The Records of the Colorado State Forestry Association consists primarily of the correspondence of CFA president William G. M. Stone with prominent conservationists, government officials and educators of the early 1900s. In addition to correspondence, the collection contains clippings from Colorado newspapers and printed material from related organizations, as well as handwritten drafts of papers addressing a variety of forestry related topics.

Colorado State University, Colorado Agricultural Archive

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Stone, William G. M.

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Colorado State Forestry Association

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The early years of the Colorado State Forestry Association (CFA) reflect the development of the conservation movement in the United States, which began in the 1870s for both practical and esthetic reasons. Conservationists sought to prevent timber shortages and to combat the wasteful exploitation of scenic national resources. In the arid American West, the deleterious impact of over-cutting on mountain watersheds elicited particular concern. A healthy forest near a watershed allowed...