Papers, 1924-1981 (bulk 1934-1963)

Campbell, Robert S. (Robert Samuel), 1904-

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Researcher and administrator, U.S. Forest Service, specializing in range management. Chief, Division of Range Research, Southern Forest Experimental Station, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1943-1963. Fourth son of John Samuel and Mabel Harris Campbell of LaHarpe, Hancock County, Illinois. Received Ph.D. from the University of Chicago (1932). Published numerous bulletins and reports on range management and ecology. Member and officer of the Society for Range Management. ...

International Rangeland Congress

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Society for Range Management

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The Society for Range Management was organized in the summer of 1947 after a 1946 meeting of interested parties, with Joseph F. Pechanec as its first president. The Society was officially formed at its first meeting on January 29-31, 1948, in Salt Lake City, Utah. Its mission was “to foster advancement in the science and art of grazing land management,” and it was established to provide an outlet and a venue for the dissemination and promotion of the principles of range management. By 2002, the ...

United States. Forest Service

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The evolution of the USDA Forest Service is rooted in the General Provision Act of l89l in which Congress authorized the President to designate particular areas of the forested public domain to be set aside as "reserves" for future use. The number and size of these reserves increased notably in l897 when the President was authorized to establish reserves in order to protect watersheds, to preserve timber, and to provide lumber for local use. There was no provision for management or...