Records, 1967-1971 (bulk 1970-1971).

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Records, 1967-1971 (bulk 1970-1971).

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Correspondence, reports, plans, statistical data, fire tower manning reports, and minutes kept by departmental committees of Don Wilson and, later, Richard S. Story, section supervisors. The section was charged with promoting and assisting in developing an effective and continuous program of forest fire prevention. Topics covered include forest development, prescribed burning, land use and ownership, fire damage, aerial fire detection, lookout towers, inspection, tornado damage, and public education.

0.8 cu. ft. (45 folders in partial box).

Minnesota Historical Society, Division of Archives and Manuscripts

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Minnesota. Dept. of Conservation.

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Minnesota. Division of Forestry

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The Pine Island Civilian Conservation Corp camp was established on June 21, 1933 and operated until August 1934. The site sat idle until January 1935, when it became a transient camp under the Work Projects Administration (WPA) and State Emergency Relief Administration. On May 15, 1936, it was placed under the United States Department of Agriculture's Resettlement Administration, as Project LD-MN4, the Northern Minnesota Pine Island Settler Relocation Project. The purpose of the project was to p...

Story, Richard S.

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Minnesota. Forest Protection and Public Relations Section.

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Wilson, Don

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