Forestry Extension records, 1933-1990 (bulk 1958-1969).

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Forestry Extension records, 1933-1990 (bulk 1958-1969).

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The correspondence includes circular letters and exchanges between the Extension Forester and the Director of the Extension Service, as well as the County Extension Agents. Correspondence from outside the University and from private forestry organizations and extension service agencies in other states is also in the series. Of special interest in the correspondence of Charles Ross are references to the issue of national population control and growth. The educational programs were administered by Forestry Extension and constitute short courses and forest conservation tours for school children. The research projects, undertaken by Forestry Extension from the 1960s through the 1980s, relate mostly to the impact of forests and lumbering upon streams and rivers; one major project pertains to the Alsea Basin. The Informational Files cover forest related topics such as camping and the outdoors, sawmills and lumbering equipment, and forestation. The Survey Report offers a summary of the effectiveness of Forestry Extension programs in Oregon. Series VIII contains correspondence, a report, and returned questionnaires relating to the development by the Extension Service of contract services for woodland properties. The situation studies primarily address options in land use including forestry co-ops and recreational use of private farm and woodlands. Series X covers program planning topics such as a long range farm forestry plan and includes county planning council recommendations, group process guides, and plan of work reports. The training materials relate to the informational role of extension agents and forestry education in secondary schools and include correspondence, memoranda, and reports.

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Ross, Charles R. (Charles Robert), 1908-

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Charles R. Ross served as Extension Forester for Oregon State University from 1946 until his retirement in 1970. He earned his B.S. in forestry from the University of Georgia and M.S. from the University of Washington. From 1936 until 1946, he worked in the southeastern United States for the U.S. Forest Service, the Extension Services in South Carolina and Alabama, and as a regional consultant for the American Forestry Association. Ross authored the popular OSU Extension publication, Trees to Kn...

Graeber, R. W.

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Oregon State College. Extension Forestry Program.

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Oregon State University. Extension Service

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On July 24, 1911, Oregon Agricultural College's Board of Regents organized the Oregon Extension Service in response to requests from citizens of Oregon for assistance (particularly in agriculture) from the college. R.D. Hetzel, professor of political science, was named as the first director of the Extension Service. The first county extension agents began in Marion and Wallowa Counties in September of 1912. Legislation permitting counties to appropriate money for extension work that would be mat...

Oregon State University. Extension Forestry Program.

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Although the OSU Extension Service dates to 1911, not until 1944 was a farm forestry project initiated within Extension. In the late 1940s, the Extension Service added two foresters to the central staff at OSU. By the early 1980s, the Extension Forestry program included ten county agents and eight central staff forestry specialists, and was administered by the College of Forestry. Charles Ross served as Extension Forester from 1946 to 1970. From the description of Forestry Extension ...

Oregon State College. Federal Cooperative Extension Service

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On July 24, 1911, Oregon Agricultural College's Board of Regents organized the Oregon Extension Service in response to requests from citizens of Oregon for assistance (particularly in agriculture) from the college. In May of 1914, nearly three years after Oregon had established its Extension Service, President Woodrow Wilson signed the federal Smith-Lever law, which provided federal money for the establishment of extension services in all states for developing off-campus programs, primarily in a...