Seney National Wildlife Refuge records 1938-1982

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Seney National Wildlife Refuge records 1938-1982

This collection documents the administration of the Seney Wildlife Refuge. The collection mainly contains annual narrative reports. The reports describe, among other things, weather and climate conditions, resource management, fire control, species inventories and conditions, land use planning, pesticide studies, water management practices, and habitat management. The collection also contains information on Depression era Works Progress Administration (WPA) activities and World War II concientious objector camps. Also included are field notes, photographs, and personal accounts of early Seney conditions at the turn of the century by Harvey C. Saunders, including histories of Germfask and Grand Marais, logging and early logging drives. The collection's materials date from 1938 to 1982.

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National Wildlife Refuge System (U.S.)

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The National Wildlife Refuge System is a part of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, which, in turn, falls under the jurisdiction of Department of the Interior. Region Six of the National Wildlife Refuge System is also known as the Mountain-Prairie Region and covers several states that include Montana and Wyoming. According to a November 23, 1973 memo within this collection, the Billings area of Region Six included the following refuges: Benton Lake, Charles M. Russell, Medical Lake, National Bi...

Saunders, Harvey C.

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