Central subject files : Planting (SP) files, 1914-1961.

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Central subject files : Planting (SP) files, 1914-1961.

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Subject files consisting of correspondence, memos, reports, circulars, brochures, and other miscellaneous materials relating to windbreaks and shelterbelts, planting methods and programs, tree plantations, highway improvements, farm forestry, agricultural conservation programs, statistics, cooperation with state entomologists and the United States Forest Service, seeds and cones, and nursery stock and price lists, originating from or received by the state forester, commissioner, or director of forestry (title change) or other members of the forestry division office.

4.0 cu. ft. (4 boxes)

Minnesota Historical Society, Division of Archives and Manuscripts

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SNAC Resource ID: 8336747

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Minnesota. Dept. of Conservation.

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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...

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...