U.S. Forest Service records 1929-1983.

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U.S. Forest Service records 1929-1983.

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Series decuments the activities and programs of the U.S. Forest Service in Oregon. Most of the records deal with cooperative efforts between the U.S. Forest Service and the Forestry Department. Records include Clarke-McNary reports; circulars; Emergency Conservation Work, Works Progress Administration, and Civilian Conservation Corps reports; fire and reference reports; correspondence; maps; photographs; and posters. Subjects include ECW/CCC programs, fire protection cooperation, federal and state legislation, Clarke-McNary funding, national forest mamagement, protection assessments, boy scouts, education and training, public relations, land exchanges, World War II forest defense, forest closures, and burning restrictions.

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