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Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest (Agency : U.S.)

 Organization

Dates

  • Usage: 2005-present
  • Usage: Used until 2004 - 2004

Biography

Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest Web site, May 10, 2005 home page (USDA Forest Service; Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest; The previously separate Rogue River and Siskiyou National Forests and their nine ranger district offices were administratively combined in 2004. The Supervisor's Office is in Medford, OR.)

Found in 152 Collections and/or Records:

Lookouts, Siskiyou National Forests Research, 1991-1994

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS025:02.45
Scope and Contents

The materials continue the research for the Siskiyou National Forest lookouts. Documents include indepth information on the lookouts with focus on the watchtowers at the Hershberger Mountain and Wildhorse. The booklet "Fire Lookouts on the Deschutes National Forest" was copied and sent to Kay in September 1999. The nomination form for the Snoqualmie National Forest lookout on Mt. Baker is included. Images of maps, structures, and handwritten notes are also available.

Dates: 1991-1994

Management Plans for Crater Lake Highway FH-17, 1968

 File — Box: 06, Folder: 08
Identifier: MSS019:G.08
Scope and Contents

G-78 Rogue River National Forest, "Management Plans for Crater Lake Highway FH-17," Medford, Oregon. The development schedule includes Prospect and Union Creek. [RR-SNF/SOU-HL]

Dates: 1968

McKee Campground Shelter, McKee Bridge Forest Camp, McKee Bridge Picnic Area, Applegate Ranger District, Rogue River Nation Forest, Jackson County, Oregon, 1981

 File — Box: 07, Folder: 11
Identifier: MSS025:01.88
Scope and Contents The "Cultural Resource Inventory and Evaluation Report on the McKee Campground Shelter" discusses the impact and options for continued use of the Historical site. A discussion of each alternative suggestion details how it would impact the area. The paper outlines the history of the bridge and picnic area between the 1850s and 1970s. One idea suggests having the area placed on the National Registry of Historic Places as it still retains the structures constructed during The New...
Dates: 1981

Memoirs: Harold C. (Chris) Chriswell, 1933 to 1971

 Digital Image
Identifier: http://cdm16085.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16085coll18/id/2583
Dates: 1989; 1997

Memorandum of Inspection - A. L. Coggins Timber Sale, 1934

 File — Box: 03, Folder: 02
Identifier: MSS019:C.16
Scope and Contents

C-18 "Memorandum of Inspection - A. L. Coggins Timber Sale," I. J. Mason, S-Sales, Rogue River National Forest, Medford, Oregon (2p). The correspondence deals with a timber sale of 1928 in the upper Tolman Creek drainage. 10 MMBF were sold, but only a fraction was cut, due to the low demand of the Depression economy. [RR-SNF/SOU-HL]

Dates: 1934

Miscellaneous documents, bulk: 1989-2005

 Series — Box: 11, Folder: 04
Identifier: MSS019:R
Scope and Contents

Miscellaneous documents that do not fall within the previously listed categories.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1989-2005

Miscellaneous documents, bulk: 1989-2005

 File — Box: 11, Folder: 05
Identifier: MSS019:R.01
Scope and Contents

R-4 File includes miscellaneous files regarding logging and forest management industry.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1989-2005

Mission Statement, 1976

 File — Box: 01, Folder: 11
Identifier: MSS019:A.11
Scope and Contents

A-16 "Mission Statement," Rogue River National Forest, Medford, Oregon (34p). A brief statement on Resource Management Mission of the Rogue River N.F., by Ranger District and Resource Section. [RRSNF/SOU-HL]

Dates: 1976

Rogue River National Forest records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS-019
Abstract

Jeffery LaLande worked as an independent historian outside of his Forest Service career, and this collection resulted from his independent research. These papers include correspondence with researchers on various topics; files from essays, articles, book reviews, and books he has written; and his peer reviews, requested by various editors, of manuscripts submitted for publication.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1900s-2006

Mt. Stella Lookout, Prospect Ranger District, Rogue River National Forest, Jackson County, Oregon, 1998

 File — Box: 07, Folder: 01
Identifier: MSS025:01.78
Scope and Contents

The "Proposed U.S. Cellular Communications Tower at Mt. Stella, near Mt. Stella Lookout." The report includes the proposal of placement for the installation of a cellphone communications tower placement near the lookout tower. A drawing of the living quarters for the tower and placement of the garage. An image of the Rogue National Forest with the installation of the lookout on the map.

Dates: 1998