Box 04

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.

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Fire Management. The D files are a collection of documents specifically related to the problems and issues of forest fire management, including control plans, studies, suppression and prevention efforts, acres burned, fire causes, etcetera. The files also provide a fire history. Similar material that does not deal solely or mainly with fires can be found in the A and O files.

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D-2 Crater National Forest "Annual Fire Reports, 1911 and 1915" E-Statistics, Medford, Oregon (68p). Gives causes, acres, and timber volumes burned. [RR-SNF/SOU-HL]

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D-3 "District Fire Plans," by Martin L. Erickson, FPlans, Crater National Forest, Medford, Oregon (37p). The document provides general types and severity of fire hazard by District, provides information on local fire attitudes, and makes recommendations for additional lookouts and telephone lines. [RR-SNF/SOU-HL]

Scope and Contents D-4 "Letter to District Forester," H. D. Foster, O-Fire, Crater National Forest, Medford, Oregon (16p). The letter proposes the use of "fire detectives" on the Forest. E.g., "...Let him [the detective] drift in [to the Applegate drainage] from across the mountains, not from the valley or the railroad, driving a burro loaded with pick and pan and sourdough. Let him aimlessly peck the rocks all over the country, talk with the natives and gradually become one himself...worm his way into the...

Scope and Contents D-5 "Special Fire Study," H. D. Foster, O-Fire, Crater National Forest, Medford, Oregon (20p). The study describes the installation of weather instruments on Windy Peak, evaluates the fire-fighting qualities of various tools, and studies detection and suppression times for three fires. The study notes some of Ranger Gribble's fire prevention slogans on signs in the Ashland Watershed: "Keep Vulcan Quiet Till Pluvius Returns"...and Foster's comments: "To be sure, few who read the notice would...

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D-6 Crater National Forest "Fire History," O-Fire, Medford, Oregon (20p). The document details acres burned since 1910, fire causes, ecterea by District. [RR-SNF/SOU-HL]

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D-7 District Forester "Letter to Crater National Forest Supervisor," dated July 26, 1916, O-Fire, Portland, Oregon (7p). The letter contains comments on a Fire Management Report prepared for the Klamath and Crater National Forests, by Arthur Ringland; item D-9. The file includes an additional 16-page letter by Assistant District Forester. [RR-SNF/SOU-HL]

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D-8 "The Fire Lookout System on the Crater National Forest," by Harold D. Foster, RS-Reports (Annual Technical Report), Crater National Forest, Medford, Oregon (94p). An extensive report dealing with the improvement needs of then-existing lookouts, recommendations for additional lookouts, and describes present and projected guard patrols of various areas. Documents include many photographs from lookout points. [RR-SNF/SOU-HL]

Scope and Contents D-9 "Report on Fire Protection Problems of the Klamath and Crater National Forests," by Arthur C. Ringland, F-Studies, U.S. Forest Service, Washington, D. C. (46p). A controversial report representing an opposing philosophy to the ideas in item D-4, and detailing the socio-economic problems to fire control in the Applegate drainage. The report proposes, among other measures, a widely-expanded controlledburning program. Arthur Ringland began his Forest Service career as one of Gifford...