Box 05

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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These files contain documents relating to watershed management, water development projects, "unusual" plant species, game population estimates, and wildlife management, as well as, miscellaneous Forest Service and other publications relating to water rights and use.

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F-2 Crater National Forest "File - Fish Lake Water Company Reservoir," L-Uses, Medford, Oregon. Contains correspondence between 1900-1915, and maps relating to Fish Lake development and Fourmile Lake Canal. [SOU-HL]

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F-2 Crater National Forest "File - Fish Lake Water Company Reservoir," L-Uses, Medford, Oregon. The documents include correspondence between 1900-1915, and maps relating to Fish Lake development and Fourmile Lake Canal. [SOU-HL]

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F-3 Crater National Forest, "Data on Game Refuges and Game Census," W-Management, Medford, Oregon. The census includes figures for fur-bearers, game animals, and predators including mountain lion and wolf. [RRSNF/SOU-HL]

Scope and Contents F-4 "Report on the Geologic Features of the Drainage Area Contributing to Big Butte Springs Water Supply, Jackson County, to the Medford City Water Commission," by Ira A. Williams, filed initially under LP-Boundaries, Crater National Forest, Portland, Oregon (15p.) The report includes a discussion of geology, current resource activities, and potential sources of contamination. The report provides recommendations such as how Crater National Forest should manage the watershed with particular...

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F-12 Jackson County Circuit Court, "Waters of Rogue River and Its Tributaries - Decree," Medford Printing Co., Medford, Oregon (97p). Prepared for County Watermaster to settle various waterrights controversies. The document provides a comprehensive listing of ditches, dates of water priority, users by drainage. A valuable reference for inventory of irrigation and some mining ditches. [RRSNF/SOU-HL]

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F-20 Applegate Ranger District, "File: Grouse Creek Big Foot Trap," Rogue River National Forest, Medford, Oregon. A special use permit file on the "big-foot trap," built and operated near Applegate River by an organization called "North American Wildlife Research." [RR-SNF/SOU-HL] and various newspaper clippings related to Bigfoot.

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F-24 The file includes flood records for 1861, 1890, 1927, 1948, and 1955. Also included are a "Flood Damage Summary" for 1997, and letters to Jeffery LaLande.

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F-34 Rogue River National Forest, "Chronology of Important Dates, Ashland Creek Watershed," Ashland, Oregon. A list of "events" occurring in and about the Ashland Watershed, from ca. 1850 to 1997. Compiled by Bill Rose, Ashland R.D. employee. [RR-SNF/SOUHL] and a photocopy of Ashland Daily Tidings.