The Forest History Society


				Loading

The Forest History Society is a nonprofit library and archive dedicated to collecting, preserving, and disseminating forest and conservation history for all to use. The Society links the past to the future while reminding us about our important forest heritage.

As part of our mission, FHS is continually seeking innovative ways of enhancing its programs in research, publication, and education, and new methods for promoting the study of environmental history. Towards that end, you'll now find us on Facebook and Twitter and blogging at Peeling Back the Bark. We invite you to take a tour of FHS, and then explore the website and discover your forest heritage!

New Pinchot Documentary

We've asked Leila Pinchot, a Research Fellow at the Pinchot Institute for Conservation and a descendant of Gifford Pinchot, to share her thoughts in a blog post about a new documentary film about Gifford Pinchot. Seeking the Greatest Good: The Conservation Legacy of Gifford Pinchot links Pinchot's conservation philosophy with the Institute's recent efforts to address contemporary environmental issues.

FHS Research Portal

The new FHS Research Portal allows users to pull together a list of books, articles, photographs, dissertations, materials from the U.S. Forest Service history collection, oral histories, and descriptions of archival collections at FHS and elsewhere all into a single results page, helpfully divided into categories. Search results can be easily saved, emailed, and printed. Begin your research using the new portal today.

From Our Award-Winning Blog

Our latest "Forgotten Characters from Forest History" post on Peeling Back the Bark looks at Benny Beaver. Enjoy Benny's entertaining backstory, which involves a wolverine attack in Pasadena before becoming a spokes-animal for the Redwood Region Conservation Council (RRCC). Benny was used by the RRCC to fight wildfire, prevent litter-bugging and promote the multiple use of our natural resources. Read more on the blog. . .

Forest Management for All

In Forest Management for All: State and Private Forestry in the U.S. Forest Service, Lincoln Bramwell engagingly captures the branch's history, demonstrating why State and Private Forestry was able to overcome numerous challenges to its purpose—and at times its existence—to assume leadership in providing and coordinating technical and financial assistance to landowners and resource managers.




New Pinchot Documentary We've asked Leila Pinchot, a Research Fellow at the Pinchot Institute for Conservation and a descendant of Gifford Pinchot, to share her thoughts in a blog post about a new documentary film about Gifford Pinchot. Seeking the Greatest Good: The Conservation Legacy of Gifford Pinchot links Pinchot's conservation philosophy with the Institute's recent efforts to address contemporary environmental issues.	FHS Research Portal The new FHS Research Portal allows users to pull together a list of books, articles, photographs, dissertations, materials from the U.S. Forest Service history collection, oral histories, and descriptions of archival collections at FHS and elsewhere all into a single results page, helpfully divided into categories. Search results can be easily saved, emailed, and printed. Begin your research using the new portal today.	From Our Award-Winning Blog Our latest "Forgotten Characters from Forest History" post on Peeling Back the Bark looks at Benny Beaver. Enjoy Benny's entertaining backstory, which involves a wolverine attack in Pasadena before becoming a spokes-animal for the Redwood Region Conservation Council (RRCC). Benny was used by the RRCC to fight wildfire, prevent litter-bugging and promote the multiple use of our natural resources. Read more on the blog. . .	*Forest Management for All* In Forest Management for All: State and Private Forestry in the U.S. Forest Service, Lincoln Bramwell engagingly captures the branch's history, demonstrating why State and Private Forestry was able to overcome numerous challenges to its purpose—and at times its existence—to assume leadership in providing and coordinating technical and financial assistance to landowners and resource managers.