Forest History Today Magazine

Spring/Fall 2013 Issue

View the table of contents for the Spring/Fall 2013 issue below.

Feature articles include a discussion of a windstorm that changed the Ozark forests; the history of the tung oil industry in the U.S.; forestry education in Quebec; Bob Marshall’s time at the Harvard Forest; reflections from an AmeriCorps volunteer; and a look at the Pinchot Institute and Grey Towers National Historic Site. History on the Road looks at the charcoal kilns of Utah and the Biographical Portrait traces the long history of public service of the Mattoon and McLean families.

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Contents

[i] “Message from the President: ‘Saving Manuscripts Has Always Challenged Preservationists'” [PDF]
2 “Editor’s Note” by James G. Lewis [PDF]
Features
4 “Derecho!: The Forgotten Windstorm that Changed the Ozarks” by Denise Henderson Vaughn [PDF]
14 “The Rise and Fall of the Gulf Coast Tung Oil Industry” by Jeffrey B. Robb and Paul D. Travis [PDF]
23 “Forestry Education in Quebec: The First 50 Years” by Cyrille Gélinas [PDF]
30 “From the Mountains to the Prairies: Reflections on My 21 Months with AmeriCorps” by Christine E. Amoresano [PDF]
34 “Lessons from Harvard Forests and Ecologists: Bob Marshall’s Plot” by David R. Foster [PDF]
42 “Making Common Cause for Conservation: The Pinchot Institute & Grey Towers National Historic Site, 1963–2013” by Char Miller [PDF]
Departments
52 “Biographical Portrait: The Mattoons and McLeans—Deep Forestry Roots” by Andy Mason [PDF]
55 “History on the Road: Charcoal and Utah’s Early Mining Industry” by Douglas H. Page Jr., Sarah E. Page, Thomas J. Straka, and Nathan D. Thomas [PDF]
64 Books and Films of Interest by Eben Lehman and James G. Lewis [PDF]
71 Mark Your Calendar [PDF]
Annual Report
72 Message from the Chair [PDF]
73 Treasurer’s Report [PDF]
74 Contributions and Project Sponsors [PDF]
76 Gifts to the Forest History Society Library [PDF]
78 Awards and Fellowships [PDF]
80 Publications of the Forest History Society [PDF]
82 Back Cover [PDF]