Forest History Today Magazine
Spring/Fall 2015 Issue
View the table of contents for the Spring/Fall 2015 issue below.
Feature articles in the Spring/Fall 2015 issue include discussion of the Netherland’s Nature Scenery Act of 1928; how the romantic life of the young Gifford Pinchot changed landscape architecture; President William McKinley’s conservation record; a forgotten historic fire in Canada; the impact of the Congregational Church on the conservation movement; and an overview of wildfire on the Korean peninsula.
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Contents
| [i] | “Message from the President: Seventy Years Young” [PDF] |
| 2 | “Editor’s Note” by James G. Lewis [PDF] |
| Features | |
|---|---|
| 4 | “The Nature Scenery Act of 1928 in the Netherlands” by S. W. Verstegen [PDF] |
| 14 | “Apollo and Shooting Star: The Youthful Correspondence of Beatrix Jones Farrand and Gifford Pinchot” by Bibi Gaston [PDF] |
| 22 | “The Great Fire of 1919: People and a Shared Firestorm in Alberta and Saskatchewan, Canada” by Peter J. Murphy, Cordy Tymstra, and Merle Massie [PDF] |
| 32 | “Measured Impact: William B. McKinley and Late-Nineteenth-Century Conservation” by Char Miller [PDF] |
| 39 | “Farms, Forests, and Parks and the Congregational Quest for an Equitable and Sustainable Society”by Mark Stoll [PDF] |
| 50 | “In the Line of Fire: An Overview of Wildfire in Korea” by Stephen J. Pyne [PDF] |
| Departments | |
| 54 | “Biographical Portrait: Duane Leroy Bliss, Lumber Baron of the Comstock Lode” by Jack Harpster [PDF] |
| 59 | “History on the Road: John Muir and Aldo Leopold in Wisconsin” by Thomas J. Straka and James G. Lewis [PDF] |
| 63 | Books and Films of Interest by Jason Howard, Eben Lehman and James G. Lewis [PDF] |
| 70 | Mark Your Calendar [PDF] |
| Annual Report | |
| 71 | From the Chair [PDF] |
| 71 | Treasurer’s Report [PDF] |
| 73 | Contributions and Project Sponsors [PDF] |
| 75 | Welcome to New Members [PDF] |
| 75 | Honor Roll of Members 25+ Years [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] |
