Inventory of the Clarence Luther Forsling Papers, 1911 – 1980

Descriptive Summary

Abstract: Clarence Luther Forsling (1893-1981) specialized in range management, grazing, and watersheds and held leadership positions in the United States Forest Service, Charles Lathrop Pack Forestry Foundation, and New Mexican state government.

The collection includes materials documenting Clarence Luther Forsling’s professional career with the U. S. Forest Service, the U. S. Department of the Interior, and the Charles Lathrop Pack Forestry Foundation. The collection consists of such items as correspondence, memoranda, photographs, field diaries, reports, research notes, drafts for a presumably unpublished manuscript authored by Forsling on water supply in the arid Southwest, and copies of more than fifty articles and speeches delivered by Forsling. Some biographical records and records pertaining to his interests unrelated to forestry are also included.

Title: Clarence Luther Forsling Papers, 1911 – 1980

Creator: Forsling, C. L. (Clarence Luther), b. 1893

Repository: Forest History Society Library and Archives

Call Number: 7279

Language of Material: Material in English

Extent: 7.5 linear feet (18 archival boxes)

 

Biographical Note

Clarence Luther Forsling (1893-1981), a native of Cheyenne, Wyoming, graduated from the University of Nebraska in 1915 and began a long career with the U. S. Forest Service. He directed the Great Basin Experiment Station from 1922 until 1929, when he founded and directed the Intermountain Regional Experiment Station. He directed the Appalachian Forest Experiment Station from 1934 until 1937, and in 1935 spent three months in Europe as an Oberlaender Trust Fellow. From 1937 to 1944, Forsling served as U. S. Forest Service Assistant Chief in Charge of Research, and in 1944 he became the Director of the Grazing Service. When the Grazing Service merged with the General Land Office in 1946 to form the U. S. Bureau of Land Management, Forsling continued to work as a special assistant to the secretary of the Interior until 1953. He settled in Albuquerque, New Mexico, where he served as Director of Forest and Watershed Research for the Charles Lathrop Pack Forestry Foundation (1956-1958), and served the State of New Mexico as Chief Tax Commissioner (1955-1956) and member of the State Parks and Recreation Committee (1963-1969). Forsling authored and co-authored many government publications and articles in professional journals on the topics of range management, grazing, and watersheds.

Note: Biographical information drawn from materials in this collection and from an obituary notice titled “Ex-Forest Service Official Dies” in the October 10, 1981 edition of the Albuquerque Journal (Albuquerque, New Mexico).

 

Collection Overview

The collection includes materials documenting Clarence Luther Forsling’s professional career with the U. S. Forest Service, the U. S. Department of the Interior, and the Charles Lathrop Pack Forestry Foundation. The collection consists of such items as correspondence, memoranda, photographs, field diaries, reports, research notes, drafts for a presumably unpublished manuscript authored by Forsling on water supply in the arid Southwest, and copies of more than fifty articles and speeches delivered by Forsling. Some biographical records and records pertaining to his interests unrelated to forestry are also included.

Collection Arrangement

During processing of the collection, paper materials in a deteriorating condition were removed from the collection and replaced with preservation photocopies, and twelve manuscript boxes filled with general publications dating from 1930 to 1979 relating to forestry topics but not clearly pertaining to Forsling’s research were withdrawn from the collection.

1. Biographical, 1911-1976

1.1. Personal Records, 1911-1970

1.2. Non-Forestry Interests, 1955-1980

1.3. Correspondence, 1922-1976

2. Professional, 1925-1976

2.1. Grazing Service, 1937 and 1944-1947

2.2. Charles Lathrop Pack Forestry Foundation, 1956-1959

2.3. Peer Review, 1946-1974

2.4. Miscellaneous, 1925-1975

3. Field Diaries, 1915-1937

4. Europe, 1935-1939

4.1. Documents, 1935-1939

4.2. Photographs, undated

5. Research, 1936-1965

5.1. Bibliographic Cards, undated

5.2. New Mexico, 1936-1965

5.3. Water Supply in the Arid Southwest, 1942-1965

6. Publications, 1919-1968

6.1. Grazing Examiner, 1919-1922

6.2. Director, Great Basin Experiment Station, 1924-1930

6.3. Director, Intermountain Forest and Range Experiment Station, 1930-1934

6.4. Director, Appalachian Forest Experiment Station, 1937

6.5. Assistant Chief, U. S. Forest Service Research, 1937-1944

6.6. Director of Grazing, 1944-1947

6.7. Special Assistant to the United States Secretary of the Interior, 1947-1953

6.8. Director of Forest and Watershed Research, Charles Lathrop Pack Forestry Foundation, 1956-1959

6.9. Consultant/Independent Work, 1960-1968

6.10. Bibliographies, undated

 

Subject Headings

  • Charles Lathrop Pack Forestry Foundation
  • Conservation of natural resources — New Mexico
  • Foresters — United States
  • Forests and forestry — United States — History
  • Forests and forestry — Research — United States
  • Forsling, C. L. (Clarence Luther), b. 1893
  • Grazing
  • Range management
  • United States. Department of the Interior — Officials and employees
  • United States. Forest Service
  • United States. Forest Service — Officials and employees
  • United States. Grazing Service — Officials and Employees
  • Watersheds
  • Water supply

 

Detailed Description of the Collection

1. Biographical, 1911-1976.

(3 archival boxes)

1.1. Personal Records, 1911-1970.

Includes correspondence, promotion notices, financial records, educational background information, and a photograph comprise this subseries. Materials are arranged alphabetically by topic.

  • Box 1
    Education

    • Folder 1.1
      University of Nebraska, 1911-1915

      • Includes captioned photo of “Range Crew,” programs of the Forest Club for 1913-1915 (one of which contains 70 Chihuahuan pesos), freshman year handbook, and leave of absence note.
  • Box 1
    Financial

    • Folder 1.2
      Personal Records, 1956-1968

      • Includes insurance invoices, stock holdings, annual financial reports of Alfred Forsling’s Estate, Inc., and other materials.
    • Folder 1.3
      Tax Returns, 1933-1970
  • Box 1
    Photographs

    • Folder 1.4
      Professional, 1924-1952

      • Includes two photographs: (1) photograph of twelve people — includes a caption on the front titled “Grazing” and dated “March 1924” and identifying the following people: W. A. Dayton, L. C. Hurtt, C. L. Forsling, D. A. Shoemaker, W. R. Chapline, I. Tidestrom, Miss Fackerell, Miss Bauskett, W. C. Barnes, Miss Keleher, Miss Gittings, C. E. Rachford, and Miss Jones. (2) 1952 photograph with Forsling at head of table surrounded by many other men — includes an attached letter from Karl Stromson indicating Forsling led a training session.
    • Folder 1.5
      Miscellaneous, undated

      • Includes five photos and one negative of various sizes depicting landscapes; only one photo with a caption.
  • Box 1
    Professional

    • Folder 1.6
      Employment Records, 1915-1966

      • Includes promotion notices, efficiency ratings, and dismissals.
    • Folder 1.7
      Recognition, 1943-1956

      • Includes correspondence from Who’s Who and other organizations.
    • Folder 1.8
      Resumes, undated
1.2. Non-Forestry Interests, 1955-1980.

Includes correspondence, meeting agendas and programs, reports, newsletter, association by-laws, and other materials pertaining to C. L. Forsling’s community service activities, philanthropic donations, and involvement in politics.

  • Box 1
    • Folder 1.9
      AARP, undated

      • Includes C. L. Forsling’s statement about health care for the aged.
    • Folder 1.10
      All Faith’s Receiving Home, 1966-1971

      • Includes plans for construction, by-laws, management audit, and other materials.
  • Box 2
    • Folder 2.1
      Camp for Girls, 1968

      • Includes correspondence regarding establishment of nature camp for girls affiliated with the Girl Scouts of America.
    • Folder 2.2
      Child Adoption Bill, 1968

      • Includes letter and copy of New Mexico bill.
    • Folder 2.3
      Cosmos Club, 1956-1980

      • Includes programs for 1964 and 1980 Cosmos Club Awards and reservation letter.
    • Folder 2.4
      Democratic Party Conference, 1959-1960

      • Includes agendas and reports of the Natural Resources Committee of the Western States Democratic Conference of 1960, correspondence regarding Citizens for Kennedy and other Democratic campaigns, and C. L. Forsling’s speech “About Bureaucrats.”
    • Folder 2.5
      New Mexico Park and Recreation Commission, circa 1967

      • Includes C. L. Forsling’s statement regarding action to remove him from the commission.
    • Folder 2.6
      New Mexico Tax Commission, 1955-1956

      • Includes correspondence, diary and expense record, American Bar Association Symposium on Severance Taxation, and reports of the tax commission.
    • Folder 2.7
      Tusculum College, 1976

      • Includes newsletter that lists C. L. Forsling as a donor to this educational institution in Tennessee.
1.3. Correspondence, 1922-1976.

Includes correspondence related to forestry and non-forestry topics.

Subjects relevant to forestry include: letters to politicians about public lands bills; letter to American Forests; questionnaire on Albuquerque water supply; Chapline for Conservation Award (letters, biographical information); U. S. Bureau of Land Management range policy; research needed on grazing; western water conference; Resources for the Future; New Mexico Conservation Education Council; statement at 1966 hearing; statement on reorganization of the U. S. Forest Service; letters about meetings with the U. S. Forest Service; public lands; Forester’s Code of Ethics; letter/article on Reed Bailey’s death; U. S. House of Representatives reports; conference on water resources; McCall’s comments on C. L. Forsling’s “Exclusion of Grazing on Public Domain Lands”; Girard Davidson’s statement on Resources and Conservation Act of 1961.

Subjects unrelated to forestry include: letters to politicians about campaign contributions; life insurance information; church business; oil investments; Cosmos Club programs.

Original organization of materials into folders labeled by date was preserved during processing.

  • Box 2
    General Correspondence

    • Folder 2.8
      1922-1951
    • Folder 2.9
      1951-1957
    • Folder 2.10
      1958-1959
    • Folder 2.11
      1960-1961
  • Box 3
    General Correspondence

    • Folder 3.1
      1962
    • Folder 3.2
      1963
    • Folder 3.3
      1964
    • Folder 3.4
      1965
    • Folder 3.5
      1966
    • Folder 3.6
      1968
    • Folder 3.7
      1973-1976
2. Professional, 1925-1976.

(5 archival boxes)

Includes records relating to C. L. Forsling’s professional career activities.

2.1. Grazing Service, 1937 and 1944-1947.

Includes correspondence, memoranda, newspaper clippings, notes, and reports created or collected by C. L. Forsling prior to and during his service as director of the United States Grazing Service.

  • Box 3
    • Folder 3.8
      Correspondence: Chief of Forest Research Appointment, 1937

      • Includes congratulatory letters received upon C. L. Forsling’s appointment and copies of Forsling’s replies.
    • Folder 3.9
      News Releases: Director of Grazing Appointment, 1944

      • Includes newspaper clippings and proceedings of Senate hearings to confirm appointment.
  • Box 4
    • Folder 4.1
      Correspondence: Director of Grazing Appointment, 1944

      • Includes letters congratulating C. L. Forsling on his appointment as director of the United States Grazing Service in 1944, and copies of Forsling’s replies.
    • Folder 4.2
      Grazing Service (1944-1946), 1944 and undated

      • Includes two typed pages and thirty handwritten pages about events relating to the United States Grazing Service during the stated period. Also includes a 1944 Annual Report of the Grazing Service.
    • Folder 4.3
      Department of Interior Review/Reorganization, 1944-1948

      • Includes memoranda and committee reports reviewing the Department’s land/conservation programs; Secretary of the Interior Julius Albert Krug’s (1907-1970) assignment of C. L. Forsling to do a general review; and Forsling’s report and recommendations for future programs.
    • Folder 4.4
      McCarran/Grazing Appropriations, 1945-1947

      • Includes C. L. Forsling’s handwritten and typed notes on the role of Patrick Anthony McCarran, United States senator from Nevada, in the reduction of the Grazing Department’s budget.
    • Folder 4.5
      Grazing Service Headquarters, 1946

      • Includes letter from C. L. Forsling to James William Robinson, United States representative from the state of Utah, commenting on Robinson’s stand against relocating Grazing Service headquarters from Salt Lake City, Utah, to Washington, D. C. Includes copies of newspaper clippings from the Salt Lake Tribune reporting comments by Robinson and discussing the minor media scandal that arose over Forsling’s support for headquarters relocation.
    • Folder 4.6
      Correspondence: Krug-Fjelsted, 1947

      • Includes correspondence between Ezra J. Fjeldsted, manager-director of the Ogden, Utah, Chamber of Commerce, and Secretary of the Interior Julius Albert Krug concerning Fjeldsted’s protest of C. L. Forsling’s dismissal from the position of Director of Grazing due to appropriations cuts. Also includes response from Forsling to Fjeldsted, and a few letters from other correspondents in support of Forsling.
2.2. Charles Lathrop Pack Forestry Foundation, 1956-1959.

Includes correspondence, minutes of meetings, newspaper clippings, memoranda, and notes generated or received by C. L. Forsling during his appointment as director of the Forest and Watershed Research for the Pack Foundation.

  • Box 4
    • Folder 4.7
      Arizona Water Resources Committee, 1957-1958

      • Includes correspondence, minutes of meeting, transcript of speech on watersheds, statement by C. L. Forsling on conservation, 1940 report on Gila River, and list of suggested research projects.
    • Folder 4.8
      Educational Program, 1957

      • Includes correspondence, mostly relating to meetings about the Foundation’s educational outreach.
    • Folder 4.9
      Educational Program: University of New Mexico, 1958-1959

      • Includes proposed program, correspondence, and newspaper clipping.
    • Folder 4.10
      Elfego Baca Story, 1958-1959

      • Includes correspondence, a paper written by C. L. Forsling, and newspaper clippings regarding a Walt Disney feature titled Nine Lives of Elfego Baca filmed for television. The film was based on the experiences of Elfego Baca while living on the frontier of the American West. Baca served as sheriff in Socorro County, New Mexico, and worked for a time in the U. S. Department of the Interior.
    • Folder 4.11
      Employment, 1956-1959

      • Includes a series of correspondence regarding the terms of C. L. Forsling’s employment with the Pack Foundation.
  • Box 5
    • Folder 5.1
      New Mexico Land Resources Association, 1956-1958

      • Includes correspondence; newspaper clippings; range management task force statement; memoranda and reports on study of New Mexico land resources conducted by the Southwest Research Institute, commissioned by the New Mexico Land Resources Association; and evaluations of the reports by the Southwest Research Institute.
    • Folder 5.2
      New Mexico Water Conference, 1958

      • Includes correspondence, minutes, meeting agenda, list of members, and newspaper coverage.
    • Folder 5.3
      News Releases, 1957

      • Includes newspaper clippings on various events relating to the Charles Lathrop Pack Forestry Foundation.
    • Folder 5.4
      Project Applications/Grant Requests, 1957-1958

      • Includes correspondence, project descriptions, and reference list of research projects.
    • Folder 5.5
      Proposal to Transfer Public Domain to New Mexico, 1947-1960

      • Includes handwritten and typed notes, data tables;, brochures by New Mexico Land Office, notes on public domain, newspaper clippings, correspondence, and an excerpt from report on middle Rio Grande project on Watershed Improvement Program.
    • Folder 5.6
      Research Center Advisory Council, 1958-1960

      • Includes documents relating to the Research Center Advisory Council of the Rocky Mountain Forest and Range Experiment Station such as correspondence, detailed minutes of several meetings, list of officers.
    • Folder 5.7
      Trips, Meetings, and Conferences, 1957-1958

      • Includes correspondence, meeting agendas, and papers presented at conferences.
    • Folder 5.8
      Watershed Program: General, 1957

      • Includes four memoranda/papers on watershed conservation research projects.
    • Folder 5.9
      Wilderness Bill, 1958

      • Includes statement of S. E. Reynolds presented at United States Senate Committee On Interior and Insular Affairs hearings on the National Wilderness Reservation Act (S.4028) in Albuquerque, New Mexico, November 14, 1958; map of United States titled “Our Wilderness Preservation System.”
2.3. Peer Review, 1946-1974.

Includes correspondence, reviews of publications and reports, memoradnda, and drafts of reviews by C. L. Forsling of miscellaneous publications relating to ranching, forestry research, land and water management, and forest fire management.

  • Box 6
    • Folder 6.1
      Correspondence, 1946-1971

      • Includes C. L. Forsling’s reviews of several publications and reports including forester Tom Gill’s manuscript “Thirsty Wonderlands”; a publication by agricultural economist Marion Clawson of Resources for the Future on federal investment policy for land and water resources; “How Forestry Became a Part of FAO” by Robert Winters; a chapter on political and social institutions in arid lands by Dean Mann; and “The Compleat Rancher” by Russell Bennett.
    • Folder 6.2
      Effects of Fire: Chapline and Talbot, 1957-1959

      • Includes many drafts and memoranda regarding project on the effect of fire on pine by William Ridgely Chapline and Murrell Williams Talbot, watershed management consultants for the Charles Lathrop Pack Forestry Foundation.
    • Folder 6.3
      Big Game Ridge, 1973

      • Includes review draft with handwritten comments of a 1973 manuscript titled “Ecological Evaluation of Big Game Ridge” authored by George E. Gruell, a wildlife biologist working on the Teton National Forest in Wyoming. Big Game Ridge is located in the Teton Wilderness area on the Teton National Forest.
    • Folder 6.4
      History of Forest Service Research: Storey, 1974

      • Includes review draft of “History of Forest Service Research: Development of a National Program” by Herbert C. Storey.
2.4. Miscellaneous, 1925-1975.

Includes miscellaneous article reprints, conference prgrams, reports, memoranda, correspondence, news releases, and copies of legislation relating to natural resources management.

  • Box 6
    • Folder 6.5
      Newspaper and Magazine Articles, 1925-1972

      • Includes eight reprints from newspapers and magazines on a variety of topics relating to natural resources.
    • Folder 6.6
      Farm Journal on Conservation, 1948

      • Includes article from October 1948 Farm Journal on cattlemen’s response to “Conservation,” with handwritten response.
    • Folder 6.7
      Conference Programs, 1948-1976

      • Includes five programs from conferences related to land and water management.
    • Folder 6.8
      Acts of Congress, 1949-1973

      • Includes printings of the Taylor Grazing Act, a report on the need for a national policy for the environment, and the Energy Reorganization Act of 1973.
    • Folder 6.9
      United States Department of the Interior Memoranda, 1952-1961

      • Includes memoranda pertaining to such subjects as the water rights dispute case in the Santa Margarita Valley of southern California; exclusion of grazing on low quality domain lands, Middle Rio Grande project, water and power development reports; southwest field committee meeting agenda; policies and procedures of field coordination; and news release on evaporation study.
  • Box 7
    • Folder 7.1
      Senate Committee on Water Resources, 1959-1960

      • Includes letter from C. L. Forsling to Clinton P. Anderson, United States Senator from New Mexico; Forsling’s statement for the Senate Select Committee on Water Resources, “The Lower Watershed — A Major Water-Related Problem in New Mexico”; and four reports of the Committee.
    • Folder 7.2
      This is Your Land, 1962

      • Includes series of eight articles by R. G. Lynch in the Milwaukee Journal on grazing lands in the western United States.
    • Folder 7.3
      Frail Watersheds Study, 1963-1964

      • Includes letter to C. L. Forsling from Charles Stoddard, director of the U. S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM); BLM’s preliminary study on frail watersheds; and a preliminary study and report on frail watershed lands by Cyril Jensen, including maps.
    • Folder 7.4
      Stoddard: Bureau of Land Management, 1963-1966

      • Includes Charles Stoddard’s confidential record of the actions of the Bureau during his directorship, 1963-1966.
    • Folder 7.5
      Public Land Law Hearings, 1965

      • Includes copy of law, news release, and United States Bureau of Land Management Statement.
    • Folder 7.6
      Conferences: Western Resources, Public Lands, 1968

      • Includes letters arranging C. L. Forsling’s participation in the conference on public lands resource, the conference agenda, and general information about the conference.
    • Folder 7.7
      Society of Range Management, 1972

      • Includes letters stating the Society’s recommendations on the management of the Sandia Mountain Range in New Mexico.
3. Field Diaries, 1915-1937.

(1 archival box)

Includes field diaries issued by the United States Forest Service containing C. L. Forsling’s daily entries about his work activities while employed by the U.S. Forest Service. Some diaries include travel expense records and notes on experiments he conducted. Many diaries lack complete dates and contain just a few entries. Folders are arranged chronologically and are labeled according to the occupational position held by Forsling or the organizational division in which he worked during a particular time frame.

  • Box 7
    • Folder 7.8
      Grazing Assistant, Intermountain Region, 1915-1916

      • Includes one diary.
    • Folder 7.9
      Grazing Examiner, Jornado Experiment Station, 1916-1920

      • Includes six diaries.
    • Folder 7.10
      Grazing Examiner, Office of Grazing Studies, Washington D.C., 1920-1922

      • Includes three diaries.
  • Box 8
    • Folder 8.1
      Great Basin Experiment Station, 1922-1930

      • Includes ten diaries.
    • Folder 8.2
      Intermountain Experiment Station, 1930-1935

      • Includes four diaries.
    • Folder 8.3
      Appalachian Experiment Station, 1935-1937

      • Includes two diaries.
    • Folder 8.4
      Undated

      • Includes seven diaries.
4. Europe, 1935-1939.

(1 archival box)

Includes materials related to a three-month professional research trip undertaken by C. L. Forsling in 1935 while he was an Oberlaender Trust Fellow. Also includes some genealogical research materials compiled by Forsling while in Europe.

4.1. Documents, 1935-1939.

Includes personal and professional correspondence, diaries, genealogical research notes, a German-English dictionary, a pocket map of Europe, and a membership directory for a German forestry society.

  • Box
    • Folder 8.5
      Correspondence, 1935

      • Includes professional correspondence received by the USDA Forest Service Appalachian Forest Experiment Station in C. L. Forsling’s absence; personal correspondence carried on while in Europe.
    • Folder 8.6
      Diaries, 1935

      • Includes diaries containing conservation notes, data tables, and finance and travel records.
  • Box 9
    • Folder 9.1
      Forests/Estates, undated

      • Includes typed descriptions of forest management on the Count Arnims Forest Estate in Silesia near Rothenburg, Germany, and of the Communal Forests of Winterthur in Zurich, Switzerland and handwritten “Impressions from Observations of Conservation in Central Europe.”
    • Folder 9.2
      Notes: Genealogical, undated

      • Includes handwritten notes on family relationships presumably gathered in Europe. C. L. Forsling’s parents were Swedish immigrants to the United States.
    • Folder 9.3
      Notes: General, undated

      • Includes captions for missing photographs, notes on travel plans while in Europe, and other materials.
    • Folder 9.4
      Oberlaender Trust, 1935

      • Includes correspondence regarding C. L. Forsling’s travel grant from the Oberlaender Trust.
    • Folder 9.5
      Publications, 1935-1939

      • Includes: (1) German-English Dictionary for Foresters 1939 (Washington, D.C.: USDA Forest Service, 1939); (2) Europe Pocket Map (New York: Rand McNally & Company, n.d.); (3) Deuticher Forftrerein 31. Mitglieder = Verfammlung. Wurzburg, Vom. 25, Bis 31, August 1935. Teilnehmer-Verzeichnis. [German Forest Society Member Directory. Vol. 25, No. 31, August 1935. Teilnehmer-Verzeichnis: Wurzburg, Germany: 1935.]
4.2. Photographs, undated.

Includes photographs accompanying files from C. L. Forsling’s trip to Europe in 1935. Several groups of photographs were stored in envelopes and have stamps or captions — specified in descriptions below — that corroborate that they were taken and developed in Europe. Subjects of photographs are mixed in all collections, and include forestry operations, landscapes, deer, sailboats, people, castles, city skylines, and his traveling companions, including William Sparhawk, Aldo Leopold, Leon Kneipp, and Edward Carter. The original groupings of photographs have been maintained, and groups are distinguished in this finding aid by arbitrary numerical labels.

  • Box 9
    • Folder 9.6
      Photographs 1, undated

      • Includes 75 photographs sized 3 13/16 x 2 10/16 inches with no captions.
    • Folder 9.7
      Photographs 2, undated

      • Includes 109 photographs sized 3 13/16 x 2 10/16 inches with no captions.
    • Folder 9.8
      Photographs 3, undated

      • Includes 62 photographs sized 3 13/16 x 2 10/16 inches with no captions. Most photographs have “Messter Berlin” stamped on back and a pencil mark (“loo” or “wo”).
    • Folder 9.9
      Photographs 4, undated

      • Includes 96 photographs sized 5 x 3 1/2 inches with no captions. Most have handwritten numbers and “8853” stamped on back of image.
    • Folder 9.10
      Photographs 5, undated

      • Includes 26 photographs sized 4 1/2 x 3 3/8 inches with captions, most relating to forestry in Bavaria, Germany.
    • Folder 9.11
      Photographs 6, undated

      • Includes 12 postcards sized 5 5/16 x 3 7/16 inches. One postcard depicts C. L. Forsling with Oberlaender Trust Fellows William Sparhawk, Aldo Leopold, Leon Kneipp, and Edward Carter, 6 other postcards have captions, and 5 have no captions.
    • Folder 9.12
      Photographs 7, undated

      • Includes 13 yellowing photographs sized 3 1/4 x 4 3/4 inches. One image has a caption but 12 images do not have captions; all have “Agfa – Brovira” stamped on back of image.
    • Folder 9.13
      Photographs 8, undated

      • Includes 13 yellowing photographs sized 4 x 2 7/8 inches; no captions.
    • Folder 9.14
      Photographs 9, undated

      • Includes 42 photographs sized 1 9/16 x 2 3/8 inches; no captions.
    • Folder 9.15
      Photographs 10, undated

      • Includes one photograph sized 4 1/2 x 6 7/16 inches showing a group of 15 unidentified men; no caption; “8473” is stamped on back of image.
  • Box 10
    • Folder 10.1
      Photographs 11, undated

      • Includes 10 rolls of film in a small cardboard box; one roll of film in a plastic bag.
5. Research, 1936-1965.

(7 archival boxes)

Includes materials related to research conducted by C. L. Forsling on topics related to forestry, natural resources, and land management.

5.1. Bibliographic Cards, undated.

Includes index cards containing bibliographical references. Includes approximately 1000 cards arranged alphabetically by author and approximately 1000 cards arranged alphabetically by subject. Topics include: annual reports; bibliographies; books; botany; climate; erosion and sedimentation; evaporation/transpiration/interception; fish and wildlife recreation; ire, water, soils, and vegetation; forest management; general; geological investigations; grazing relationships; hydrocycle/hydrology; instrumentation and methodology; land management; effects of logging; miscellaneous problems of water; miscellaneous information; plant culture; precipitation/streamflow/forecasting; range management; root studies; snow fall and pack; soil, water, and vegetation; treatment of watersheds; vegetation and soil types; water resources; and watershed management.

  • Box 10 Folder 10.2
    Bibliographical Cards, undated
5.2. New Mexico, 1936-1965.

Includes climatological data, maps, data tables, memoranda, reports, correspondence, photographs, and publications pertaining to land managment and water conservation in the state of New Mexico. Folders are arranged alphabetically by topic.

  • Box 11
    • Folder 11.1
      Climate Data, January to December 1963

      • Includes monthly climatological data for New Mexico.
    • Folder 11.2
      Climate Data, January to December 1964

      • Includes monthly climatological data for New Mexico.
    • Folder 11.3
      Embudo Watershed, 1962

      • Includes publication relating to a pilot planning project for the Embudo Watershed of New Mexico and a letter to C. L. Forsling regarding the Pack Foundation’s role in the project.
    • Folder 11.4
      Erosion, 1936-1955

      • Includes thirteen short publications originally assigned with “WM — Erosion — 8” as a folder label.
    • Folder 11.5
      Land: Public, 1958-1960>

      • Includes large folded map, memoranda, and data tables on federally-owned lands managed by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Department of Defense, U.S. National Park Service, and other agencies.
    • Folder 11.6
      Land: Public, Population Data Tables, 1961

      • Includes handwritten data tables and a 1961 estimate of the state’s population by the Bureau of Business Research at the University of New Mexico.
    • Folder 11.7
      Land: Resources, 1959

      • Includes three publications on New Mexico land resources, grazing national forests, and Taylor grazing lands.
  • Box 12
    • Folder 12.1
      Land: Southwest Research Institute Reports, 1956-1957

      • Includes seven progress reports by the Southwest Research Institute on the Economic Analysis and Evaluation of the Utilization of the Land Resources of the State of New Mexico.
    • Folder 12.2
      Municipal Waste/Sewage, 1957-1962

      • Includes 1957 inventory, 1962 correspondence on sanitation, announcement and program of seventh annual New Mexico water conference.
    • Folder 12.3
      Salt Cedar, 1951

      • Includes report of the Salt Cedar Interagency Task Force (chaired by C. L. Forsling).
  • Box 13
    • Folder 13.1
      United States Soil Conservation Service, 1959-1965

      • Includes correspondence and pamphlet regarding progress in soil and water conservation in New Mexico.
    • Folder 13.2
      United States Soil Conservation Service: Photographs, 1957-1961

      • Includes United States Department of Agriculture Soil Conservation Service photographs. Eight captioned photographs from New Mexico Soil Conservation Districts.
    • Folder 13.3
      Water Report, 1951

      • Includes Final Research Report to the State of New Mexico Economic Development Commission: Water Resources Development. By C. R. Holmes and William Hume, II.
    • Folder 13.4
      Water Supply, 1957-1962

      • Includes four short publications, handwritten and typed chapter on New Mexico water supply and requirements, and handwritten notes.
    • Folder 13.5
      Maps, undated

      • Includes five maps of New Mexico (driving, topographical, and others).
5.3. Water Supply in the Arid Southwest, 1942-1965.

Includes files relating to a manuscript C. L. Forsling prepared tentatively titled “Water Supply in the Arid Southwest” that presumably was never published. Folders are arranged alphabetically by topic, with the exception of the first three folders, which contain material explaining the scope and organization of the manuscript, and the final folder, which contains miscellaneous material.

  • Box 13
    • Folder 13.6
      Manuscript: Introduction, undated

      • Includes eight typed pages titled “Chapter I — Introduction” on water supply in the arid Southwest.
    • Folder 13.7
      Manuscript: Outlines, 1958

      • Includes outlines and project description for “Watersheds and Water Supply in New Mexico.”
    • Folder 13.8
      Manuscript: References to Be Checked, 1957-1959

      • Includes correspondence and partial bibliographies of water sources.
    • Folder 13.9
      Arizona: Water Resources, 1957-1961

      • Includes Arizona water resources committee report and memorandum concerning research projects of the Arizona State Land Department.
    • Folder 13.10
      Arizona: Miscellaneous Notes, 1957-1959

      • Includes correspondence, irrigation data, and reports on Soil Conservation Districts Law in Arizona.
    • Folder 13.11
      Climate and Water Supply: Chapter, undated

      • Includes typed “VIII – Climate and Water Supply.”
    • Folder 13.12
      Climate and Plant Growth: Notes, undated

      • Includes map and handwritten notes for chapter on Climate and Plant Growth.
    • Folder 13.13
      Consumptive Use: Notes, 1958

      • Includes data tables, handwritten notes, and correspondence.
    • Folder 13.14
      Floods: Notes, 1954-1959

      • Includes excerpts from three sources.
    • Folder 13.15
      Ground Water Resources: Notes, undated

      • Includes excerpt from draft of state engineers report; typed pages titled “Ground Water Resources”; notes on the types of ground water source areas in New Mexico; memorandum for the files; paper on use of ground water in Arizona (Harshbinger); handwritten notes; and a map of drainage basins and stream flow in New Mexico.
  • Box 14
    • Folder 14.1
      Effects of Factors Inherent in the Watershed: Notes, 1957

      • Includes handwritten notes explaining organization of chapters; typed “Chapter VIII: Climate and Water”; notes on precipitation, water supply, water requirements, and consumptive use; and data table of surface water resources in New Mexico.
    • Folder 14.2
      Evaluation of Watershed Programs: Chapter, undated

      • Includes typed chapter on “Evaluation of Various Watershed Conservation Programs” and handwritten draft.
    • Folder 14.3
      Erosion: Channel Photographs, 1957

      • Includes 28 captioned black and white photographs.
    • Folder 14.4
      Erosion/Sedimentation: Chapter, undated

      • Includes typed “Chapters 9 and 10: Sedimentation and Erosion.”
    • Folder 14.5
      Erosion/Sedimentation/Floods: Notes, 1957-1961

      • Includes correspondence, handwritten notes, typewritten memorandum for the files, two papers on control of silt and sediment.
    • Folder 14.6
      Experimental Watersheds and Forests, 1942-1957

      • Includes seven publications, all marked “WM – Exp. Watersheds and Forests Box 20.”
    • Folder 14.7
      Frail Watersheds, 1963-1965

      • Includes memoranda, maps, news releases, statements on need for protection of frail watersheds, and United States Bureau of Land Management position on frail watersheds.
    • Folder 14.8
      Geology of Watersheds: Notes, undated

      • Includes handwritten notes.
    • Folder 14.9
      Hydrology: Notes, 1957-1958

      • Includes correspondence, irrigation data, and five typed pages for Watershed Hydrology Chapter VII.
    • Folder 14.10
      Maps, undated

      • Includes maps of the American Southwest, river basins, and New Mexico.
  • Box 15
    • Folder 15.1
      Municipal Water: Requirements and Supply, Notes, 1957-1958

      • Includes typed and handwritten notes; completed questionnaires on municipal water by Las Cruces and Silver City, New Mexico; cartoon pamphlet on water in Albuquerque, New Mexico; correspondence; data tables; questions about geologic survey; and a paper presented at New Mexico water conference.
    • Folder 15.2
      New Mexico Lands: Chapter, undated
    • Folder 15.3
      Public Lands, 1946-1959

      • Includes memoranda, newspaper clippings, handwritten notes, data tables, copy of C. L. Forsling’s “Proposed Policy for Vacant Lands”, and printings of Taylor Grazing Act and amendments.
    • Folder 15.4
      Private Ownership of Watershed Lands, undated

      • Includes typed, untitled paper advocating private ownership of watershed lands, describing different types of ownership.
    • Folder 15.5
      River Basins: Canadian River, Notes, 1958

      • Includes mostly typed, notes for “Chapter III Watersheds of the State (Canadian River Watershed).”
    • Folder 15.6
      River Basins: Pecos River Basin, Notes, 1958
    • Folder 15.7
      River Basins: Rio Grande, Notes, 1958

      • Includes notes, mostly typed, on geology, soils, climate of the Rio Grande Basin; paper on Albuquerque, New Mexico’s, land problem; excerpts of and notes on some publications; and correspondence.
    • Folder 15.8
      Root Studies, undated

      • Includes preliminary paper on advances in botanical methods of prospecting for uranium, marked with filing instructions “WM — root studies — 15.”
    • Folder 15.9
      Stepping Stones to Watershed Management: Chapter, undated
    • Folder 15.10
      Stepping Stones: Draft, 1959

      • Includes drafts, memorandum for the files, and a paper entitled “What Research needs to do to help the Watershed Manager.”
    • Folder 5.11
      Vegetation Types of New Mexico: Chapter, undated

      • Includes handwritten and typed chapter, titled “Vegetation Types of New Mexico and their Relation to Water Yield.”
    • Folder 15.12
      Water-Soil-Vegetation Relationships: Chapter, undated

      • Includes typed chapter and handwritten data tables.
  • Box 16
    • Folder 16.1
      Water-Soil-Vegetation Relationships: Notes, undated

      • Includes typed drafts, handwritten notes, data tables, graphs, outlines for chapters on vegetation and water relationships.
    • Folder 16.2
      Water Conservation, a Function of Land Ownership, undated

      • Includes handwritten chapter (different text from “Private Ownership of Watershed Lands”).
    • Folder 16.3
      Water Law: Publications, 1954-1959

      • Includes paper by Robert Emmet Clark on the Pueblo Rights Doctrine; paper by J. E. Sturrock, general manager of the Texass Water Conservation Association on “Upstream Development Versus Downstream Water Rights”; and a paper by Charles Harris, “Ground Water Law in New Mexico.”
    • Folder 16.4
      Yield: Notes, 1958

      • Includes handwritten notes and graph; paper by P. B. Rowe, hydrologist with the California Forest and Range Experiment Station, on “Tests of Applied Watershed Management to Increase Water Yield, San Dimas Experimental Forest”; and unattibuted paper, “The Growth of the Concept of the Manipulation of Plant Cover on Watersheds to Improve Water Yield.”
    • Folder 16.5
      Miscellaneous Notes Regarding Manuscript, undated

      • Includes handwritten notes on irrigation, infiltration, hydrology, groundwater, pollution, and other topics; draft of “Effects of Fire on Watershed” by William Ridgely Chapline and Murrell Williams Talbot, watershed management consultants with the Charles Lathop Pack Forestry Foundation; correspondence; and announcement of publication on New Mexico climate; and other materials.
6. Publications, 1919-1968.

(3 archival boxes)

Includes publications and speeches by C. L. Forsling.

6.1. Grazing Examiner, 1919-1922.

Includes collection of publications written by C. L. Forsling during the period when he worked as a grazing examiner. Publications are described in a bibliographic format. Each file contains a single publication and occassionally includes supporting documents.

  • Box 16
    • Folder 16.6
      Forsling, C. L. Chopped Soapweed as Emergency Feed for Cattle on Southwestern Ranges. USDA Bulletin No. 745. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1919. 20 pp.
    • Folder 16.7
      Jardine, James T., and Clarence L. Forsling. Range and Cattle Management During Drought. USDA Bulletin No. 1031. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1922. 83 pp.
6.2. Director, Great Basin Experiment Station, 1924-1930.

Includes publications written by C. L. Forsling during the period in which he served as director of the U. S. Forest Service’s Great Basin Experiment Station. Publications are described in a bibliographic format. Each file contains a single publication and occasionally includes supporting documents.

  • Box 16
    • Folder 16.8
      Forsling, C. L. Saving Livestock from Starvation on Southwestern Ranges. USDA Farmer’s Bulletin No. 1428. Washington, D. C., 1924. 21 pp.
    • Folder 16.9
      Forsling, C. L. “Some Methods Used in Grazing Studies.”Idaho Forester 7 (1925): 17 – 20.
    • Folder 16.10
      Forsling, C. L. “The Soil Protection Problem.”Journal of Forestry 26 (December 1928): 994 – 997. Article reprint.
    • Folder
      Forsling, C. L. The Utilization of Browse Forage as Summer Range for Cattle in Southwestern Utah. USDA Circular No. 62. Washington, D. C.: U. S. Department of Agriculture, 1929. 30 pp.
6.3. Director, Intermountain Forest and Range Experiment Station, 1930-1934.

Includes publications written by C. L. Forsling during the period in which he was director of the U. S. Forest Service’s Intermountain Forest and Range Experiment Station. Publications are described in a bibliographic format. Each file contains a single publication and occasionally includes supporting documents.

  • Box 16
    • Folder 16.12
      MacFarlane, J. M., Reed W. Bailey, R. J. Becraft, R. E. Allen, and C. L. Forsling. Torrential Floods in Northern Utah 1930. Report of Special Flood Commission appointed by Governor George H. Dern. Circular 92. Logan, Utah: Utah State Agricultural College, Agricultural Experiment Station, 1931. 51 pp.

      • Note: C. L. Forsling was one of 18 commissioners and chaired the Committee on Causes and Prevention Measures.
    • Folder 16.13
      Forsling, C. L. A Study of the Influence of Herbaceous Plant Cover on Surface Run-Off and Soil Erosion in Relation to Grazing on the Wasatch Plateau in Utah. Technical Bulletin No. 220. Washington, D. C.: U. S. Dept. of Agriculture, 1931. 71 pp.
    • Folder 16.14
      Forsling, C. L., and William A. Dayton. Artificial Reseeding on Western Mountain Range Lands. USDA Circular No. 178. Washington, D. C.: U. S. Department of Agriculture, 1931. 48 pp.
  • Box 17
    • Folder 17.1
      Stewart, George, and C. L. Forsling. “Surface Run-Off and Erosion in Relation to Soil and Plant Cover on High Grazing Lands of Central Utah.”Journal of the American Society of Agronomy 23 (October 1931): 815 – 832. Artitle reprint.
    • Folder 17.2
      Forsling, C. L. “Erosion on Uncultivated Lands in the Intermountain Region.”Scientific Monthly 34 (April 1932): 311 – 321. Article reprint.
    • Folder 17.3
      Forsling, C. L., and George Stewart. “Management of Uncultivated Lands.” In Proceedings of the World’s Grain Exhibition and Conference. S. l.: n. p., 1933. 177 – 182 pp. Reprint.
    • Folder 17.4
      Forsling, C. L. “The Water Conservation Problem in Forestry.”Journal of Forestry 31 (February 1933): 177 – 182. Article reprint.

      • Originally presented at the 32nd annual meeting of the Society of American Foresters held in San Francisco, California, December 14-16, 1932.
    • Folder 17.5
      Forsling, C. L. “Maintaining Forage Production on the Range.”National Wool Grower 24 (May 1934): 1-6.
      Originally presented as an address at the annual convention of the National Wool Growers Association in Salt Lake City, Utah, January 18, 1934.
    • Folder 17.6
      Bailey, Reed W., C. L. Forsling, and R. J. Becraft. Floods and Accelerated Erosion in Utah. USDA Miscellaneous Publication No. 196. Washington, D. C.: U. S. Government Printing Office, 1934. 21 pp.
    • Folder 17.7
      Forsling, C. L. “Erosion: A Challenge to America.”The Utah Juniper. Logan, Utah: Utah Foresters, Utah State Agricultural College, 1934. 4-8 pp.

      • This volume dedicated to C. L. Forsling.
6.4. Director, Appalachian Forest Experiment Station, 1937.

Includes publications written by C. L. Forsling authored during the period in which he served as director of the U. S. Forest Service’s Appalachian Forest Experiment Station. Publications are described in a bibliographic format. Each file contains a single publication and occasionally includes supporting documents.

  • Box 17
    • Folder 17.8
      Forsling, C. L.” European Forestry — Methods and Practices — And How These Methods Can Be Applied to Southern Forests.” Paper for annual meeting of the Southern Agricultural Workers, Nashville, Tennessee, 3 February 1937. 8 pp.
6.5. Assistant Chief, U. S. Forest Service Research, 1937-1944.

Includes publications written by Forsling authored during the period in which he was employed as Assistant Chief in charge of Research for the U. S. Forest Service. Publications are described in a bibliographic format. Each file contains a single publication and occasionally includes supporting documents.

  • Box 17
    • Folder 17.9
      Forsling, C. L. “Stabilizing Streamflow as Viewed by a Forester.” Paper read before a joint meeting of the Society of American Foresters, the Hydrology Section of the American Geophysical Union, and Section M of the AAAS, 22 June 1937. 12 pp.

      • Includes paper abstract and correspondence relating to ordering reprints.
    • Folder 17.10
      Forsling, C. L. “Vegetative Aspects of Erosion Control in the West.” Taken from the symposium on “Some Aspects of Vegetative Methods of Erosion Control,” annual meeting of the American Society of Agronomy, December 1937. 7 pp. 2 copies. Includes symposium program.
    • Folder 17.11
      Craddock, G. W., and C. L. Forsling. The Influence of Climate and Grazing on Spring-Fall Sheep Range in Southern Idaho. Technical Bulletin No. 600. Washington, D. C.: U. S. Department of Agriculture, 1938. 42 pp.
    • Folder 17.12
      Forsling, C. L. “A Look Ahead.”Journal of Forestry 36 (September 1938): 920-922. Article reprint.
    • Folder 17.13
      “Science and Forestry — Science Looks at Grazing on Forest Lands.” A discussion by [four leading experts, including C. L. Forsling] broadcast in the Department of Agriculture’s portion of the National Farm and Home Hour, May 8, 1940, over the National Broadcasting Company’s Blue Network. 5 pp.
    • Folder 17.14
      “Conservation of the Forest Resources of the Americas.” Presented before Eighth American Scientific Congress 13 May 1940 in Washington, D. C. 95-102 pp. [14 pp. total].

      • Includes 2 published copies and 1 typed copy.
    • Folder 17.15
      Forsling, C. L. “Snow Melt and Floods.” Based upon notations written on typed manuscript, this paper presumably published in the USDA Yearbook (s.l.: n.p., 1941.). 7 pp.
    • Folder 17.16
      Forsling, C. L. “Water Utilization.” Based upon notations written on typed manuscript, this paper presumably published in the USDA Yearbook (s.l.: n.p., 1941.). 8 pp.
    • Folder 17.17
      Forsling, C. L. “What’s in the Forest.” Talk by Forsling, Assistant Chief of U. S. Forest Service, at the Cosmos Club in Washington, D. C., on 17 March 1941 9p.

      • Includes two versions: one typed on paper and one typed on note cards.
    • Folder 17.18
      Forsling, C. L. “Significance of Forestry in our Relations with the Latin American Republics.” Address delivered at meeting of the Society of American Foresters in Jacksonville, Florida, in December 1941.

      • Includes 3 versions: 1 typed on paper, 1 typed on 15 note cards, and 1 version “condensed from Journal of Forestry for February” titled “Significance of Forestry in Inter-American Relations” and published in Conservation 8 (March-April 1941): 35-39.
    • Folder 17.19
      Forsling, C. L. “The Role of Western Hemisphere Forests in the War and Reconstruction After the War.” Presented at Second Inter-American Conference on Agriculture, Mexico City, July 6-16, 1942. Read by I. T. Haig. 16 pp.
    • Folder 17.20
      Forsling, C. L. “The Future of South and Central American Forest Resources.” Presented at New York Section meeting of the Society of American Foresters in Albany, New York, 26 January 1943. 8 pp.
    • Folder 17.21
      Forsling, C. L. Review of: Sampling Methods in Forestry and Range Management, by F. X. Schumacher and R. A. Chapman. Durham, N. C.: School of Forestry, Duke University, 1942. Review published in Journal of the American Statistical Association 39 (March 1944): 122-123.
    • Folder 17.22
      Forsling, C. L. “Where is Research Going.” Presented at Southern Forestry Conference held in Atlanta, Georgia, 19-20 January 1944. 15 pp.
    • Folder 17.23
      Forsling, C. L. “Forest Research.” Statement to the Joint Congressional Committee on Forestry, at hearings in Washington, D. C., n.d. 12 pp.
    • Folder 17.24
      Forsling, C. L. “Economic Value of More Favorable Public Attitudes and Habits With Respect To Conservation of Forest Resources.” Typed paper; date unknown. 6 pp.
6.6. Director of Grazing, 1944-1947.

Includes publications written by C. L. Forsling authored during the period that he held the appointment of director of the U. S. Grazing Service. Publications are described in a bibliographic format. Each file contains a single publication and occasionally includes supporting documents.

  • Box 17
    • Folder 17.25
      Forsling, C. L. “Further Development of the Federal Range Lands.” Prepared for the annual meeting of the Mountain States Association, held in Denver, Colorado, November 13-14, 1944. 9 pp.
    • Folder 17.26
      Forsling, C. L. “What Changes in the Distribution of Grazing Privileges Would Aid Most the National Economic Development and Also be Most Equitable to the Various Groups?” Prepared for presentation at the U. S. Department of the Interior Institute for the Discussion of Major Postwar Resource Problems to be held in the Secretary’s Conference Room, Interior Building, November 5-9, 1945. 7 pp.
    • Folder 17.27
      Forsling, C. L. “But These Things Did Not Come In A Day.” Address before the Idaho Cattlemen’s Association, Boise, Idaho, on April 11, 1946. 8 pp.
    • Folder 17.28
      Forsling, C. L. “Wild Land Use in the Present Economy of the Greater Intermountain Region.” Paper prepared for delivery at the annual meeting of the Society of American Foresters held in Salt Lake City, Utah, September 11-14, 1946. 7 pp.

      • Includes typed speech and handwritten draft.
    • Folder 17.29
      Forsling, C. L. “The Resources of the Land and Their Conservation in the Pacific North West Region.” A statement prepared by Forsling at the request of Assistant Secretary Davidson, U. S. Department of the Interior. 50 pp.

      • Includes explanatory correspondence from C. L. Forsling to Davidson dated 29 November 1946.
6.7. Special Assistant to the United States Secretary of the Interior, 1947-1953.

Includes publications written by C. L. Forsling authored during the period that he served as special assistant to the U. S. secretary of the Interior. Publications are described in a bibliographic format. Each file contains a single publication and occasionally includes supporting documents.

  • Box 18
    • Folder 18.1
      Forsling, C. L. “A Proposed Program for the Vacant, Unappropriated, and Unreserved Domain in the Continental United States.” Drafts dated September 1948 (19 pp.), 15 August 1948 (50 pp.), and 15 July 1948 (35 pp.).

      • Includes several drafts of different sections, a memorandum outlining goals, and some handwritten notes.
    • Folder 18.2
      Forsling, C. L. “Areas of Research Needed in the Southwest.” Paper prepared for delivery at a New Mexico conference on industrial development held in Albuquerque, New Mexico, 1 July 1949. 16 pp.
    • Folder 18.3
      Forsling, C. L. “The Rio Grande Valley in New Mexico – Its Present and Future.” Journal of Forestry 48 (September 1950): 439-441. Originally presented at a meeting of the Southwestern Section of the Society of American Foresters held in Santa Fe, New Mexico, 24 February 1950.
    • Folder 18.4
      Forsling, C. L. Review of: The Geography of Hunger by Josue de Castro (Boston, Mass.: Little, Brown and Compnay, 1953). Review published in the Journal of Range Management 6 (September 1953): 353-354.
    • Folder 18.5
6.8. Director of Forest and Watershed Research, Charles Lathrop Pack Forestry Foundation, 1956-1959.

Includes publications written by C. L. Forsling authored during the period in which he was director of Forest and Watershed Research for the Charles Lathrop Pack Forestry Foundation. Publications are described in a bibliographic format. Each file contains a single publication and occasionally includes supporting documents.

  • Box 18
    • Folder 18.5
      Forsling, C. L. “The Water Challenge of the Southwest.” Delivered at the 12th Annual Meeting of the Soil Conservation Society of America, Pacific Grove, California, 30 August 1957. 16 pp.
    • Folder 18.6
      Forsling, C. L.” Notes on New Mexico’s Water Problems.” Presented at the Second Annual New Mexico Water Conference Program, New Mexico College of A and MA, November 7-8, 1957. Advance copy. 8 pp.
    • Folder 18.7
      Forsling, C. L. “[Untitled].” Notes for Talk on Albuquerque’ Flood Problem. January, 1959. 11 pp. Paragraphs in outline form.
    • Folder 18.8
      Forsling, C. L. “Changes in Land and Water Use in New Mexico.” Paper prepared for a meeting of the Pacific Southwest Inter-Agency Committee held in Albuquerque, New Mexico, 23 September 1959. 8 pp.

      • Includes handwritten manuscript and note from typist.
    • Folder 18.9
      Forsling, C. L. “The Lower Watershed – A Major Water-Related Problem in New Mexico.” Statement for Senate Select Committee on Water Resources. Submitted in Connection with the Hearings of the Committee in Albuquerque, New Mexico, November 23, 1959). 7 pp.
6.9. Consultant/Independent Work, 1960-1968.

Includes publications written by C. L. Forsling as independent research or while he served as a consultant for various organizations. Publications are described in a bibliographic format. Each file contains a single publication and occasionally includes supporting documents.

  • Box 18
    • Folder 18.10
      Forsling, C. L.” Biology 179 — Conservation of Water.” Outline of lecture for Friday, June 24, 1960. 6 pp.
    • Folder 18.11
      Forsling, C. L. “Watershed Management to Increase Water Yield.” A paper delivered at the Conference on Water Resources in Phoenix, Arizona, on 20 September 1960. 7 pp. Includes draft and “special notes.”
    • Folder 18.12
      Forsling, C. L. “The Educational Role of Colleges and Universities in Watershed Management.” Paper prepared for the fifth annual New Mexico Water Conference, New Mexico State University, November 1-2, 1960. 8 pp.
    • Folder 18.13
      Forsling, C. L. “Watershed Conservation.” A paper prepared for delivery at a meeting of the Los Alamos chapter of the Izaak Walton League of America in Los Alamos, New Mexico, January 21, 1961. 12 pp.

      • Includes typed and handwritten drafts.
    • Folder 18.14
      Forsling, C. L. Review of Private Grazing, Public Lands (Chicago, Ill.: University of Chicago Press, 1960), by Wesley Calef. Review published in Journal of Forestry (July 1961). 5 pp.

      • Includes earlier (longer) drafts and correspondence.
    • Folder 18.15
      Forsling, C. L. “Water for Tomorrow.” Prepared by C. L. Forsling, February 28, 1962 to be taped for radio broadcast (KHFM). 10 pp.
    • Folder 18.16
      Forsling, C. L. “Raveling [sic] of Watershed Lands.” Prepared for presentation at the 85th meeting of the Southwest Field Committee, U. S. Dept. of the Interior, at Albuquerque, New Mexico, 16 August 1962.
    • Folder 18.17
      Forsling, C. L. “Ravelling [sic] Watersheds.” 14 typed pages.

      • Includes copy of the February 1963 edition of American Forests, where article appears on pp. 12-14. Includes correspondence regarding article.
    • Folder 18.18
      Forsling, C. L. Untitled. Statement of C. L. Forsling at the hearing of the Public Land Law Review Commission in Albuquerque, New Mexico, November 10-11, 1966. 5 pp.
    • Folder 18.19
      Forsling, C. L. “Bits of History Relating to the Development of Flood Control on the Wasatch Front in Utah.” Footnoted paper, 11 pp.
6.10. Bibliographies, undated.

Includes a list of miscellaneous publications authored by C. L. Forsling.

  • Box 18
    • Folder 18.20
      C. L. Forsling Publications Listed in Bibliographies but not in Files

      • Includes a copy of a one-page typed listed of publication by C. L. Forsling not present in files.

 

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