Inventory of the John Fedkiw Papers, 1941 – 2008

Descriptive Summary

Abstract: John Fedkiw (1920-) served initially as a research economist with the Forest Service and then primarily as a policy analyst and advisor to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Much of his research focused on timber supply, forest management, and issues of multiple use on state and private lands.

The collection includes material documenting John Fedkiw's professional career with the U.S. Forest Service and the U.S. Department of Agriculture, as well as his role as consultant to private industry clients. The collection consists of such materials as correspondence, memoranda, research articles, notes and drafts related to USDA reports and case studies, policy research, an unpublished manuscript regarding policy analysis, numerous speeches and papers delivered by Fedkiw at speaking engagements, various publications, as well as Fedkiw's annotations to specific files.

Title: John Fedkiw Papers, 1941 - 2008

Creator: John Fedkiw, b. 1920

Repository: Forest History Society Library and Archives

Call Number: 2010-001

Language of Material: Material in English

Extent: 9.0 linear feet (18 archival boxes)

Biographical Note

John Fedkiw (b. July 18, 1920) is a native of Buffalo, New York, where he grew up and received his primary and secondary education. In 1942 he graduated Magna Cum Laude from the College of Environmental Science & Forestry at the State University of NY, Syracuse, with a B.S. in forestry. He served as an LTJG with the U.S. Navy during World War II. He was awarded the M.F. degree in public administration jointly by SUNY and the Maxwell School of Citizenship of Syracuse University in 1948. He received his Ph.D from Cornell University in Agricultural Economics in 1953.

He joined the faculty of the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry in 1947 where he taught in the Department of Forest Management until 1952 and the Department of Forest Economics until 1959.

In 1959, he joined the U.S. Department of Agriculture as a research economist with the Forest Service in Portland, Oregon. In 1962, he became the first Branch Chief of Forest Production Economics in Washington, D.C., and served to 1965 when he was appointed senior analyst with the Office of Planning and Evaluation, Office of the Secretary, USDA. His analytic work covered forestry, range and housing programs and the research, extension, conservation and pest control programs influencing agricultural productivity. From 1970-1975, he was Deputy Director of this office and Assistant Director of Planning from 1975-1979. He also served on a special detail to the President's Advisory Panel on Timber and the Environment in 1972.

In 1979, he was named Associate Director for Policy Analysis, Special Studies and Renewable Resources. He served in that position in the Office of Budget and Program Analysis, Office of the Secretary until his retirement. He was appointed to the Senior Executive Service in 1979 and is the recipient of the President's Meritorious Executive Rank Award (1987), the Department of Agriculture's Distinguished Service Award (1988), and merit awards from the Forest Service (1980,1984), among others.

He served as a consultant with forest industries in his early career and lectured at the Yale Industry Seminars on Capital Budgeting for large forestry enterprises. He has published over 60 professional papers and lectured at numerous events. Since his retirement in June 1993, John Fedkiw has been serving as a volunteer with the Forest Service in the Office of Public Affairs, and has published books with the Pinchot Institute for Conservation and the Forest History Society.

Collection Overview

Collection Arrangement

During processing of the collection, paper materials in a deteriorating condition were removed from the collection and replaced with preservation photocopies. Several publications were also withdrawn, but where John Fedkiw contributed chapters, articles, or introductions preservation photocopies were provided.

The papers are arranged into 4 series:

1. Biographical

1.1 Personal Records

1.2 Education, 1938-1953

1.3 Military, 1943-1946

2. Professional, 1947-1993

2.1 SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, 1947-1959

2.2 PNW Forest Research Station, 1959-1962

2.3 Branch Chief for Forest Economics Research USDA FS, 1962-1965

2.4 Analyst in the OPPB, USDA Office of the Secretary, 1965-2003

3. Speaking Engagements

3.1 General Topics

3.2 State and Private Forestry

4. Concurrent Research, Industry Consultations, & Publications

4.1 Research, Policy, & Advisory Studies

4.2 Consultations

4.3 Multiple Use & The Pathway Hypothesis

4.4 Miscellaneous

Subject Headings

Agriculture -- Economic aspects
Agricultural productivity
Fedkiw, John
Forests and forestry -- Economic aspects -- United States
Forests and forestry -- Multiple use
Forests and forestry -- Research -- United States
Forests and forestry -- United States -- History
Forest management
Sustainability
United States. Dept. of Agriculture
United States. Dept. of Agriculture -- Employees and officials
United States. Forest Service
United States. Forest Service -- Officials and employees

Detailed Description of the Collection

1. Biographical.

(2.5 archival boxes)

1.1. Personal Records.

Materials related to Fedkiw's professional career and some correspondence. Includes biographical sketch, resume, performance ratings, an appointment letter and letters of appreciation, biobliography of published works, and several b/w and color photos.

Box 1
Professional
- Folder 1.1
  Biography, Photos, and Bibliography
- Folder 1.2
  Official Performance Ratings
- Folder 1.3
  Letters and Notes of Appreciation and Achievement
  - Mostly related to John Fedkiw's services during his professional career, primarily during his 28 years as a policy advisor and analyst in the USDA Office of the Secretary, 1965-1993.
Box 1
Correspondence
- Folder 1.4
  General
  - Correspondence with Peter Steen of the Forest History Society and James Giltmier of the Pinchot Institute for Conservation.

1.2. Education, 1938-1953.

Includes material related to Fedkiw's undergraduate, master's, and doctoral degrees.

Box 1
Undergrad, 1938-1942
- Folder 1.5
  SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry
Box 1
Master's & PhD, 1942-1943,1947, & 1953
- Folder 1.6
  Plotting Stereoscopic Topographic Maps, 1943
  - Includes Fedkiw's article, correspondence, figures, and designs for multiplex projector attachment.
- Folder 1.7
  TRANSFER, A Training Technique in Administration
  - Fedkiw's Master's thesis at SUNY College of Forestry, 1948.
- Folder 1.8
  THESIS, An Economic Forest Classification
  - Fedkiw's Doctorate thesis at Cornell University, 1953.

1.3. Military, 1943-1946.

Materials related to Fedkiw's military service including military records and personal memoranda.

Box 2
Military Record
- Folder 2.1
  U.S. Navy Record
Box 2
Personal Record
- Folder 2.2
  Aerial Survey and Mapping Unit and Interpron 2
  - Includes two booklets. One reporting on the operations of Fedkiw's photographic unit in the Central and Western Pacific from April, 1944 to July, 1945. The other records the experiences of Photographic Interpretation Squadron Two in Guam.

2. Professional, 1947-1993.

(9.5 archival boxes)
Includes materials related to John Fedkiw's professional career.

2.1. SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, 1947-1959.

Materials related to John Fedkiw's teaching career at SUNY in the Department of Forest Management and the Department of Forest Economics.

Box 2
Course Materials
- Folder 2.3
  Outlines for FE111 & FM106
  - Writing and notes relating to Forest Economics and Forest Management courses, circa 1956.
Box 2
Perspectives on Forestry Education
- Folder 2.4
  Perspectives on Forestry Education and Curricula
  - Material relating to Fedkiw's teaching role at NYSC. Article, chapter, and publication relating to the 50th anniversary of the College of Forestry in 1961. Correspondence regarding Fedkiw's writing. Includes large b/w photo of the Department of Forest Economics, two 4"X6" b/w prints of the Department of Forest Management, and a small print of Fedkiw instructing a group of students. Includes a b/w photo portrait of Dr. Joseph S. Illick, Fedkiw's mentor from senior year in college through to his time as faculty at SUNY. Illick was the Department Chair for Forest Management and Administration, and the Dean of the College of Forestry.
- Folder 2.5
  Special Notes & Ideas
  - Clippings and Fedkiw's notes on ideas that affected his approach to teaching. Includes photos.
- Folder 2.6
  Measuring the Output of Forestry Education (SAF)
  - Fedkiw's letter to SAF regarding an article by Hardin R. Glascock, Jr. and related correspondence.
Box 2
Published Writing, Manuscripts, & Presentations
- Folder 2.7
  Reforestation Manuscript and Study Proposal
  - Includes manuscript Preliminary Review of 60 Years of Reforestation in New York State by John Fedkiw, June 1959. Includes notes, reports, figures, and correspondence relating to New York State University College of Forestry's reforestation program.
- Folder 2.8
  Plantation as an Investment
  - Includes copy of Fedkiw, J. "Plantation as an Investment." New York Forester 2 (1956). Includes related correspondence.
- Folder 2.9
  Conference on the Use of Wood Chips in Agriculture, Syracuse, NY 10/9/53
  - Includes proceedings, correspondence, and reports. Includes Wood Chipping as a Farm Woodland Enterprise a group report by Richard V. Lea, Lawrence S. Hamilton, and John Fedkiw.
- Folder 2.10
  Chemical Debarking
  - Includes copy of N. B. Christiansen and J. Fedkiw, Chemical Debarking, Is It Economically Advantageous? Syracuse: NYSC, 1959.
Box 3
Published Writing, Manuscripts, & Presentations
- Folder 3.1
  The Role of Quality in the Eastern White Pine Industry Monograph
  - Includes notes, research sources, and correspondence. Includes copies of the original publications of articles making up the monograph from Northeastern Loggers (October 1959, and January, March, and April 1960).
- Folder 3.2
  Financial Maturity & Even Acred Stand Mgmt.
  - Includes copy of John Fedkiw and James G. Yoho, "Financial Maturity-What's It Good For?," Journal of Forestry 9 (1956): 587-590. Includes copy of John Fedkiw and James G. Yoho, "Economic Models for Thinning and Reproducing Even-Acred Stands," Journal of Forestry 1 (1960): 26-34. Includes copy of A. Duerr, J. Fedkiw and S. Guttenberg, "Financial maturity: a guide to profitable timber growing," U.S. Dep. Agric. Tech. Bull. 1146 (1956): 75. Includes various other related articles and correspondence from early 1960s and Fedkiw's time at the PNFR Experiment Station.
- Folder 3.3
  Financial Maturity What's It Good For?
  - Includes notes, drafts, and correspondence regarding the Yoho and Fedkiw article.
- Folder 3.4
  Financial Maturity and Even Acred Management
  - Includes notes, drafts, figures and graphs, and correspondence regarding the Yoho and Fedkiw articles.
Box 3
Concurrent Research/Private Industry Consultation
- Folder 3.5
  Yale Seminar 1955
  - Includes notes, enrollment lists, and correspondence relating to the Yale School of Forestry's Industrial Forestry Seminar, Nov. 7-18, 1955, and the Third Industrial Forestry Seminar, Jan. 23 - Feb. 3, 1956. Includes two large b/w prints of seminar attendees.
- Folder 3.6
  Carolina Poplar Plantation
  - Includes correspondence related to clearing trees in the NYSC poplar plantation.
- Folder 3.7
  Crown Zellerbach Company
  - Includes documents and correspondence relating to Fedkiw's consultation of the Crown Zellerbach Corp. Includes an outline of CZC operations.

2.2. PNW Forest Research Station, 1959-1962.

Materials related to John Fedkiw's research economist position with the Forest Service in Portland, Oregon at the Pacific Northwest Research Station.

Box 3
FS Research
- Folder 3.8
  Economics of Thinning in Douglas-fir Region
  - Includes reports and case studies on managing Douglas-firs for USFS PNW Research Station and the USDA, 1960-1964. Includes related drafts and correspondence.
Box 4
FS Research
- Folder 4.1
  Advanced Roading for Increased Utilization in the Doug-fir Region, 1960
  - Material related to Fedkiw's presentation for the 51st Western Forestry Conference. Includes proceedings, news clippings, and correspondence. Includes 2 large and 1 4"X6" b/w prints of Doug-fir tree farms. Includes copy of John Fedkiw, "Advanced Roading for Increased Utilization in the Douglas-fir Region," Proceedings of the 51st Western Forestry Conference (Portland, OR: Western Forestry and Conservation Association, 1960), pp.64-68.
- Folder 4.2
  Forest Taxation 1962
  - Includes notes, related articles and presentations, research, and correspondence in regard to Fedkiw's presentation at the 18th annual meeting of Washington Farm Forestry Association, March 3, 1962.
- Folder 4.3
  Research: Doug. Fir Subregion Forest Industry Capacity, Production & Log Supply
  - Includes a copy of J. Fedkiw, "Forest Industry Capacity, Production and Available Log Supplies in the Douglas-Fir Subregion," USDA Forest Service Research Paper PNW 11 (1964): 63. Includes research and studies conducted by Fedkiw in preparation for the report requested by the FS WO, along with presentation outlines, related publications, and correspondence.
Box 4
Concurrent Research/Private Industry Consultations
- Folder 4.4
  Yale Forest Industry Seminar: Capital Budgeting Model for Forest Management
  - Materials relating to Fedkiw's presentation at the 1959 Yale FI Seminar and its publication in the Bulletin of the Yale University School of Forestry. Includes drafts, memos, correspondence, a copy of the 1960 Yale Bulletin, and two drafts of a report extending the Yale presentation for the USDA FS.
- Folder 4.5
  Yale Forest Industry Seminar (Continued)
  - Contents listed in Folder 4.4.
- Folder 4.6
  Weyerhaeuser Cooperation on Young-Growth Doug-fir Management, 1961-1962
  - Includes correspondence and planning regarding a Weyerhaeuser project for thinngin and rotation of the Clemons Tree Farm. Includes notes detailing an extensive overview of the project.
- Folder 4.7
  Champion Paper & Fiber
  - Includes correspondence with Walt Hoffman of Champion, 2 reports for the USDA FS from July and October, 1960. Includes memos, further correspondences, outline of Champion organization, reports and Fedkiw's findings.
- Folder 4.8
  West Virginia Pulp and Paper Company
  - Includes reports and other materials related to Fedkiw's consultation.

2.3. Branch Chief for Forest Economics Research USDA FS, 1962-1965.

Materials related to John Fedkiw's USDA position as Branch Chief of Forest Production Economics in Washington, D.C.

Box 5
- Folder 5.1
  Prospectus on Becoming Branch Chief for Forest Production Economics
- Folder 5.2
  Forest Service PNW Allowable Cut Committee, 1962
  - Includes copy of Kenneth P. Davis, Determination of Allowable Annual Timber Cut on Forty-Two Western National Forests: An Analysis of Objectives, Problems, Methods with Recommendations (Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, 1962), 31.
- Folder 5.3
  5th American Congress - The Job Ahead, 1963
  - Material relating to the Fifth American Forest Congress and Fedkiw's presentation Advance Roading - An Enlightened Policy for Economic Development of Forests and Forest Communities.
- Folder 5.4
  Timber Trends in the USA, 1965 (A National Appraisal)
  - Includes a copy of P. J. Ince, J. Fedkiw, E. H. Dickerhoof and F. H. Kaiser, "National measures of forest productivity for timber," U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory, Gen. Tech. Rep. GTR-61 (1989): 14
- Folder 5.5
  1965 National Multiple Use Workshop
  - Includes a copy of Fedkiw, John. "An Economist's Look at Multiple Use Management Planning." Paper presented at the Forest Service Multiple Use Workshop, Tucson, Arizona, March 15, 1965.

2.4. Analyst in the OPPB, USDA Office of the Secretary, 1965-2003.

Box 5
- Program, Planning and Budgeting Systems
  - Covers producitivity studies conducted by the USDA involving John Fedkiw.
- Folder 5.6
  Fire Damage Appraisal: State & Private Forests 1965
  - Includes a copy of Fedkiw, John. "Some Economic Principles and Viewpoints Related to Fire Damage Appraisal." Paper presented at a meeting of the Damage Appraisal Committee of the Forest Service and National Association of State Foresters, Washington, D.C., May 27-28, 1965.
- Folder 5.7
  The Program, Planning and Budgeting System, 1968-1976
  - Includes papers and perspectives on the PPB System in the USDA.
- Folder 5.8
  PPB: Reforestation and TSI Project Evaluation: Agricultural Handbook 304, 1966
  - Includes a copy of U.S. Department of Agriculture, A guide for evaluating reforestation and stand improvement projects in timber management planning on the National Forests, by Robert Marty. Agricultural Handbook, No. 304. Washington, D.C., 1966. Includes related correspondence.
- Folder 5.9
  Forest Productivity Index/Tables & Research Evaluations
- Folder 5.10
  SAF Natl Convention & PSW All Scientists' Meeting, 1981
  - Presentations and related material from the Society of American Foresters National Convention at Orlando, FL, 9/29/1981, and the Pacific Southwest Station All Scientists' Meeting on Research Planning and Productivity at Pajaro Dunes, CA, 3/18-20/1981.
- Folder 5.11
  Evaluation for Agricultural and Forestry Research Programs
  - Includes a copy of Fedkiw, John and Howard W. Hjort. "The PPB Approach to Research Evaluation." Journal of Farm Economics 49, 1967: 1426-1434. Includes a copy of U.S. Department of Agriculture Science and Education Administration, Forest Research Program Planning and Productivity, by John Fedkiw. Joint Planning and Evaluation Contributed Paper, No. 81-01. Washington, D.C., 1981. Includes copy of U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service Forestry Research Evaluation: Current Progress, Future Directions, by Risbrudt, Christopher D. and Pamela J. Jakes, comps. General Technical Report, No. NC-104. St. Paul, Minnesota, 1985. Includes the proceedings of the CIF/SAF Joint Annual Meeting, Ottawa, ON, 1967. Includes related notes, presentations, and drafts.
Box 5
Council on Environmental Quality
- Folder 5.12
  AFA Renewable Resources Trend Symposium, 1988
  - Includes correspondence, notes, reports, and drafts related to the AFA Symposium as well as the publication of Sampson, R. Neil and Dwight Hair, eds. Natural Resources for the 21st Century. Washington, DC: Island Press, 1990.
- Folder 5.13
  Resources for the Future - RFF Book
  - Includes correspondence regarding Frederick, Kenneth D. and Roger A. Sedjo, eds. America's Renewable Resources. RFF Press, 1991. Includes Fedkiw's preface draft, chapter notes to authors, RFF project and budget proposal to USDA, and ad mockups for conference.
Box 6
Council on Environmental Quality
- Folder 6.1
  CEQ 1985 Environmental Quality Report & Forest Service 1989 Update
  - Material relating to Fedkiw's chapter for a USDA national report on use and management of agricultural resources for CEQ's 1985 Report to Congress and the 1989 update to the report requested by the Forest Service.
- Folder 6.2
  Natural Resources for the 21st Century
  - Material relating to the AFA book, correspondence, and Peter C. Meyers' welcome address to the Natural Resources for the 21st Century Conference, 11/15/1988.
- Folder 6.3
  Natural Resources: Federal Spending and Resource Performance, 1989
  - Includes an historical assessment of 1940-1989 Federal Spending and Resource Use and Management. Related correspondence.
Box 6
Outdoor Recreation Task Force
- Folder 6.4
  Policy Framework for White House Task Force
  - Includes correspondence and a copy of "Outdoor Recreation in a Nation of Communities, Action Plan for Americans Outdoors," prepared by John Fedkiw.
- Folder 6.5
  The Forum
  - Includes a copy of Fedkiw, John. "U.S. Outdoor Recreation Policy: Strengthening Private Initiatives." FORUM, for Applied Research and Public Policy 1 (1986): 43-55. Includes related correspondence and a copy of Fedkiw's paper, "Fitting Institutional Roles and Relationships to Meet Growing Outdoor Recreation Demands More Effectively."
- Folder 6.6
  President's Commission on Americans Outdoors, 1986
  - Includes planning, outline, and results of research for action plan.
Box 6
Timber Supply Studies
- Folder 6.7
  Policy Analysis: Process and Consequence Unpublished MS, 1975
  - Includes manuscript and correspondence.
- Folder 6.8
  USDA 1968 Forecast of Lumber and Stumpage Price Increase to 1974
  - Includes copy of U.S. Department of Agriculture. Timber Demands and Supply Outlook, 1962-1974. PEP Staff Study, No. 4-6-1. Washington, DC: 1968. Includes related memo.
- Folder 6.9
  USDA Program Evaluation & Planning Staff Timber Demand and Supply Studies
  - Includes four timber demand and supply studies: U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service. P-P-B Special Study. The Demand For Domestic Timber: 1962-2060. Washington, DC: 1966. U.S. Department of Agriculture. Alternatives for Dampening Timber Prices. Timber Program Issue Paper, No. 4-6-2. Washington, DC: 1969. U.S. Department of Agriculture. Timber Program Issue Paper. Opportunities for Expanding Timber Production on Nonindustrial Private Forest Lands. Washington, DC: 1970. U.S. Department of Agriculture. The Task Force on Softwood Lumber and Plywood. Washington, DC: 1971.
- Folder 6.10
  Douglas-fir Sub-region Supply Study
  - Includes a copy of U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Forest and Range Experiment Station. Douglas-Fir Supply Study. Portland, OR: 1969.
- Folder 6.11
  SUNY National Policy Conference on U.S. Timber Supply, 1970
  - Material related to conference. Includes agenda, correspondence, draft of Fedkiw's epilogue to Duerr, William A. Timber! Problems/Prospects/Policies. Ames: Iowa State University Press, 1973.
Box 7
Timber Supply Studies
- Folder 7.1
  Cabinet Committee on Timber Prices and Its Working Group, 1969-1971
  - Includes Work Group discussion summaries, correspondence, reports, and recommendations from Fedkiw's files.
- Folder 7.2
  Cabinet Committee on Timber Prices and Its Working Group (Continued)
- Folder 7.3
  Cabinet Committee on Timber Prices and Dampening Excessive General Inflation
  - Includes Work Group discussion summaries, correspondence and memos, reports and analyses, and recommendations.
- Folder 7.4
  Cabinet Committee on Timber Prices and Dampening Excessive General Inflation (Continued)
- Folder 7.5
  Herb Stein Meeting on Lumber and Plywood Prices, 1972
  - Includes correspondence, memos, and reports.
- Folder 7.6
  FY 1972 BOB Issue Timber Price Outlook for 1972-1978
- Folder 7.7
  Policy Analysis for Forestry Incentives Program in 1970s
  - Includes correspondence and memos, study plans, analyses and related materials for the USDA Policy Analysis leading to the Forestry Incentives Act of 1973.
Box 8
Timber Supply Studies
- Folder 8.1
  Policy Analysis for Forestry Incentives Program (Continued)
- Folder 8.2
  Hearing Before the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
  - Includes a copy of U.S. Congress. Senate. Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Hearing on the Increases in Lumber Prices and Their Effects on the Nation's Housing Industry. 95th Cong., 1st sess., October 21, 1977.
- Folder 8.3
  President Carter's Anti-Inflation Study for Timber Supply, 1978
  - Materials relating to Fedkiw's coordination of a Work Group. Includes Work Group discussion summaries, correspondence and memos, reports and analyses, recommendations, and research.
- Folder 8.4
  President Carter's Anti-inflation Study for Timber Supply (Continued)
- Folder 8.5
  President Carter's Anti-inflation Study for Timber Supply (Continued)
- Folder 8.6
  President Carter's Anti-inflation Study for Timber Supply (Continued)
Box 9
Timber Supply Studies
- Folder 9.1
  Analysis of the Impacts of Management Confrontations and Court Suits on National Forest Harvests
  - Materials relating to Forest Service studies and testimony before Congress. Includes related documentation from the Congressional Record. Includes a copy of U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service. Analysis of an Emerging Timber Supply Disruption. Vol. 9. Washington, DC: 1990.
Box 9
National Forest Management
- Folder 9.2
  RARE and RARE II
  - Includes reports, planning, evaluations, testimony and correspondence relating to RARE II. Includes a large b/w photo of a desk covered with "1/2 of the Forest Service Land Use Studies published in a year."
- Folder 9.3
  Resources for the Future Forum on Forest Policy, 1974
  - Includes attendance record, program, schedule, correspondence, papers relating to the forum from colleagues, and a newsletter regarding Senate bill S.3091.
- Folder 9.4
  National Forest Management Planning Act, 1976
  - Material relating to drafting a plan for the NFMA. Includes correspondence, memos, studies, etc.
- Folder 9.5
  NFMA-Memos to Max Peterson, Chief, FS
- Folder 9.6
  R-6 DEIS Review Meeting, 1986
  - Includes Fedkiw's study reviews, notes, a National Forest Planning in the PNW 1986 Update pamphlet, comments and reviews relating to National Forest management plans. Includes proceedings and outcome of the R-6 meeting in Portland, OR and Vancouver, BC from December 12-18, 1986.
- Folder 9.7
  R-6 Road Program-Costs and Efficiency, 1987
  - Materials relating to a review meeting in Portland, OR from October 25-31, 1987.
Box 10
National Forest Management
- Folder 10.1
  National Evaluation of National Forest System Road Program and Costs
  - Material relating to the evaluation and creation of a road program budget for the National Forest System. Includes Fedkiw's overall evaluation of the program, reports on results of the Forest Service analysis, briefing materials for evaluation sessions, and general correspondence. Includes copy of U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Engineering. Engineering Field Notes by Sandra Grimm. Vol. 20 November-December. Washington, DC: 1988.
- Folder 10.2
  National Evaluation of National Forest System Road Program and Costs (Continued)
Box 10
USDA Resources Planning Act
- Folder 10.3
  Planning & Evaluation for FY 1978
  - Material relating to budget planning following the submission of the initial 1975 RPA Program Budget. Includes memos, correspondence, and reports.
- Folder 10.4
  RPA FS/USDA Planning, Policy, Program and Decision Process, 1980
  - Material relating to the development of teh planning and decision process for teh RPA issues resolution, program and budget alternatives determinations, preferred program decision criteria, and President's policy statement. Includes the final 1980 Dartmouth Symposium report on recommendations for the 1985 RPA Process. Includes a copy of Fedkiw, John. "1980 RPA Program Decision Process, DSD #381." Paper presented at the Resource Policy Center at Thayer School of Engineering, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, December, 1981.
- Folder 10.5
  1980 Early Planning for Decision Process, 1976-1979
  - Includes correspondence, memos relating to FY issue papers and the RPA, remarks, a congressional report on the implementation of the RPA, USDA FS reports and proposals, drafts and planning for RPA initiatives.
- Folder 10.6
  1980 RPA Final Decision USDA Program Decision Process, June-December 1979
  - Includes correspondence, reports, reviews, revisions, and comments relating to proposed RPA program.
- Folder 10.7
  1980 RPA Final Decision USDA Program Decision Process (Continued)
Box 11
USDA Resources Planning Act
- Folder 11.1
  1980 RPA Final Decision USDA Program Decision Process (Continued)
- Folder 11.2
  1980 RPA Final Decision USDA Program Decision Process (Continued)
- Folder 11.3
  1980 RPA Final Decision USDA Program Decision Process (Continued)
- Folder 11.4
  1980 RPA Final Decision USDA Program Decision Process (Continued)
- Folder 11.5
  1980 RPA Final Process For President's Policy Statement
  - Includes a statement from Gerald R. Ford on the RPA, correspondence, statements, and testimony. Includes Fedkiw's RPA assessment to the President, the President's statement of policy transmitting the RPA documents to Congress, and the transmittal of policy from Jimmy Carter to the Speaker of the House and Senate President.
- Folder 11.6
  1980 RPA Final Process For President's Policy Statement (Continued)
Box 12
USDA Resources Planning Act
- Folder 12.1
  1980 RPA Final Process For President's Policy Statement (Continued)
Box 12
Misc. Reports & Analyses
- Folder 12.2
  IRM/ADP USDA-wide Productivity Study, 1984-1985
  - Includes correspondence relating to the study. Includes a copy of the "Review of USDA ADP System Productivity with Executive Summary, 1984-1985."
- Folder 12.3
  Performance Report: USDA Natural Resources and Environment, 1981-1988

3. Speaking Engagements, 1974-1991.

(2 archival boxes)

Includes an assortment of speaking engagements throughout John Fedkiw's career. Most folders include a copy of Fedkiw's presentation for the specified event, proceedings, and related correspondence. The folders in each subseries have been arranged in chronological order.

3.1. General Topics.

Box 12
- Folder 12.4
  Midwest Forest Economists Meeting, 1974
- Folder 12.5
  Western Forest Economists Meeting, 1977
  - Includes Fedkiw, John. "Outlook and Issues For Private Investment in Softwood Timber Production." Paper presented at the Western Forest Economists Meeting, Wemme, OR, May 2-4, 1977.
- Folder 12.6
  Joint Convention of SAF and CIF - North America's Forests: Gateway to Opportunity, 1978
- Folder 12.7
  Southern Forest Economics Workshop, Timber Price Reporting, 1979
  - Includes a copy of Fedkiw, John. "Reflections on Timber Price and Market Reporting." Paper presented at the Southern Forest Economics Workshop, Chapel Hill, NC, March 20-22, 1979.
- Folder 12.8
  FPRS Timber Supply: Issues and Operations, 1979
  - Includes Fedkiw, John. "Summing Up: Policy Choices." Paper presented at the Forest Products Research Society Workshop Timber Supply: Issues and Operations, San Francisco, CA, October 2-4, 1979.
- Folder 12.9
  FPRS Meeting: Timber Demand Now, 1980
  - Includes a copy of Fedkiw, John. "Policy Issues: Implications for Demand. Policy Outlook and Setting from a Federal Viewpoint." Paper presented at the Forest Products Research Society Workshop Timber Demand: The Future is Now, New Orleans, LA, September 9-11, 1980.
- Folder 12.10
  University of Kentucky Policy Lectures, 1981
- Folder 12.11
  Lecture and Informal Discussion West Virginia University, 1981
- Folder 12.12
  Great Plains Ag Council, 1982
  - Includes a copy of Fedkiw, John. "The RCA Planning Process and Its Implications For Economic Analyses." Paper presented at the Great Plains Natural Resource Economics Committee Seminar, Great Plains Agricultural Council, South Padre Island, TX, January 11-13, 1982.
Box 13
- Folder 13.1
  Yale University Lectures on Recreation and Wildlife Benefits and Management, 1982
  - Material related to the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies Seminar Series.
- Folder 13.2
  VA Polytechnic Inst. School of Forestry and Wildlife Resources Seminar, 1983
- Folder 13.3
  IUFRO- Thessaloniki, Greece, International Policy Analysis & Research Conference, 1984
  - Includes correspondence, proceedings, and event program. Includes a copy of Fedkiw, John. "A Case For Commensurate Pricing For All Resource Outputs of National Forests." Paper presented at the IUFRO Internation Conference for Policy Analysis for Forestry Development, Thessaloniki, Greece, August 27-31, 1984.
- Folder 13.4
  SFI Annual Conference, 1985
  - Includes correspondence and event agenda. Includes a copy of Fedkiw, John. "Timber Suplus or Scarcity." Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Southern Forest Institute, New Orleans, LA, February 25-27, 1985.
- Folder 13.5
  Natural Resource Societies Science Day, 1985
  - Includes a copy of Fedkiw, John. "An Economic Outlook for Grass, Cattle, Trees and Wildlife Hunting in the Southeast." Paper presented at the Natural Resource Societies Science Day, Arlington, VA, May 21, 1985.
- Folder 13.6
  Georgia Association of Conservation District Supervisors, 1986
  - Includes a copy of Fedkiw, John. "An Economic Outlook for Agricultural and Forest Resource Demands to 2000." Paper presented to the Georgia Association of Conservation District Supervisors, Macon, GA, February 13,1986.
- Folder 13.7
  School of Forest Resources Seminar, Mississippi State University, 1988
- Folder 13.8
  Natural Resource Societies Science Day, 1990
  - Includes event program and agenda, correspondence, presentation graphs and findings.
- Folder 13.9
  Idaho University Natural Resources Week, 1991
  - Includes correspondence with John C. Hendee, Dean of the College of Forestry, Wildlife and Range Sciences at the University of Idaho. Includes a copy of Synthesis, a College of Forestry publication featuring Fedkiw's visit.

3.2. State and Private Forestry.

Box 13
Long-Term Planning
- Folder 13.10
  Annual Meeting of the Northeastern Area State Foresters, 1976
  - Includes event proceedings and a copy of Fedkiw, John. "Background For Evaluating National Priorities and Program Planning For Forestry Objectives." Paper presented at the Annual Northeastern Area State Foresters Meeting, Harrisburg, PA, July 21, 1976.
- Folder 13.11
  Dr. Cutler's Speech at SAF/CIF Convention, 1978
  - Includes a copy Fedkiw's notes for Rupe Cutler's Speech at the SAF/CIF Convention in St. Louis, MO, October 22-23, 1978.
- Folder 13.12
  State Forest Resource Program Planning Workshop, 1980
  - Includes event minutes and agenda. Includes a copy of Fedkiw, John. "An Outlook For State and Private Forest Resource Planning." Keynote address at the Rocky Mountain-High Plains States' Workshop on Forest Resource Planning, Lakewood, CO, November 5-7, 1980.
- Folder 13.13
  Duke University Center For Resource and Environmental Policy Research, 1980
  - Includes a draft of the panelists' responses, correspondence, notes, and event program. Includes a copy of Fedkiw, John. "Information Needs About Private Nonindustrial Forest Enterprises For Policy and Program Planning Purposes." Paper presented at the symposium on Nonindustrial Private Forests: A Review of Economic and Policy Studies at Duke University, Durham, NC, April 17-18, 1980.
- Folder 13.14
  3900 Statewide Forest Resources Planning Meeting, 1985
  - Includes a copy of the handbook/proceedings of the meeting held in Washington, D.C., August 6-8, 1985.
- Folder 13.15
  National Extension Forestry Workshop, 1985
  - Includes a copy of Fedkiw, John. "National Resource Demand/Supply Projections." Paper presented at the National Extension Forestry Workshop, Charleston, SC, October 14-18, 1985.
Box 13
Non-Industrial Private Forest Lands Forum
- Folder 13.16
  PA, IN, MO State Foresters Review, 1983
- Folder 13.17
  Southern Region State Forest Resources Planning Conference, 1983
Box 14
Non-Industrial Private Forest Lands Forum
- Folder 14.1
  NIPF Forum, 1983
  - Includes event proceedings, agenda, memos and correspondence. Includes a copy of U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service. Background Paper on Non-Industrial Private Forest Lands, Their Management, and Related Public and Private Assistance by John Fedkiw. Washington, DC: 1983.
- Folder 14.2
  Extension Forester Planning Group, 1984
  - Includes a copy of Fedkiw, John. "Opportunites For Effective Extension Education Among Forest Landowners." Paper presented to the Extension Forester Planning Group, Washington, D.C., April 17, 1984.
- Folder 14.3
  CFM Supervisors-Extension Foresters Conference, 1984
  - Includes a copy of Fedkiw, John. "Program Evaluation and Economic Justification for Federal Forestry Budgets." Paper presented to the CFM Supervisors-Extension Foresters Conference, Ocean City, NJ, May 21-25, 1984.
- Folder 14.4
  Statewide Forest Resource Planning Meeting
  - Includes a copy of Fedkiw, John. "Economic Analysis - How Much i Enough?" Paper presented to the National Meeting - Statewide Forest Resource Planning, Washington, DC, August 6, 1985.
- Folder 14.5
  Wisconsin Society of American Foresters Fall Meeting, 1985
  - Includes a copy of Fedkiw, John. "New Approaches For the Farm Forests - A New Perspective." Paper presented to the Wisconsin Society of American Foresters Fall Meeting, LaCrosse, WI, November 6-8, 1985.

4. Concurrent Research, Industry Consultations, & Publications .

(4.5 archival boxes)

4.1. Research, Policy, & Advisory Studies.

Box 14
Conversion For Conservation Feasibility Study
- Folder 14.6
  Conversion of Southern Cropland to Southern Pine Tree Plantings
  - Includes a copy of U.S. Department of Agriculture, Office of Budget and Program Analysis. Conversion of Southern Cropland to Southern Pine Tree Plantings: Conversion for Conservation Feasibility Study." Washington, DC: 1983.
- Folder 14.7
  Conversion For Conservation Study, 1982-1984
  - Includes work plans, drafts, reports, and documents related to the organization and research of the study.
Box 14
Review of EPA Water Quality Protection Study
- Folder 14.8
  WGACE - Implementation Strategy for WQI (OMB)
  - Includes research and findings relating to USDA water quality planning.
- Folder 14.9
  WGWQ - Nitrogen Maragzine
  - Includes a xerox copy of The British Sulphur Corporation Ltd., "Nitrate Pollution - Ground Rules," Nitrogen, January-February, 1991, 15.
- Folder 14.10
  Nitrate Occurence in U.S. Waters
  - Includes a copy of U.S. Department of Agriculture, Working Group on Water Quality, Nitrate Occurrence in U.S. Waters (and Related Questions) by John Fedkiw. Washington, DC: 1991.
- Folder 14.11
  Jeff Grubbs, EPA
  - Includes correspondence between Fedkiw and Grubbs, notes, and EPA newslett on water quality.
Box 15
Review of EPA Water Quality Protection Study
- Folder 15.1
  WGWQ - Progress and Status Report
  - Includes a copy of U.S. Department of Agriculture, Work Group on Water Quality. Progress and Status of Livestock and Poultry Waste Management to Protect the Nation's Waters. Washington, DC: 1993.
- Folder 15.2
  Cattlemen's Association, 1992
  - Includes a copy of Fedkiw, John. "Impacts of Animal Wastes on Water Quality, A Perspective From the USDA." Paper Presented at the Cattlemen's Association briefting from EPA and USDA representatives, October 19, 1992.
- Folder 15.3
  Executive Summary on USDA's Water Quality Program
- Folder 15.4
  National Livestock, Poultry and Aquaculture Waste Mgmt. Workshop, 1991
  - Includes a copy of Fedkiw, John. "Impacts of Animal Wastes on Water Quality, A Perspective from USDA." Paper presented at the National Livestock, Poultry and Aquaculture Waste Management Workshop, Kansas City, MO, July 29-31, 1991.
Box 15
Other
- Folder 15.5
  President's Advisory Panel on Timber and Environment, 1972
  - Materials relating to the PAPTE.
- Folder 15.6
  Below Cost Timber Sales Public Policy Issue
  - Materials relating to National forest timber sales. Includes reports, Washington Post articles, and Forest Service policy analysis drafts relating to the General Accounting Office's Timber Sale Cost Accounting Proposal.
- Folder 15.7
  Conservation Incentive Study: Report to the President, 1981
- Folder 15.8
  Trees For U.S. No Net Loss Analysis, 1989
  - Includes task group findings, memos and correspondence, reports, and related writing.
Box 16
Other
- Folder 16.1
  Southern Pine Supply-Regeneration
  - Includes USDA FS Pine Reforestation Task Force Report for Southern Forests, 1977. Includes Fedkiw's review and analyses of drafts, correspondence, and drafts of teh Southern Pine Regeneration Study.

4.2. Consultations.

Box 16
Teaching Silviculture to Loggers, 1988-1992
- Folder 16.2
  NIPF Loggers Training
  - Includes memos, proposal for Silviculture education program, draft of "Introduction to Forest Ecology," and surveys.
- Folder 16.3
  University of Vermont Extension Services Silviculture Workshop
- Folder 16.4
  Teaching Silviculture to Loggers Southern Session, Atlanta, 1991
Box 16
- Beef Cattle, Red Meat, and Grazing Land
  - Files on Fedkiw's analyses and papers relating to grazing lands, public land grazing fees, outlook for demand for grazing lands and beef cattle.
- Folder 16.5
  Fair Market Value and Public Grazing Fees
  - Includes Fedkiw, John. "Fair Market Value and Public Grazing Fees." Paper presented to the Utah Cattlemen's Association Convention, Public Lands Council Session, Salt Lake City, UT, November 28-30, 1984.
- Folder 16.6
  Utah Cattlemen's Association Correspondence
- Folder 16.7
  National Range Conference, Oklahoma City, OK, 1985
- Folder 16.8
  Rangelands Magazine, 1985
  - Includes a copy of John Fedkiw, "Questions and Implications for Range Management Based on the Demand Outlook for Red Meat and Range Grazing," Rangelands, June, 1985.
- Folder 16.9
  Southern Regional Grazing Lands and People Conference, 1984
  - Includes a copy of Fedkiw, John. "An Economic Outlook for Grass, Cattle, Trees and Wildlife Huntin in the Southeast." Paper presented to the Southern Regional Grazing Lands and People Conference, Atlanta, GA, December 10-12, 1984.
- Folder 16.10
  Range Ecology Work Group, 1987
  - Includes a copy of Fedkiw, John. "Economic Developmental Potential of Rangelands-National and Regional." Paper presented to the Range Ecology Work Group, SAF Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, MN, October 18-21, 1987.
- Folder 16.11
  Range Condition and Trend-NYT Article/Allie Devine, 1993
  - Includes Fedkiw's review of Devine's article, a xerox copy of the article and other related articles on desertification, and a related paper by H.E. Dregne.
Box 16
Other
- Folder 16.12
  SAFR Symposium on Social Assessment of Fisheries Resources
  - Includes a copy of John Fedkiw, "Coming Back to Market Value and Valuation for the Great Lakes Fisheries," Transaction of the American Fisheries Society, May, 1987.

4.3. Multiple Use & The Pathway Hypothesis.

Box 17
- Folder 17.1
  Landscape Forestry and Multiple Use
  - Includes a copies of unpublished Fedkiw papers, "The Multiple Use Perspective-Is It Still Useful or Out Dated," and "Landscape Forestry and Sustainable Forests: A Perspective on the Landscape Dimension of National Forest Management Over the Years." Includes a copy of John Fedkiw and Dick Brazee's presentation, "Sustainability: A Landscape Goal and Process and Framework For Economic Understanding, Modeling and Analysis."
- Folder 17.2
  Georgia Association of Conservation District Supervisors
  - Includes a copy of Fedkiw, John. "Economic Outlook for Agricultural & Forest Resource Demands to 2000." Paper presented to the Georgia Association of Conservation District Supervisors, Macon, GA, February 12, 1986.
- Folder 17.3
  Economic Outlook for Multiple Use in the Southeast
  - Includes a copy of John Fedkiw, "The Future For Multiple Use of Land in the South," Journal of Soil & Water Conservation, July-August, 1986.
- Folder 17.4
  The National Softwood Timber Supply Issue
  - Includes papers that constitute an unpublished manuscript, "The National Softwood Timber Supply Issue, 1968-1974, Policy Analyses: Process and Consequence." Includes correspondence related to policy analysis and Fedkiw's manuscript based around the Policy Analysis journal.
- Folder 17.5
  Multiple Use File 1
  - Includes major governmental work group and task force findings on Multiple Use, related papers, reviews, research and notes. Includes a copy of Fedkiw, John. "Wildfire Management, landscape forestry, and sustainability." Paper presented to the Society of American Foresters National Convention, Bethseda, MD, November 5-9, 2008.
- Folder 17.6
  Multiple Use File 2
- Folder 17.7
  Multiple Use File 3
  - Includes a copy of Fedkiw, John. Managing Multiple Uses on National Forests, 1905-1995: A 90-year Learning Experience and It Isn't Finished Yet U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Washington, DC: 1999.
- Folder 17.8
  Multiple Use File 4
  - Includes correspondence and reviews relating to Fedkiw's Multiple Use book.
Box 18
- Folder 18.1
  Biennial Conference Univ. Education in Nat. Resources, USU, 1998
  - Includes materials related to the 2nd Biennial Conference on University Education in Natural Resources at Utah State University. Includes color prints of Fedkiw's presentation, the Conference's collected papers, and related correspondence. Includes the proceedings from the IUFRO symposium in Gmunden, Austria, May 2-4, 1996 on the subject of "Multiple Use Forestry from the Past to Present Times." Includes color prints of Fedkiw's presentation for the 51st Annual Conference of Soil and Water Conservation Society, Keystone, CO, July 7-10, 1996. Includes a copy of Fedkiw, John and J. A. Cayford, "Forest management: A dynamic evolving profession," The Forestry Chronicle 75, (1999): 213-18.
Box 18
- Folder 18.2
  Pursuit of Sustainability as a Pathway, Goal and Process of Landscape Proportions
  - This folder summarizes John Fedkiw's research and thinking about the management of multiple uses, sustainability, and landscape-scale management of forest resources during the years following his retirement from 1993 to 2009. Includes the authorization and subsequent published reviews of teh USDA FS book Managing Multiple Uses on National Forests 1905-1995. Includes Fedkiw, John, "The Forest Service's Pathway Toward Ecosystem Management," Journal of Forestry 95, (1997): 30-34.
- Folder 18.3
  FHS Book: The Pathway to Sustainability, 2004
  - Includes a copy of Fedkiw, John, Douglas W. MacCleery, and V. Alaric Sample. Sustainability and the Pathway Hypothesis. The Pathway to Sustainability: Defining the Bounds on Forest Management. Durham, NC: Forest History Society, 2004. Includes a copy of Fedkiw, John. "The Pathway Hypothesis, A Historical Context For Sustainability." Panel presentation to the American Society for Environmental History/Forest History Society Joint Annual Meeting, Durham, North Carolina, March 28-April 1, 2001.
- Folder 18.4
  Pinchot Institute Book: Stewardship, Landscape Coordination For Sustainable Forests
  - Includes a copy of Fedkiw, John and Gerald A. Rose. Stewardship and Landscape Coordination for Sustainable Forests. Washington, DC: Pinchot Institute for Conservation, 2008. Includes a discussion draft of the book and "The Pinchot Letter" newsletter.
- Folder 18.5
  Landscape Forestry Emergence and Linkage with Multiple Use
  - Includes correspondence and related reports and articles. Contains several of Fedkiw's articles for the Journal of Forestry including "Where Did Multiple Use Go?," "Ideas Have Consequences," and "Is It Time for a Cultural Change? A Choice Before the Profession."
- Folder 18.6
  Forest Service Early Adoption of the Ecological Approach to National Forest Management
  - This folder includes FS Chief Dale Robertson's written direction to Regional Foresters and Station Directors to bein to formally adopt the ecological approach in the management of multiple use lands. Also included is Jack Ward Thomas's address to Congress upon becoming Chief of the Forest Service and his farewell address reviewing his and the FS's accomplishments including his perspectives on the implementation of the ecological approach.

4.4. Miscellaneous.

Various material relating to Fedkiw's role as speech writer, publication reviewer, and lead developer of a USDA Risk Assessment Seminar. The final box in the collection contains oversized awards and miscellaneous photographs of John Fedkiw at awards events between 2005-2010.

Box 18
- Speech Writing
  - Speeches drafted by J. Fedkiw for USDA Assistant Secretaries Peter Myers and James Moseley.
- Folder 18.7
  Myers Speech, UWis Issues in Agriculture and Life Sciences, 1988
- Folder 18.8
  Myers Speech, Outlook for Agriculture to 1995 and Policy Implications
- Folder 18.9
  Moseley Speech, Environmental & National Security Lecture
  - Includes draft of speech present to the Industrial College of the Armed Forces Seminar on the Impact of Food and the Agricultural Policy on Strategy, National Defense University, Washington, DC, December 11, 1990.
Box 18
USDA Risk Assessment Seminar
- Folder 18.10
  Risk Assessment at USDA
  - Materials on the development of the first of five USDA Executive-level seminars and the organization of the six panel speakers and moderator presentations, all of which were organized by Fedkiw. Includes correspondence, presentation transparencies, notes on risk assessment, and the program for the Society for Risk Analysis, Baltimore, MD, December 8-11, 1991.
- Folder 18.11
  Risk Analysis-USDA Seminar
  - Includes correspondence and memos related to organizing the Risk Assessment Seminar.
Box 18
Other
- Folder 18.12
  Manuscript Review
  - Includes correspondence, manuscript, and Fedkiw's review of Sandra Batie's "The Direction & Politics of Soil Erosion Policy in the US."
- Folder 18.13
  SAF: Journal of Forestry Evaluation, 1989
  - Includes Fedkiw's evaluation and related correspondence.
- Folder 18.14
  FHS Correspondence During Processing of the John Fedkiw Collection
  - Includes email, written correspondence, and general notes from John Fedkiw to the Forest History Society regarding contents of the collection and broader context for his role with the USFS and USDA.
Box 19
Other
- Oversized awards and miscellaneous photos circa 2005-2010.

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