Inventory of the Wildlife Management Institute Records, 1964 – 1971
Descriptive Summary
Abstract: Established in 1911, the Wildlife Management Institute is a small non-profit, scientific and educational organization dedicated to wildlife conservation objectives. The Wildlife Management Institute advised the Public Land Law Review Commission (PLLRC) about the impact of public land policy on fish and wildlife resources in the United States.
Materials include correspondence, memoranda, reports, statements made at PLLRC Advisory Council meetings, testimony before various Congressional committees, excerpts from the Congressional Record, and copies of bills relating to public land policy. Correspondence and statements of Clinton R. Gutermuth, vice president of the Wildlife Management Institute and member of the Advisory Council of the Public Land Law Review Commission, comprise the majority of the collection. Primary correspondents include PLLRC director Milton A. Pearl and Wayne N. Aspinall, congressional chairman of the House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.
Title: Wildlife Management Institute Records, 1964 - 1971
Creator: Wildlife Management Institute
Repository: Forest History Society Library and Archives
Call Number: 6394
Language of Material: Material in English
Extent: 1.0 linear feet (2 archival boxes)
Historical Note
Established in 1911, the Wildlife Management Institute is a small non-profit, scientific and educational organization dedicated to wildlife conservation objectives. The Wildlife Management Institute advised the Public Land Law Review Commission (PLLRC) about the impact of public land policy on fish and wildlife resources in the United States. The Commission reassessed the nation's public land management laws during the late 1960s and formulated for the U.S. Congress policy recommendations concerning the management and utilization of public domain lands.
Collection Overview
Materials include correspondence, memoranda, reports, statements made at PLLRC Advisory Council meetings, testimony before various Congressional committees, excerpts from the Congressional Record, and copies of bills relating to public land policy. Correspondence and statements of Clinton R. Gutermuth, vice president of the Wildlife Management Institute and member of the Advisory Council of the Public Land Law Review Commission, comprise the majority of the collection. Primary correspondents include PLLRC director Milton A. Pearl and Wayne N. Aspinall, congressional chairman of the House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.
Collection Arrangement
- Materials Related to the Public Land Law Review Commission, 1964-1971
Subject Headings
- Aspinall, Wayne N.
- Gutermuth, Clinton Raymond, 1900-1987
- Land use -- United States
- Pearl, Milton A.
- Public lands -- United States -- 20th century
- Public lands -- Law and legislation -- United States -- 20th century
- United States. Public Land Law Review Commission
- Wildlife Management Institute
Detailed Description of the Collection
1. Materials Related to the Public Land Law Review Commission, 1964-1971.
- Box 1
- Folder 1
Administrative Procedures, February 21-22, 1969 - Folder 2
Alaska, May 8-9, 1969 - Folder 3
Appraisal Techniques and Procedures, June 1969 to January 1970 - Folder 4
Audubon Society Talk: Public Land Law Review Commission, September 30, 1967 - Folder 5
Basic Positions of NRCA, October to December 1969 and undated - Folder 6
Commodities Producible on Public Lands, June 21, 1968 - Folder 7
Criteria to Judge Facts, September to October 1968 - Folder 8
Digest of Public Land Laws, July 1968 - Folder 9
Disposal Techniques and Procedures, February to March 1970 - Folder 10
Energy Fuel Mineral Resources, June to July 1968 - Folder 11
Environmental and Ecological Factors, February 17-20, 1970 - Folder 12
Erie Research Committee, October 1965 to August 1971 - Folder 13
Federal Legislative Jurisdiction, August 1968 to May 1969 - Folder 14
Final Statement: Public Land Law Review Commission, February 17-20, 1970 - Folder 15
Financing Intensive Resource Management, September 23, 1970 - Folder 16
Fish and Wildlife, October 1967 to April 1969 - Folder 17
Forage, September 1968 to July 1969 - Folder 18
Future Demands on Public Lands, January 1970 - Folder 19
General Statement: Public Land Law Review Commission, January 1968 - Folder 20
Impact of Federal Ownership, June 26-27, 1969 - Folder 21
Initial Statement: Public Land Law Review Commission, March 24-25, 1966 - Folder 22
Intensive Agriculture, June 26-27, 1970 - Folder 23
Land Grants to States, May 7-9, 1969 - Folder 24
Maximum Benefits for the Public, January 8, 1970 - Folder 25
Mineral Resources on Public Lands, August 7-8, 1969 - Folder 26
Multiple Use, October 1968 to December 1968 - Folder 27
Non-fuel Minerals, September 26-27, 1969 - Folder 28
Oil Shale Developments, April 27, 1967 - Folder 29
Organization, Administration and Budgetary Policy, September to December 1968 - Folder 30
Outdoor Recreation, February to September 1969 - Folder 31
Outer Continental Shelf, February 21-22, 1969 - Folder 32
Public Domain Lands Organic Act of 1971, February to September 1971 and undated - Folder 33
Public Land Law Review Commission (PL 88-606), September 1964 to August 1967 and undated - Folder 34
Public Land Law Review Commission, Members and Advisory Council, August 1969 and January 1970
- Folder 1
- Box 2
- Folder 35
Public Land Policy Act of 1971, April to July 1971 and undated - Folder 36
Regional and Local Land Use Planning, October 1968 to July 1969 - Folder 37
Revenue Sharing in Lieu of Taxes, November 1967 to September 1968 - Folder 38
State-Federal Jusisdiction, February 1968 to May 1969 and undated - Folder 39
State Land Policies, May to November 1971 - Folder 40
State Land Policies, March to September 1970 - Folder 41
Statement to 15th NWF Conference, December 1968 - Folder 42
Statements by Hamilton K. Pyles, January 1969 to January 1970 - Folder 43
Summary: Public Land Law Review Commission, undated - Folder 44
Tallgrass Prairie National Park, May to August 1971 - Folder 45
Timber, December 1968 to June 1969 - Folder 46
Trespass and Unauthorized Use, September 26-27, 1969 - Folder 47
Use and Occupancy of Public Lands, October 9-10, 1969 - Folder 48
User Fees and Charges, July 1968 and October 1969 - Folder 49
Water, April 17-18, 1969 - Folder 50
Wilderness, January 27, 1969 - Folder 51
Withdrawals and Reservations, October 22, 1968
- Folder 35
Administrative Information
Access Restrictions
No restrictions.
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Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Wildlife Management Institute Records, Library and Archives, Forest History Society, Durham, NC, USA.
Acquisitions Information
Received in 1977.
Processing Information
Processed by Staff
Encoded by Amanda Ross, April 2009
Funding from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission supported the encoding of this finding aid. Support for digitization and outreach provided by the Alvin J. Huss Endowment.
