A History of The United States Forest Service in Alaska

Cover

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Cover photo: Ranger 10 at Old Kasaan village in 1941; a killer whale totem is in the foreground. (Courtesy of U.S. Forest Service)

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Foreword

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Chapter 1 - The Forests of Alaska: From Prehistory to Creation of the Afognak Reserve

Chapter 2 - The Alexander Archipelago and Tongass National Forests through 1910

Chapter 3 - The Chugach National Forest through 1910

Chapter 4 - The Weigle Administration, 1911-1923

Chapter 5 - Team Management: Flory, Heintzleman, Merritt, 1919-1937

Chapter 6 - The Heintzleman Administration, 1937-1953

Chapter 7 - The Greeley, Hanson and Howard Administrations, 1953-1970

Chapter 8 - Epilogue: 1971-1979

Sources

Footnotes

Index (omitted from the online edition)

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Copyright © 1981 by Lawrence W. Rakestraw
All rights reserved.
Book design by Gay Pulley

Rakestraw, Lawrence W.
A history of the United States Forest Service in Alaska / by Lawrence W. Rakestraw
I. United States. Forest Service. Alaska Region—History. 2. Forests and forestry—Alaska—History. 1. Title.
SD565.R24 81-6200020

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MAPS

I. The three major national forest areas in Alaska (PDF)

II. Forest varieties of Alaska (PDF)

III. Afognak Island Forest and Fish Culture Reserve

IV. Chugach National Forest boundaries in 1909

V. Chugach National Forest boundaries in 1980

VI. Tongass National Forest boundaries in 1980 (PDF)