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Letter re: discussing lumber contract rejection

Names: Oliver, Lester
Description:

Letter discussing the Apache Tribe's decision to not permit a lumber company to construct a plywood plant.

Type: Text

Resolution No. 59-70

Description:

Resolution approving the manager to drop the power plant and block factory from the capital accounts, letter regarding the Resolution is included.

Type: Text

All-woman Indian Fire Crew urged to be ""Tough Squaws""

Names: Schmitt, Terry
Description:

Discusses a group of at least 50 woman who became fire fighters.

Type: Text

Expected Water Salvage From Watershed Vegetation Management, Fort Apache and San Carlos Indian Reservations Arizona

Names: Wilm, H. G.
Description:

A report discussing practices under the then current and proposed timber cutting programs and it indicates the amount of salvageable water. Two letters, from 1965 and 1983, summarizing the report for recipients are included.

Type: Text

Fire as a Continuing Ecological Factor in Perpetuation of Ponderosa Pine Forests in Western United States

Names: Weaver, Harold
Description:

Chapter discussing the importance of the ponderosa pine as a commercial timbre tree, and how logging and natural hazards will drastically reduce the tree's population to a point where it can no longer be harvested for commercial use. Tests which show controlled burning can reduce forest fire damages, and thus extend the logging of this tree are also discussed. Photocopy duplicate included.

Type: Text

A Quarter-inch of Rain-and all this Fire

Names: Cole, Joe
Description:

Explains how the Carrizo fire began, how much it destroyed, and the firefighters efforts to bring it under control

Type: Text

State Forest Fires Out of Control

Names: [Unknown]
Description:

Just the title of an article (the actual article is not present); the heading states the largest forest fire was 27,200 acres.

Type: Text

Railroad Halts Trips In White Mountains

Names: [Unknown]
Description:

The railroad service is suspended until the forest fires have ceased.

Type: Text

2,000 Men Fight Blaze Below Rim

Names: [Unknown]
Description:

Article discusses the number of individuals combating the forest fires, the extent of several forest fires, and how the fires began. Makeshift map of affected areas included.

Type: Text

All State's Forests Closed

Names: [Unknown]
Description:

Discusses road closures, the fires' commencement, extent of damage, firefighting costs, and the difficulties of combating the fires.

Type: Text

Rim Country People Fight Flames

Names: Cole, Joe
Description:

The Rim County people are assisting others combat forest fires even though their land is not threatened, but because they economically depend on the forest-logging and tourism.

Type: Text

2 Forest Fires Checked; One Still Raging

Names: [Unknown]
Description:

Detailed information about combating the forest fires, and the extent and intensity of the Arizona fires.

Type: Text

Today Make-or-Break day on 6-mi. Deep Carrizo Fire

Names: Cole, Joe
Description:

Article discussing the extent and area damaged by the Carrizo fire.

Type: Text

Rain Chance Arouses Hopes on Fire Line

Names: Heltsley, Ernie
Description:

Article discusses why Arizona was going through the worst drought and fire conditions.

Type: Text

Arizonans Asked to Stay Away From Forests Until Rains Start

Names: [Unknown]
Description:

Article regarding state foresters asking the public to say away from the forests for a week or ten days.

Type: Text