Dennis Austin discusses his career in the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources and all the time in the field he spent and his role and opinions on various policies involved; he also talks about his role in influencing and teaching land owners about...
Austin, Dennis D.--Interviews; Biologists--Utah--Interviews; Austin, Dennis D.--Career in Wildlife Research; Utah. Division of Wildlife Resources--Officials and employees; Utah State University--Research; Range management--Research; Research and...
Mr. Garth Baxter talks about his career in the Forest Service, then later as ranching on his family’s land. He discusses his family history in the Cache Valley, as well as his family history in ranching. Mrs. Maydene Baxter talks about her...
Baxter, Garth--Interviews; Baxter, Maydene--Interviews; Cattle ranching; United States. Forest Service; Teton National Forest (Wyo.); Humboldt National Forest (Nev.); Bridger National Forest (Wyo.); Challis National Forest (Idaho); Range...
Steve and Robin Boies talk about their ranching upbringing, the ownership and history of their ranch, and raising a family in Elko County. They also talk about their collaborative land management group, their philosophy on land management, and the...
Boies, Steve--Interviews; Boies, Robin--Interviews; Ranching; Range management; Hay; Alfalfa; Cattle ranching; Ranching--Water-supply; Water in agriculture;
The first interview covers Thad Box’s early years in Texas and his education. The interview was a demonstration of interview techniques by Elaine Thatcher to members of the Land Use Management Oral History Project members, including Brad Cole,...
Box, Thadis W.--Interviews; Box, Thadis W.--Family; Utah State University--Faculty--Interviews; Agricultural education--Texas; Logan Canyon (Utah); Recreation--Utah--Logan Canyon; Mormons--Social conditions; Rob and Bessie Welder Wildlife...
The interview contains information on the career of Scott Bushman for the Forest Service. He was involved heavily in fire suppression and the Logan Hot Shot crew. He also discusses how he first got involved in Logan Canyon as a youth in the Youth...
Bushman, Jon Scott, 1953---Interviews; Bushman, Jon Scott, 1953--Career in Forestry; Forests schools and education--Utah--Logan--History; United States. Forest Service; Logan Canyon (Utah); Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest (Agency : U.S.). Logan...
In her first interview Katherine Gilbert briefly talks about her childhood in Canada and fond memories of outdoor experiences in her youth. She discusses her college education and subsequent jobs and training, and then speaks about influences as an...
Citizens for the Protection of Logan Canyon; Land use--Utah--Logan Canyon; Beaver Mountain (Utah); Canyons--Utah--Cache County--Recreational use; Queen's University (Kingston, Ont.)--Alumni and alumnae; Montreal (Quebec); Laurentian Mountains...
Life History and Management of the Cache Deer Herd by Jerry William Hill. A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Wildlife Management, Utah State Agricultural College, Logan, Utah, 1952.
Deer--Utah; Wildlife management--Utah--Cache County; Range management--Utah--Cache County;
A management study of the Cache elk herd / by Norman V. Hancock. A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Wildlife Management, Utah State Agricultural College, Logan, Utah, 1955.
Elk--Utah--Cache County; Elk--Cache Valley (Utah and Idaho)--Management; Range management--Utah--Cache County; Wildlife management--Utah--Cache County;
A Management Study of the Cache Elk Herd by Norman V. Hancock. A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Wildlife Management, Utah State Agricultural College, Logan, Utah, 1955.
Elk--Utah--Cache County; Elk--Cache Valley (Utah and Idaho)--Management; Range management--Utah--Cache County; Wildlife management--Utah--Cache County;
John Neuhold and Ron Goede discuss their experiences at the Utah State University Summer Camp (and the skills and camaraderie they gained there) and other experiences in their education, including those with the GI Bill.
Goede, Ronald W., 1934---Interviews; Neuhold, John M.--Interviews; Utah State University--Faculty--Interviews; Utah State University. Forestry Field Station Camp; United States. Montgomery G.I. Bill; Veterans--Education--Utah--Logan; Forestry...
Sheep grazing during the late 1800s led to the deterioration of Logan Canyon. Voiced by Elaine Thatcher. Part of the Stokes Nature Center's podcast series History & Lore of Logan Canyon where each podcast is linked to a specific site in Logan...
Grazing--Environmental aspects--Utah--Logan Canyon; Sheep--Cache Valley (Utah and Idaho)--History--19th century; Range management--Utah--Logan Canyon--History; Rangelands--Utah--Logan Canyon;
Mr. Hansen talks about growing up in Garden City, Utah, and his earliest memories of Logan Canyon; three years in the South Pacific during World War II; 18 years in highway construction with W.W. Clyde and Company over in Springville, Utah;...
Hansen, John K., 1924---Interviews; Hansen, John K., 1924---Family; Garden City (Utah)--History; Sheep ranchers--Utah--Garden City; Sheep--Utah--History; Sheepherding--Utah--Rich County; Sheepherding--Utah--Logan Canyon; Ranching--Utah--Garden...
Mr. Haviland talks about his profession as a horse trainer – how he began, how he’s changed his business over the years, and how he currently runs his business. He also talks about his philosophy on ranching, range management, horse management....
Haviland, Shane--Interviews; Range management; Ranching; Horses—Training; Horse trainers; Dairy cattle; Cows--Milking; Rodeos; Horses—Breeding; Horses--Equipment and supplies;
Mr. Pete Holmgren speaks about being a rancher, growing up on a ranch, and raising his own family on his ranch. He touches on how ranching has changed from his boyhood, and now watching his grandchildren grow-up on the ranch. He talks a little...
Holmgren, Pete--Interviews; Holmgren, Linda--Interviews; Cattle ranching; Pasture, Right of; Hay--Harvesting--Equipment and supplies; Ranch managers; Beef cattle--Cow-calf system; Haying equipment; Range management;
Mr. and Mrs. Howard share their experience over the last several decades ranching in north eastern Nevada. They discuss pioneering new ranching land, Mr. Howard’s innovative allotment rotation for range health, raising a family and other life...
Howard, Samuel Kent--Interviews; Howard, Jennie Jeneca McElprang--Interviews; Range management; Cattle ranching; Range management; Airplanes—Equipment and supplies; Horses—Breeding; Cattle stealing; Cattle herding; Cattle—Feeding and...
Day planner of William D. Hurst, covering July 6 - August 14, 1956, and describing his day-to-day work as an assistant chief in Range Management and containing R-2 Inspection Notes.
Hurst, William D. (William Daly); Forest rangers--Utah--Diaries; Forest rangers--Rocky Mountains Region--Diaries; United States. Forest Service--Officials and employees--Diaries;
In Bill Hurst’s first interview he discusses his experiences with the Forest Service: (father and grandfather both worked for the U.S. Forest Service in Utah), including Hurst's service in the Logan Ranger District and the Cache National Forest...
Hurst, William Daly, 1915---Interviews; Hurst, William Daly, 1915---Family; Hurst, William Daly, 1915---Career in Forestry; Logan Ranger District (Utah); United States. Forest Service--Officials and employees; United States. Forest Service; Hurst,...
One page essay discussing the importance of Logan Canyon to area residents through its many uses and the benefits of collecting oral histories, photographs, and other historic materials that document those interactions.;
Logan Canyon (Utah)--History; Land use--Utah--Logan Canyon; Land use--Law and legislation--Utah--Logan Canyon; Range Management--Utah--Logan Canyon--Research; Reclamation of land--Utah--Logan Canyon--Research; Utah Agricultural College--History;
Disgusted with the deterioration of Logan Canyon, Logan's citizens came together and a Forest Reserve was born. Voiced by Lisa Thompson. Part of the Stokes Nature Center's podcast series History & Lore of Logan Canyon where each podcast is linked...
Logan Forest Reserve (Utah)--History; Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest--History; Land use--Utah--Logan Canyon; Range management--Utah--Logan Canyon;
Sharon talks about her family history in ranching and her adult and married life as a ranching wife. She talks about managing a ranch with her husband, raising their family on a ranch and the differences in raising beef and buffalo. Interviewed by...
Miller, Sharon--Interviews; Cattle ranching; Range management; Ranching; Ranchers; Bison farming; Hay--Harvesting--Equipment and supplies; Pasture, Right of; Pasture animals; Cattle--Predators of--Control;
Mr. Bryan Morris talks about growing up in Park Valley, Utah, on a ranch and about his current family cattle ranching operation in Park Valley, Utah. Interviewed by Brad Cole on January 26, 2011 in Park Valley, Utah. The transcript is provided in...
Morris, Bryan--Interviews; Cattle ranching; Range management; Ranchers; Ranch Managers; Dairy farming; Hay--Harvesting--Equipment and supplies; Sheepherding; Cattle dogs; Livestock brands; Pasture, Right of; Pastures—Irrigation;
Mr. Parker talks about his family history in the Cache Valley, as well as in the ranching and livestock business. He discusses his careers and businesses of beef cattle ranching for Country Natural Beef, running an auction house, and horse selling;...
Mr. Peterson talks about growing up in Hyrum, Utah; his father's ranching and farming operations; working with his families’ sheep ranching operation in Cache National Forest and in Box Elder County. He talks about getting out of the sheep...
Marge Prunty talks about growing up on a ranch, marrying a rancher, establishing their own ranch, and raising their family on a ranch. She also talks about the other methods of supplemental income, including: teaching school, renting rodeo stock,...
Prunty, Marjory Bieroth--Interviews; Prunty, Gary--Interviews; Hay--Harvesting--Equipment and supplies; Range management; Ranchers; Range management; Stacks (Hay, grain, etc.); Beef cattle--Cow-calf system; Cattle ranching; Hunting guides;...
Images of book covers used in the Bells: Connecting Animals, People and Land exhibit at Utah State University. Books included: Andy Adams : His Life and Writings, Western Grazing Grounds and Forest Ranges, Old Deseret Live Stock Company: a...
Report by Richard B. Hunter and funded by the U.S. Department of Energy, to monitor for a five year period the flora and fauna at the Nevada Test Site.
Mr. Wallace Schulthess discusses how his family came to be in the Woodruff area. He talks a lot about his father’s childhood and growing up as an orphan, and how he turned hard work into what their family now has. Interviewed by Bob Parson on...
Schulthess, Wallace--Interviews; Orphans; Cattle ranching; Ranchings; Ranchers; Range management; Ranch Managers; Beef cattle--Cow-calf system; Pasture, Right of; Pasture animals; Pastures—Irrigation; Hay--Harvesting--Equipment and supplies;...
In this publication, the Universal Soil Loss Equation (USLE) is used to determine soil losses for rangelands sites and woodland ecosystems. Using the USLE, the gross soil movement that occurs as sheet and rill erosion has been estimated. Other...
Soil erosion -- Utah; Range management -- Utah; Forest conservation -- Utah; Public lands -- Utah; Fire management -- Utah;
Logan Canyon is part of the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest, a nationally protected area which has grown and changed many times over the years. Voiced by Lisa Thompson. Part of the Stokes Nature Center's podcast series History & Lore of Logan...
Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest--History; Land use--Utah--Logan Canyon; Range management--Utah--Logan Canyon;
Mr. and Mrs. Wamsley discuss their ranching operation, raising their family on a ranch. Mrs. Wamsley talks about growing up on the ranch on which she still lives and has raised her own family. They speak about topics ranging from environmentalists,...
Wamsley, Stuart--Interviews; Wamsley, Diane--Interviews; Ranchers; Ranch Managers; Range management; Cattle ranchings; Hay--Harvesting--Equipment and supplies; Pasture, Right of; Pasture animals; Sheepherding; Beef cattle--Cow-calf system;...
Mr. Weston talks about his family history and how his ancestors came to settle in Rich County, Utah. He discusses his family ranch and how it’s been divided among family members over the generations. He also talks about his childhood through...
Mr. Jay Wilde talks about his life living and working on and with the land, and with cattle. He discusses his views on land management, including aforestation, intensive grazing (Allan Savory method). He talks about his cooperation with the Forest...
Wilde, Jay--Interviews; Cattle ranching; Ranchings, Pasture, Right of; Pasture animals; Range management; Grazing; Rivers--Effect of grazing on; Rangelands; Riparian areas--Management; Ecosystem management; Riparian ecology; United States. Forest...
The following conclusions have been reached for Part I of the study: 1. Much of the phosphorus carried by the streams that will feed the
proposed reservoirs in the Bear River Watershed is derived from runoff and erosion of the land in the...
Water quality--Bear River (Utah-Idaho)--Environmental conditions; Bear River Watershed--Environmental conditions;
Summarizes about 22 reports prepared as the result of the cooperative study of the Bear River Basin in Utah, Idaho, and Wyoming in the mid-1970s. Describes the Bear River Basin and some of its problems in areas such as economics, recreation,...
Bear River Watershed (Utah-Idaho)--Statistics; Bear River Watershed (Utah-Idaho)--Maps; Land use--Bear River Watershed (Utah-Idaho); Water-supply--Bear River Watershed (Utah-Idaho); Bear River (Utah-Idaho)--Environmental conditions--Statistics;...
Concentrating on the Cutler Plant Reservoir in Cache County, Utah, and with a concern that future development be in accord with the concept of environmental stewardship, a proposal was submitted by Utah State University to Utah Power and Light...
Ecological surveys--Utah--Cutler Dam; Reservoirs--Bear River Watershed (Utah-Idaho);
M.S. thesis by Michale R. Sterling, submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Wildlife Resources, Utah State University, 1970. 121 single-sided pages, with one 4x5 in. b&w photograph of the bottom...
Waterfowl--Food--Utah--Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge; Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge (Utah); Sago pondweed--Utah--Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge
Ph.D. dissertation by Nicholas J. Chura, submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Wildlife Biology, Utah State University, 1962. 121 single-sided typewritten pages with 5 illustrations pasted in...
Mallard--Food--Utah--Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge
Interview conducted by Barbara Middleton on April 11th 2008 with Thad Box about the bells of North America. This is the second session in a four-part interview;
Interview conducted by Barbara Middleton on March 26th 2008 with Thad Box about the bells of Africa. This is the first session in a four-part interview;
Annual report of extension service, 1945. Annual report of agricultural and home demonstration extension service, Cache County, State of Utah. From November 1, 1944 to October 31, 1945. Annual reports narrate the agricultural extension work...
Agricultural extension work--Publications--Utah--Cache County; Home economics extension work--Publications--Utah--Cache County;
Annual report of extension service, 1959. County extension agents -- Cache County, State of Utah. From November 1, 1958 to October 31, 1959. Annual reports narrate the agricultural extension work carried out in Cache County, including reports on...
Agricultural extension work--Publications--Utah--Cache County; Home economics extension work--Publications--Utah--Cache County;
Annual report of extension service, 1960. County extension agents -- Cache County, State of Utah. From November 1, 1959 to October 31, 1960. Annual reports narrate the agricultural extension work carried out in Cache County, including reports on...
Agricultural extension work--Publications--Utah--Cache County; Home economics extension work--Publications--Utah--Cache County;
Annual narrative report of co-operative agricultural extension work, 1930, Davis County, Utah. From November 23, 1929 to November 25, 1930. Annual reports narrate the agricultural extension work carried out in Davis County,including reports on...
Agricultural extension work--Publications--Utah--Davis County; Davis County 4-H Club
Annual report of agricultural and home demonstration extension service, 1933. Davis County, State of Utah. From December 1, 1932 to November 30, 1933. Annual reports narrate the agricultural extension work carried out in Davis County,including...
Agricultural extension work--Publications--Utah--Davis County; Davis County 4-H Club; Home economics extension work--Publications--Utah--Davis County
Collection of reports from various extension offices around the country detailing the costs of extension work in their areas. Reports include information on salaries, costs of programs, appropriation of tax dollars (both within the extension...
Annual report of extension service, 1948. County extension agents -- Davis County, State of Utah. From November 1, 1947 to October 31, 1948. Annual reports narrate the agricultural extension work carried out in Davis County, including reports on...
Agricultural extension work--Publications--Utah--Davis County; Home economics extension work--Publications--Utah--Davis County; Davis County 4-H Club; Agren, Ellen--Pictorial works; Holbrook, Zora--Pictorial works; Epperson, Shirley--Pictorial...
Annual report of the Extension Work, Agicultural Agent, Weber County, State of Utah, 1946, by A.L. Christiansen, County Agricultural Extension Agent; Ray Burtenshaw, Assistant County Agent; Grant M. Esplin, Assistant Agricultural Agent; Maud...
Agricultural extension work--Publications--Utah--Weber County; Home economics extension work--Publications--Utah--Weber County;
Annual report of the Extension Work, Agricultural Agent, Weber County, State of Utah, 1955, by Melvin S. Burmingham, County Agircultural Extension Agent; Fay W. Boyer and William F. Farnsworth, Assistant County Agricultural Extension Agents; Maud...
Agricultural extension work--Publications--Utah--Weber County; Home economics extension work--Publications--Utah--Weber County;
Annual report of the Extension Work, Agricultural Agent, Weber County, State of Utah, 1962. Annual reports narrate the agricultural extension work carried out in Weber County, including reports on irrigation, weed control, community improvement...
Agricultural extension work--Publications--Utah--Weber County; Home economics extension work--Publications--Utah--Weber County;
Annual report of the Extension Work, Agricultural Agent, Weber County, State of Utah, 1956, by Melvin S. Burmingham, County Agricultural Extension Agent; Fay W. Boyer, Assistant County Agricultural Extension Agent; and Maud Martin, Home...
Agricultural extension work--Publications--Utah--Weber County; Home economics extension work--Publications--Utah--Weber County;
1956 Roosevelt District Annual Report of Agricultural and Home Demonstration Extension Work. Annual report of the Extension Work, Agricultural Agent, Roosevelt District, State of Utah, 1956, by Robert S. Murdock and William F. Farnsworth, County...
Agricultural extension work--Publications--Utah--Roosevelt; Home economics extension work--Publications--Utah--Roosevelt;
Intermittent issues of the Millard County Farm Bureau News, March 1917-March 1918. Also includes the Millard County Farm Bureau News Bulletin, dated September 9, 1920.;
Annual report of extension services, 1922. Agricultural agent, Cache County, State of Utah. From December 1st, 1921, to November 30th, 1922. Annual reports narrate the agricultural extension work carried out in Cache County, including reports on...
Annual report of extension service, 1931. Agricultural Extension Agent, Cache County, State of Utah. From December 1st, 1930 to November 30th, 1931. Annual reports narrate the agricultural extension work carried out in Cache County, including...
Annual report of extension service, 1933. Agricultural extension agent, Cache County, State of Utah. From December 1st, 1932 to November 30, 1933. Annual reports narrate the agricultural extension work carried out in Cache County, including...
Contains materials dealing with the Ellison family's trip to Australia from 1951 to 1952 so that Lincoln could perform his ecological research. Primarily includes the diary of Lincoln Ellison's containing his field notes, personal observations, and...
This file contains newspaper clippings about the avalanche that killed Lincoln Ellison, him getting his Ph.D. at the University of Minnesota, and posthumously winning a Distinguished Service Award from the Utah Academy of Sciences, Arts and...
Ellison, Lincoln, 1908-; Ellison, Lincoln, 1908--Death and burial; Avalanches--Utah--Snow Basin;
A brief biography of Lincoln Ellison written by his daughter Liane with emphasis placed on his seven years as the director of the Great Basin Branch Experiment Station, a Forest Service Service research facility in the Wasatch Mountains above...
Ellison, Lincoln, 1908- ; Great Basin Branch Experiment Station (Utah)--History; Wilderness areas; United States. Forest Service; Forest experiment stations--Utah; Ecologists--Biography; Ellison, Lincoln, 1908---Bibliography;
The interview contains a brief description of Barrie Gilbert's childhood and details of his schooling and subsequent career in wildlife management. It includes his story of being attacked by a grizzly bear, his attitudes on wildlife management in...
Gilbert, Barrie K., 1937---Interviews; Gilbert, Barrie K., 1937---Childhood and youth; Utah State University. Dept. of Natural Resources--Faculty--Interviews; Kingston (Ont. : Township); Professional education--Ontario--Kingston (Township); Animal...
The interview includes some personal background information, but mostly discusses John Neuhold's professional life and education. He also talks about his mentors and work in Wisconsin, but mostly his work in Utah, including a project with the...
Bear River (Utah-Idaho); Neuhold, John M.--Interviews; Neuhold, John M.--Family; Neuhold, John M.--Career in Ecology; Logan Canyon (Utah); Plant ecology--Research; Fishery management--Research--Utah; Lake ecology--Research--Utah; Stream...
The interview contains information on Fred Wagner's childhood, moving around the nation, and interest in the outdoors. He discusses his goal to be a rancher and his experience working as a cowboy where he realized his interest in plants and...
Wagner, Frederic H.--Interviews; Wagner, Frederic H.--Career in Wildlife Research; Utah State University. Dept. of Fisheries and Wildlife--Faculty--Interviews; Animal populations--Research--Utah; Population biology--Research--Utah; Population...
History of Mendon : A Pioneer Chronicle of a Mormon Settlement by Isaac Sorensen. Also called Isaac Sorensen's History of Mendon. Edited by Doran J. Baker, Charles S. Peterson, Gene A. Ware ; introduction by Charles S. Peterson ; photographic...
Sorensen, Isaac, 1840-1922; Willie, James Gray, 1821-1897; Frontier and pioneer life--Utah; Mills and mill-work--Utah--Cache County; Cache County (Utah)--Diaries; Railroads--Utah--Cache County; Mendon (Utah)--History; Cache County (Utah)--History;...
