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THE UTAH FORESTERS UTAH STATE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE
VOLUME TWENTYSEVEN 1
1956
FROM THE
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The big news of the year is that the Administration and the Board of Trustees of the College decided March 3 that a new building for forestry \¡Wuld be the next major structure built by the College. We are grateful to President Chase and the Board. At present the plan is for a large building, having in the neighborhood of 83,000 sq.ft. (we are now using 24,000). It is further contemplated that the building will house several departments in the biological sciences, including botany, zoology, entomology and physiology. Hmvever, it is to be the "Forest, Range and Wildlife Management School" building, and the space provided will be adequate for our needs. Considering the close relationship of the above-named departments to our School, this is a highly satisfactory arrangement. The new building \llill probably be somewhere in the northeast corner of the campus, possibly north of the Agricultural Sciences Building, or on the site of the old stock barn, or possibly on the site of the new tennis courts north of the Veterinarian Science Building. Naturally the matter of money has yet to be settled with the State Legislature, and this will take place next January. It is believed that at that time there will be considerable money in the general state building fund, so with reasonable luck we might be moving into a building program in the spring of 1957.
In the 1955 "Juniper" I indicated that a new building s not in sight. I also requested that you, as an alumnus, a little plugging for us." Now I can speak gratefully; ny of you have plugged for us, and the effect of this has en evident. The Forestry School Support Committee has een particularly active and effective. However, when the tter comes up in the next Legislature, in January 1957, will still need your help. Most gratifying to the staff has been the unusual terest and activity of our alumni . during the past year. ee committees have been very active. Mention is made ove of the Support Committee, of which Jimmie Jacobs is irman . Also quite active has been the Student Recruitt Committee, chairmanned by Bill Hart, which has funci oned most ably in referring good prospective students to The Committee on Conservation Education with Elvin , chairman, has already accomplished a lot in promoting teaching of conservation in the primary and secondary chools in the state and region. As has been previously indicated, our enrollment went 37 per cent this fall over the previous year. we received the results of a statistical review of orestry school enrollment in the United States, issued by ~ he Society of American Foresters, and we are now back in s i xth place in the nation . Our enrollment is exceeded only ~ y that of Michigan State , Syracuse, Colorado A & M, Penns ylvania State and Or~gon State . There are indications that ~e 'll take another jump up next fall . Employment of our students both in temporary summer bobs and in permanent jobs continues to be excellent. As previously indicated, the up-turn started about six years ago and may hit an all-time peak this spring. Both federal and state agencies are unusually active in their recruiting. ~o of the federal land-managing agencies tell us that the supply will not take care of the demand this year. They also believe that next year will continue to be good, but, of course, no one has the courage to prognosticate further. In general the future looks bright for the school, its students and its alumni. We hope we are moving into a new era, the central feature of which, as far as the campus is concerned, will be the new building. Another feature of it Nill be greater enrollment, and we sincerely hope that the third and very important feature will be continuation of favorable job opportunities. We will continue to get out newsletters as news ~ccumulates.
FORESTRY BUILDING
Audrey Ryder Dean Turner's Secretary
Norma Beckstrand Dean Turner's Secretary
Wilma Pulsipher Range Management Secretary
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Margaret Naegle Annette Maughan Forest Management & Range Specialist & State Forester Extension Forester Secretary Secretary
Mrs. Anna Smith The very competent librarian in the Forestry School library for 2 year
Pat Martin Wildlife Mgt. Secretary
Jay Dee Hendricks Wildlife Mgt. Secretary
Stanley Skiby Custodian
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Mary Lou Tolman Fisheries Investigations Secretary 5
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IN MEMOR\AM
The loss of Anthony J. Williams on July 6, 1955, while he was a student at Summer Camp, is the saddest and most regrettable incident which has befallen the School in recent years. Capable, purposeful, industrious, and enthusiastic, he combined in an unsurpassed degree the qualities that would have made him¡a superb professional forester. Not the least of his fine traits was his warm friendliness, which endeared him to his fellow students and to his teachers. His passing leaves a sorrowful void in our School. He will long be remembered.
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During the past year the Departmental staff has been tained intact personnel-wise; bu.t at the same time, we have had some unusual activities \vhich \vere ne\v and stinrulating. In February, Dean Turner returned from his five-month assignment in Iran, \vhere he had been activating the establishment of the first forestry school there. In April, Whit made the journey and spent the ensuing 6 months in further developing the school plans and assisting in a dry-land nursery and tree planting program. Ted Daniel, in the meantime, carried his full teaching load, directed summer camp, continued his research at the school forest, and engineered the construction of a control chamber which is nearing completion. This chamber will be an important addition to his silvicultural research, producing for the first time climate control for transpiration and evaporation studies. Ray Moore took leave of the school for the summer months to supervise a forest inventory in Region 3 for the USFS. Ross Tocher has tied into his new assignment of Personnel Director for the school with his usual speed and efficiency. Already \ve can see the results of his work in improved records for the undergraduates and in our orientation in other campus activities. Positions for graduates are more plentiful this year at any time during the school's history. Of the seniors taking the civil service exam 79% passed, which is doing very well. The graduate program is moving forward according to plan Last year three Master's degrees were awarded in forestry and this spring brings five more candidates. lve're al,vays in the market for good prospective foreste When you see a good student, send him in. He'll welcome the contribution.
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JUNIORS
Ken Bowman Arizona Forestry Club ( Intramurals)
Harold Cahill California Forestry Club
John Hooper Kansas Forestry Club
Vic Ricci Utah Forestry Club
RaYJ:'lond Shearer California Forestry Club
Piotr Sikorowsk:i Poland Forestry Club 36
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San ''larren Texas Forestry Club
Gerald Hilliams r;evr Hexico Xi Si gma Pi (Sec.-Treas.) Forestry Club Tom1 Elliot 1-lichigan Fo:restry Club
Fa l ah A. Jordan
'1-Ioharmned S â&#x20AC;¢ Khreishi Iran
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Jack Bills Utah Xi Sigma Pi (Vice Pres) Forestry E:lub (Secretary) Rollo Brunson Utah Xi Sigma Pi
Forestry Club (Vice Pres) Ken Burkert New Jersey Forestry Club
Frank Elder Pennsylvania Forestry Club
Ken Gasior New Jersey Forestry Club
Paul Hightree California Forestry Club 39
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Charles Irby New· York
Henry Lee Utah Xi Sigma Pi Forestry Club
Don Lougee Utah Forestry C ub
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Gene Ruetz \V'isconsin Forestry Club (Treasurer)
Larry Taylo:\•l isconsin
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Wally Watts Wyoming Forestry Club
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FORESTRY FIELD TRIP
On May 20, we departed from Logan to commence fourteen wonderful days of educational travel, adventure and excitement.
Some of the highlights of the trip were: Himes Lumber Co. mill, Burns, Oregon Crown-Zellerback's papermill, Camas, Washington Hult Lumber Co. High Lead Logging Show, Oregon Hammond Lumber Co. Redwood Logging Show, Big Lagoon, California Reno's Fine Recreation, Reno, Nevada The return to Logan, Utah
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GRADUATES MOHAMMAD ABEDI SHIRAZI Iran MS Candidate "B" Plan Forest Administration
JAMES TRENCHARD BONES New Jersey MS Candidate "B" Plan Forest Management
HERBERT GLOECKLER Austria Forest Management
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JIMMIE LEE HICKMAN Colorado MF' Candidate Forest Management
HOSSEIN MIRHAYDAR Iran MS Candidate "B" Plan Forest Measurement and Statistics
HARALD SUTTER
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ALUMNI PARK SERVICE Floyd A. Henderson '40 Chief Park Ranger Hawaii National Park Hawaii
¡~e are attempting to perpetuate rare species, and I am presently engaged in planning a sustained exotic control program. Living on the top of a volcano is something I never expected to be doing, but after seeing the Puna eruption of last year I'm not much concerned about the danger. People get within a hundred yards of a spouting lava flow and enjoy the shmv."
PROTECTION Harold Reed Jackson '50 Forester Payette Natl. Forest McCall, Idaho
"I am responsible for the recruitment, training istration of the R-4 Smokejumper Unit. The Unit is cornposed of 60 smokejumpers at McCall and an additional 20 a~ Idaho City."
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ADMINISTRATOR Dr. Walter 0. Hanson '35 Chief, Division of Wildlife & Range Mgt. U. S. Forest Service Portland 8, Oregon
, I have not yet had an opportunity to Occasionally I meet Utah State alumn-i located in this area."
ESTA'IE FORESTRY
Frank W. Kearns '51 Route l, Box 30 St. Cloud, Florida
''My primary job nO\v is surveying and mapping as a necessary part of formulating a land management plan. Access roads and dikes are my biggest jobs, and I'd like to give special thanks for aerial photographs." RESEARCHER
James E. King '41 Weyerhaeuser Timber Company Box 552 Centralia, Washington ...
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"I am carrying on studies on company tree farms in western shington and Oregon. My \vork includes studies of growth and yield, mensuration, and pilot management tests in second-growth timber."
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CITY FORESTER Donald E. Nagel 'SO 76-\ Henderson Pontiac, Michigan
"I administer the operation of the City Forestry Department. My duties are to care for and maintain trees and shrubs, plan and lay out street tree planting in new subdivisions, and give talks and direct group discussions."
ADMINISTRATOR Bert H. Tucker '36 Supervisor Uncompahgre Natl. Forest Delta, Colorado
"Responsible for the administration, protection, development and utilization of the resources and improvements on 1,400,000 acres of wild land in west central Colorado." INDIAN SERVICE John P. Drummond '37 Bureau of Indian Affairs Portland, Oregon
"I am now Assistant Area Forester for the Portland Area of the Bureau of Indian Affairs. The Portland Area includes Oregon, Washington and Idaho."
BUREAU OF LAND
MANAGEMENT Edward Evatz '51 Bureau of Land Management Eugene, Oregon
''Forester for 0 & C Lands (BLM); timber cruiser, laying out timber sales, timber sale contract inspections, development, and forest inventory. ' Principal duty is cru~s~ng. Douglas-fir is major species - all cruises 100 per cent."
INDUSTRY WilliamS. Coghill '55 P. 0. Box 568 Mosinee, Wisconsin
"My work thus far has included the following: supervision of logging jobs, land and timber evaluations, small pulp\¡mod contracts, inspection of candidates for "Tree Farms," studies of various pulpwoods."
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STATE FORESTER Harry R. Woodward '41 State Forester Pierre, South Dakota
'~y job includes superv1s1on over the fire protection of all timberland, management of all timberlands, distribution of seedling trees, and the management and operation of the State Parks. The tree is a Black Hills Spruce, furnished to the President as the national Christmas tree for 1955."
SOIL CONSERVATION SERVICE Blaine C. Morse '37 225 Tennessee Avenue Alexandria, Virginia
"I just moved here and am nm., in the S. C. S. Washington Office as Budget Analyst and have moved my family here . "
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RANGE Dr. L. A. Stoddart Head of Department
The past year has been marked by many changes for us. Some of the same old faces (ugh!)--but a couple or three bright new ones, too. A new post in teaching (forage plants and watershed) and research brought us young Dr. (Benny) Goodwin. Professor Max Robinson, our Cedar City representative, went to Pakistan to solve their range problems, and eage Phil Ogden moved into the teaching and research post at the branch college. Art Smith virtually quit teaching and will do fulltime research on game-range problems. The State Fish & Game Department added Clyle (Bud) Novak to our group to aid Art. (This Wiscon-sinner is the best looking yet!) The saddest element of the year is our loss of Grant Harris to Washington State's new range department. This was a crushing blow to our quality, but we are trying to get a replacement almost as good and twice as handsome. We are trying hard to keep our justly earned reputation as the best looking staff in the Forestry School. What a year for jobs! Just today a fellow wrote for 15 range men--yes fifteen--all for one region of one agency. Our little group of seniors is good, but we just can't stretch them into the literally hundreds of fine jo that are open. We are thinking of inaugurating some sort of ration points like the government used to do for beef-each agency gets so many points each year! If you run in some good prospective range boys please send them our way.
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C. Wayne Cook Associate Professor
DuWayne L. Goodwin Assistant Professor
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Arthur D. Smith Associate Professor and State Fish & Game Dept.
JUNIORS
Robert Babos New Jersey Forestry Club
Bernard Brunner California
Kent Carroll Utah Forestry Club
Charles Crosby Utah
Eugene Corbridge Utah Forestry Club
Robert Gibbons California
Farag Gibril Libya Forestry Club
Darrel Hoffman Utah Forestry Club
Dearden Jennings Utah Forestry Club
Bill Mitchell Utah Forestry Club
Juel Rasmussen Utah Forestry Club
Dell Waddoups Idaho Forestry Club
Donnel Ward Utah ... Weeds and Bushes ...
AMERICAN SOCIETY OF RANGE MANAGEMENT
The 1956 National Meeting, American Society of Range Management, USAC Alumni Banquet, Denver, Colorado.
SENIORS
Robert Buffington Colorado Forestry Club (President) Xi Sigma Pi Howard Doolittle New Jersey
Cla .ir Farnsworth Utah Forestry Club
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Thomas Heller Iowa Xi Sigma Pi (President)
Richard Huffman Utah Forestry Club
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Harold Isaacson Connecticut Xi Sigma Pi
Franklin Jensen Utah Forestry Club
Morgan Jensen Utah
Thomas Moore Arizona Forestry Club
Reginald Ross Utah Forestry Club Xi Sigma Pi
Richard Stokes Utah
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GRADUATES LEONARD DEBANO Nebraska MS Candidate "Physiology of the Desert Rang Plants as Affected by the Seasons of Intensive Clipping"
Carl J. Goebel Wisconsin MS Candidate "Sheep Nutrition"
NASSER GOLESORKHI Iran MS Candidate "B" Plan "Range Problems in Iran"
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HASSAN HANGAFARIN Iran Non-Candidate
ALVIN C. HULL Idaho MS Candidate '~ethods of Seeding Rangelands, Especially by Airplane"
IBRAHIM "B" Plan "Ecology of Cheatgrass"
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RUSSELL D. LLOYD Idaho Ph.D. Candidate ·~ost and Returns of Artificia Revegetation of Publicly Owned Sagebrush Rangelands"
DAVID R. MEAD Indiana MS Candidate "B" Plan "Range Seeding"
BOB J. TAYLOR Arizona MS Candidate "Range Seeding"
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ADMINISTRATION William N. Anderson '39 State Supervisor Bureau of Land Management Salt Lake City, Utah
"I am in charge of all BLM activities in Utah including responsibility for the administration, conservation and use of 24~-million acre s of public domain. I am r esponsible for the classification of lands for disposal or retention in Federal ownership and administer the mining and mineral laws on Federal lands."
SOIL CONSERVATION SERVICE Harold W. Cooper '39 Soil Conservation Service Lincoln, Nebraska
"In general my work consists of adapting basic research findings concerning plant materials and their uses to an operations program and in seeking new or better materials, techniques or methods for the solution of conservation problems."
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RANCHER Fred B. Harris '38 Marble Ranches Deeth, Nevada
"I am manager of a cattle ranch which still uses a mule-drawn chuck wagon, a cavy of 90 saddle horses and eight buckaroos. I handle the personnel, machinery and equipment , supplies, capital, buying, selling, dealings with agencies of the government and the public." BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT R. Eugene Wunderlich '52 Bureau of Land Management Anchorage, Alaska
"I am the only Range Conservationist in Alaska with the BLM. My job, in short, is to handle all range management work for the BLM in Alaska under the s ervision of the Alaska Operations Supervisor.
RESEARCH Ernest H. Mcilvain '48 Southern Great Plains Field Station Woodward, Oklahoma
"I believe a great many young men are missing extremely interesting and profitable employment by not considering agricultural research." 70
INDIAN SERVICE Otto K. Weaver 'SO U. S. Indian Service Keams Canyon, Arizona
"In my present position I am responsible for technical and professional guidance in management, protection, and wise utilization of all Indian lands of the Hopi Agency, including soil, water and dependen
'JE TERINAR IAN
Dr . Elliott R. Killpack '40 Huntington, Utah
"At present I am practicing Veterinary Medicine in Carbon and Emery Counties. In November of 1955 I moved into a new small animal hospital which is built next to our home on the ranch."
STATE GAME DEPARTMENT John M. Hall '43 Director Arizona Game & Fish Dept. Phoenix, Arizona
"I joined the department as a District Biologist in 1946. After serving as a Project Leader and Federal Aid Coordinator, I was appointed Director in 1953." 71
EDUCATION Lee A. Sharp 1 49 Professor of Range Management University of Idaho Moscow, Idaho
"My duties require that I spend one half of my time teaching and the other doing research. At present I am working on halogeton, evaluation of range reseedings, evaluation of salt-desert shrub, and a range cattle nutrition
FOREIGN Virgil C. Peterson 1 38 Director, Servicio Tecnico Agricola de Nicaragua Apartado 137 Managua, Nicaragua
"It is my duty to aid in the development of Agricultural Services Organizations in the Ministry of Agriculture of Nicaragua. We are developing an agricultural school, extension service and research organization."
RANCH APPRAISER Arden B. Gunderson 1 35 Equitable Life Assurance Society Gering, Nebraska
"My job consists of appra~s~ng and negotiating loans on ranches and farms, purchasing ranch and farm loans from banks, and taking care of these investments."
LOGAN WILDLIFE FEDERATION objectives YOUTH TRAINING
INTERCHANGE OF INFORMATION
GROUP PROJECTS
COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT
EXCHANGE OF IDEAS
ADVANCEMENT OF CONSERVATION
SELF IMPROVEMENT
GROUP BARGAINING
STRENGTH THRU ORGANIZATION
SOCIAL FUNCTIONS
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WILDLIFE WILLIAM F. SIGLER Head of Department Fishery Management Law Enforcement
We regret losing Orville Ball, one of the Rocky Mountain Fisheries permanent biologists and an active collab orator with the Department. He was transferred to a higher position with the Fish and Wildlife Service at Raleigh, North Carolina. Dr. G. H. Kelker returned at New Year's after spending six months' sabbatical leave at the Universi of British Columbia, Vancouver. He has been working on a universal formula to estimate actual or potential birth rate of a vertebrate population. While at the University he lectured to one of Dr. I. T. McCowan's wildlife classes. Trips included Campbell River and Wells Gray Park to see habitat of moose, grizzly and caribou. The Department has been active in the Sigma Xi Society this year, holding down the positions of president, secreta and, for a while, acting treasurer. The U. S. Public Health Service recently granted the Department $11,000 to study periphyton and phytoplankton in Logan River. This was a particularly gratifying grant since the Department feels there is an urgent need for more basic research in the field of Wildlife Management. Field work on Bear Lake ended in 1955. The Utah Fish and Game, Idaho Fish and Game, and the Wildlife Management Department will cooperate in writing and publishing the results of this four-year study. We are happy to announce the first Ph.D. in the Depar ment (and one of the first two in the School) will be received this June by Ken Wolf in Fish Pathology. His work on the troublesome fish disease known as blue-sac. It is interesting to note that of the 29 graduate students now working for advanced degrees in the Department, three students are from Canada and 18 states are represen
STAFF
GEORGE H. KELKER Management of Big Game Animal Ecology
ALLEN W. STOKES Management of Upland Game Management of Waterfowl and Furbearers
JESSOP B. LOW Utah Cooperative Wildlife Research Unit
0. B. COPE
Rocky Mountain Fisheries Investigations
0. P. BALL Rocky Mountain Fisheries Investigations
KENNETH L. DIEM Instructor, Wildlife Management
MARTIN LAAKSO Rocky Mountain Fisheries Investigations
JUNIORS
JOE ANGELOVIC Wyoming Forestry Club Xi Sigma Pi
DICK BEGEMAN North Dakota Forestry Club
ELMER COLLINGS Utah
DONALD CORN Canal Zone Forestry Club
CALVIN COZIAH Hyoming
CLAYTON HEINEY Pennsylvania Forestry Club Sigma Pi 77
KEITH KRAAI
Nebraska
BOB LAWLER New Jersey Forestry Club
BOB LEONARD Utah
NICK MASELL IS
Nevada Forestry Club
BILL MELANDER California Forestry Club
STUART MURRELL California Forestry Club 78
HAROLD OLSON Illinois Forestry Club
RUG PORTER Massachusetts Forestry Club
CLARENCE PRAIT Illinois Forestry Club Xi Sigma Pi
DEE RITCHIE
Utah Forestry Club
GAR WORKMAN Utah Forestry Club Xi Sigma Pi
VIC HALL
Nebraska Forestry Club 79
SENIORS
PAUL APPLEGATE Utah
JIM BUNTING Utah Forestry Club
JIM GABETTAS Idaho
DICK HENSEL Pennsylvania Forestry Club
DON OBERACKER New Hampshire Xi Sigma Pi
NICK PAPEZ Nevada Forestry Club Xi Sigma Pi 80
DON PENDLETON Utah Forestry Club
ROSS SHARP
Idaho
Lecture
FIELD
WORK Operation - Fish
Weigh in
Shocking
Rehabilitation Center
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Busman's holiday
Checking the big ones
Management . . .
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GRADUATES ROSS BULKLEY Idaho MS Candidate "Study of the Rela tionship Utah Chub to Lake ':.'rout"
JAMES R. CALDWELL Canada Non-Candidate "Interested in the Waterfowl of Saskatchewan, Canada"
WILLIAM J. CLARK Utah MS Candidate "Study of Phytoplankton Sampling Methods"
ROGER M. deROOS California MS Candidate "Reproductive Cycle in Beaver"
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kENNETH L. DIEM hsconsin .D. Candidate Evaluation of Waterfowl sus Techniques in Parklands Alberta, Canada"
GEORGE ENYEART Washington MS Candidate "Effects of Range Re-Seeding on Sage Grouse Population in the Dixie National Forest"
lAM D. FISHBAUGH -Candidate ten Habitat in Utah"
JOHN M. GATES Minnesota MS Candidate "An Ecological Study of the Gadwall in Northern Utah"
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DALE R. JENSEN Idaho Non-Candidate 11 Fisheries Management 11
KARL KUHLMANN South Dakota MS Candidate "Status of the Airplane as a Mule Deer Census Technique in Harding County, South Dakota"
DONALD E. LEWIS South Dakota MS Candidate "Food Habits of the Bobcat, and Available Food in 3ox Elder County, Utah"
FANT W. MARTIN Kentucky Ph.D. Candidate '~reeding Territorialism, Family Organization, and Population Dynamics of the Canada Goose"
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ILLIAM J. McCONNELL Jersey .D. Candidate Environntal Factors on the Quality Quantity of Periphyton in gan River 11
WILLIAMS. PLATTS Idaho MS Candidate 11 Fishery Management 11
• A. REYNOLDS sylvania Candidate The Effect of Long and Short ting Seasons on Pheasant ulations 11
RONALD A. RYDER Colorado Ph.D. Candidate ••coot-Waterfowl Relationships in Northern Utah 11
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ROBERT I. SMITH Tennessee Ph.D. Candidate "Social Behavior of the Pintail, in Alberta, Canada"
RONALD H. SMITII Massachusetts MS Candidate "Population Turnover and Survival Studies in a Chukar Partridge Population"
RAYMOND C. STEWART Canada Non-Candidate Big Game Management
KENNETH E . WOLF Illinois Ph.D. Candidate "Investigations of the Cause and Cure or Prevention of Blue-Sac Disease of Fish"
ALUMNI SOIL CONSERVATION SERVICE Clyde T. Low '37 Unit Conservationist Payson, Utah
"Two years in West Pakistan as a member of a soil and water conservation team. Currently with the SCS at Payson, Utah, as Unit Conservationist with the administrative responsibilities, position, and the planning and application of soil and water conservation work on the farms and ranches of the Nebo Soil Conservation District."
FISHERY BIOLOGIST James W. Mullan '51 Division of Fisheries and Game Field Headquarters Westboro, Massachusetts
"Present programs center on: manipulating warm-water fish populations through the use of nets, chemicals, regula tions, and stocking; trout pond reclamation; trout stream research; and creating additional fishing areas by opening closed water supplies."
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RIVER BASIN STUDIES Forrest S. Romero '39 Supervisor of Tulsa '~ffice of River . Basin Studies" Tulsa, Oklahoma
"Duties consist of appra1s1ng the biological aspects of projects proposed for development under federal permit; assigning monetary values to fish and wildlife resources; and working out feasible habitat improvement." U. S. FISH & WILDLIFE Warren J. Allred '38 Asst. Regional Federal Aid Supervisor U. S. Fish & Wildlife Service Region II Albuquerque, New Mexico '~hen I held the position of Coordinator, Wildlife Restora tion in Wyoming, until 1950, I thought I covered a lot of country. Activities now take me into seven southwestern states and Texas."
FEDERAL AID Wynn G. Freeman '43 Asst. Coordinator Federal Aid Montana Fish & Game Helena, Montana
"Specific duties include personnel management for the divi sion, administration of research on small game and fur resources, and planning for development areas."
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BIOLOGIST Walter H. Kittams '39 National Park Service Yellowstone National Park Yellowstone, Wyoming
./ "My work deals mostly with conditions and trend of winter ranges, dynamics of the elk and antelope populations, and finally presenting the facts to administrators and the public . "
FISHERY BIOLOGIST George G. Fleener 'SO Missouri Conservation Commission 903 Elm Street Columbia, Missouri
'~y own problem is an evaluation of the effect of stocking smallmouth bass fingerlings in Ozark streams. We also run a gigging survey each fall to find out its effect on the bass fishery."
FISHERY BIOLOGIST Fred M. Eiserman 'SO Wyoming Fish & Game Lander, Wyoming "I'm foreman of a three-man fisheries management team (all Utah State boys) having authority in the Big Horn-Wind River Qrainage in Wyoming. Our work consists of every phase of fisheries work outside of the hatchery."
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BIG GAME BIOLOGIST Errol Nielson '49 Idaho Fish & Game Rigby, Idaho
¡~e do a limited amount of research but work mainly on game management problems. Conduct aerial moose, elk, and antelope trend counts, do some range studies, and gather a deal of management information at check stations in the fall. Have been in on some tagging of antelope and elk and transplanting of whitetail deer. 11
REFUGE MANAGER Robert W. Fuller '53 Vermont Fish & Game Dead Creek Waterfowl Area Vergennes, Vermont
"Project leader in charge of development and management of three waterfowl-furbearer-public shooting areas. Currently engaged in dike and dam construction and ecological studies directed toward habitat improvement and restoration."
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ACTIVITIES FORESTRY CLUB
Clarence Pratt Chipffi Editor Gene Ruetz
Ken Bowman Intramurals
Rollo Brunson
Merrill Despain Publicity
Lee Fritsch Refreshments
Vic Asst. Editor Wayne Long Reporter
Audrey Ryder Typist Missing:
Clarence Pratt Editor
Stu Murrell Reporter
Jack Kennedy, Reporter
On our way to second place in football
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XI SIGMA PI
Honorary Forestry Fraternity
Jack Bills Asst. Forester
Tom Heller Forester
Gerald Williams SecretaryTreasurer 99
Nick Papez Ranger
REGISTRATION Waiting for the students to start the new school year
The students start arriving
Thinking of some new classes to add to the program
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FALL BARBECUE
Volley ball after dinner
Presents for t rue kids
Everyone enjoyed the Christmas Party 103
SNOW CARNIVAL
Paul complimen the engineers
The Foresters win, as usual
Hoffman, top point-getter for the foresters in the skiing events
Jim Murphy doing foresters
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BIRTHDAY PARTY Come and get it!
The bartenders begin to accumulate
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rre Toelken playing, ccompanied by our isterous voices
Some of us sang, others played poker
Dockibitzinga chess game . . . Gerald winning a pile
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Even though we lost we had fun
The foresters should take first place in softball this year.
"Heads up" ball-playing wins for the Foresters.
Bill Platts connected for a home run and won the game
Chet Olsen, Re gional Fo r ester, Region IV, with the award given him on Founders' Day
iscussing the new orestry Building
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WIVES CLUB
The wives' club mixes
Some of us play cards
While the thinkers "Scrabble"
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SPAGHETTI SUPPER
Planning the spaghetti supper . . . a kibitzer sitting in
The dinner was held in a night club atmosphere
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We were treated to an Apache dance, Italian style.
Jim Murphy attracts the beautiful maiden
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Headless Broom . . . Jody Williams, for feeding phantom fish
Pat "Rosemary Clooney" Martin singing "Boche Me"
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FORESTERS WEEK "The declaration of war"
The jug was shared by all
An engineer pays homage to Paul
The engineers copped this
The beginning of the end for the engineers
The End! The foresters stayed dry.
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The stake-pounding relay
The foresters won this also
Don Hon, winner of the beard-growing
One engineer, branded and in irons!
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Dauqhter of Paul ..;t:-~#~
Photo by
MAX BRUNSON STUDIO
Frances Hill receiving the trophy from last year's Queen, Linda Welch 121
Francis Riordan, Range and Forestry Specialist, Bureau of Land Management, Denver, Colorado "True conservation means wise use and protection of the land."
A part of the crowd of 290 persons at the dance 122
Sid Pace received the "Forest Conservation Award'' from Wendell Picht .
. G. Adney, unable to ttend the banquet, is tulated by Dean rner on receiving the ridger wildlife consertion award
Wilford Wintch accepts the ''top rancher award 11 from Frank Jensen.
Son of Paul - Bob Buffington . . outstanding Forestry School student and Forestry Club President
Headless Ax • • • Jim Dempsey for pouring diesel fuel in a pickup instead of gasoline. 124
Mike Doran constructing model of Paul
The log before construction
Under Mike's direction, Paul begins to take form
The new Paul . . . after long hours of hard work 126
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Gerald Williams Editor
Jack Bills Asst. Editor
SECTION EDITORS
Henry Lee Forestry
Nick Papez Business Mgr. 11 Doc 11 Daniel Faculty Advisor
Gar Workman Graduate
Tom Heller Range
Clayt Heiney Wildlife LeRoy Kline Freshmen Cover Joe Angelovic Alumni 128