Physical Description: 53 file folders and 3 volumes
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically and alphabetically by subject.
Scope and Content Note
W.S. Rosecrans was first appointed to the Board of Forestry on January 10, 1944, as Chairman and continued in that office
until his resignation in February 1957. The files include letters received, copies of letters sent, memoranda, reports, minutes,
and other records relating to Board meetings and agenda items. Subject matter in this series includes correspondence with
and recommendations to Governor Earl Warren on appointments to the Board made in January 1944; recommending the appointment
of DeWitt Nelson as Deputy State Forester; legislative proposals; invitations to attend various functions; development of
a comprehensive forest practices policy (1944-1945); proposed reorganization of Division of Forestry (1944); county cooperative
fire agreements and policies; allocation of Clarke-McNary funds; recommendations, appointments, and first meeting (November
9, 1945) of District Forest Practices Committee as established under the Forest Practices Act (
Statutes 1945, chapter 85); legislation and hearings regarding establishment of Forest Practices Act; proposed forest acquisition
policy (1946); control burning; adoption of rules for forest districts; The Forest Situation in California, report to the
Legislature by the Forestry Study Committee (
Statutes 1943, chapter 1086), May 1945; Fire Prevention Committee minutes (July 18, 1947, November 18, 1947); proposed purchase of
Caspar Lumber Company, Boggs Mountain Track, Lake County, and Jackson State Forest lands for a state forest (1946-1947); brushland
and range management policies; Range Advisory Committee (November 17, 1949); federal control of private forest lands, Forest
Purchase Committee (February 11, 1949); forest taxation; conservation education; Range Improvement Advisory Committee meetings;
brush burning; Conservation Association of Southern California; deforestation and soil erosion in Spain; and resignation from
the Board.
This series also includes subject files on: Attorney General Opinions regarding Board requests, actions, legislation and miscellaneous
memoranda concerning litigation in which the Board is a party, 1955-1957 (2FF); Caspar Lumber Company - appraisal reports
and other documents, indexed, on lands to be accepted for State Forest purposes, 1946-1947 (1FF); Forestry Study Committee,
California (
Statutes 1943, chapter 1086) - minutes, statements before hearings, correspondence, proposed legislation, background information,
outline of proposed report regarding survey of forests in California and their use, preservation, and management, 1944 (2FF);
Jackson State Forest - negotiations and drafts of exchange of Right of Way between Union Lumber Company and State Division
of Forestry, 1953 (2FF); Legislature - statements, reports and background information presented before joint hearings of Senate
Interim Public Lands, Assembly Agriculture Subcommittee on Forestry and Range, and State Board of Forestry on forestry management
problems, programs, and progress, November 6-8, 1952 (1FF); Mid-Century Conference on Resources for the Future (Washington,
D.C.) - miscellaneous correspondence, press releases regarding conference organization, 1953-1954 (1FF), Task VIII, Timber
Resource Review of Productivity of cut over timber lands, program coordinated by U.S. Forest Service, 1954 (1 volume); and
1956 Fire Plan and Fire Control Manual (2 volumes).