Forest History Society
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Library and archives in Durham, NC, documenting the history of interactions between people and forests.
Join us Tuesday November 11th at 7pm for an in-person conversation "Preparing Future Natural Resources and Forestry Leaders" bringing together 3 university natural resources leaders—Indy Burke, Lori Bennear, and Sam Cook—for discussion on the future of forestry & environmental education.
November 5, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Join us Tuesday November 11th at 7pm for an in-person conversation "Preparing Future Natural Resources and Forestry Leaders" bringing together 3 university natural resources leaders—Indy Burke, Lori Bennear, and Sam Cook—for discussion on the future of forestry & environmental education.
President Lyndon Johnson and Secretary of the Interior Stewart Udall view map of the envisioned national trails system after a signing ceremony for multiple conservation bills, including the National Trails System Act, on October 2, 1968
October 2, 2025 at 5:05 PM
President Lyndon Johnson and Secretary of the Interior Stewart Udall view map of the envisioned national trails system after a signing ceremony for multiple conservation bills, including the National Trails System Act, on October 2, 1968
The Society of American Foresters is celebrating its 125th anniversary this year. Join us on Monday June 9th at 1pm eastern for an online discussion with historian Char Miller and FHS historian Jamie Lewis on the organization’s history, impact, and legacy.
June 5, 2025 at 2:18 PM
The Society of American Foresters is celebrating its 125th anniversary this year. Join us on Monday June 9th at 1pm eastern for an online discussion with historian Char Miller and FHS historian Jamie Lewis on the organization’s history, impact, and legacy.
Buttress roots on American elm, May 1933. 3.2 miles east of Bogalusa on Bogalusa-Poplarville road, Pear River County, Mississippi.
May 23, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Buttress roots on American elm, May 1933. 3.2 miles east of Bogalusa on Bogalusa-Poplarville road, Pear River County, Mississippi.
Picking Chinese elm to supply Forest Service nurseries for shelterbelt plantings, April 30, 1939. On the J. Wylie Logan farm, west of Hoisington, Kansas.
April 30, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Picking Chinese elm to supply Forest Service nurseries for shelterbelt plantings, April 30, 1939. On the J. Wylie Logan farm, west of Hoisington, Kansas.
Cypress Gardens, Moncks Corner, South Carolina, April 29, 1933. Second growth cypress growing in artificial swamp.
April 29, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Cypress Gardens, Moncks Corner, South Carolina, April 29, 1933. Second growth cypress growing in artificial swamp.
Reminder to join us today 4/15 at 1pm eastern for a talk with Karin Tilberg, author of "Loving the North Woods: 25 Years of Historic Conservation in Maine" foresthistory.org/education/fh...
April 15, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Reminder to join us today 4/15 at 1pm eastern for a talk with Karin Tilberg, author of "Loving the North Woods: 25 Years of Historic Conservation in Maine" foresthistory.org/education/fh...
With the cypress trees in White Marsh Swamp, Columbus County, NC, 1927
April 15, 2025 at 1:27 PM
With the cypress trees in White Marsh Swamp, Columbus County, NC, 1927
Join us today at 1pm eastern for a talk with Heidi Young and Abby Hoverstock of the Denver Public Library Conservation Collection to learn more about their holdings and how you can access them foresthistory.org/education/fh...
March 27, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Join us today at 1pm eastern for a talk with Heidi Young and Abby Hoverstock of the Denver Public Library Conservation Collection to learn more about their holdings and how you can access them foresthistory.org/education/fh...
Some of the Oregon high school planting crew who on two weekends in March 1944 planted 120,000 trees
March 27, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Some of the Oregon high school planting crew who on two weekends in March 1944 planted 120,000 trees
Feb 20, 2025 library views ❄️
February 20, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Feb 20, 2025 library views ❄️
Today's library views ❄️
January 22, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Today's library views ❄️
Reminder to join us online today at 1pm eastern for the webinar “George Masa: A Life Reimagined” with Janet McCue and Paul Bonesteel. More info and registration: foresthistory.org/events/
January 16, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Reminder to join us online today at 1pm eastern for the webinar “George Masa: A Life Reimagined” with Janet McCue and Paul Bonesteel. More info and registration: foresthistory.org/events/
1940 photos of the South Carolina state champion live oak tree, on the property of Joseph and Esther Kaminski at 515 Prince St, Georgetown, SC
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January 15, 2025 at 3:41 PM
1940 photos of the South Carolina state champion live oak tree, on the property of Joseph and Esther Kaminski at 515 Prince St, Georgetown, SC
www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=7662
www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=7662
In 1958, the West Virginia Pulp and Paper Company started a holiday tradition that lasted half a century. Each year a new entry in the carefully curated and expertly designed Christmas Classics book series would appear: foresthistory.org/remembering-...
December 19, 2024 at 7:43 PM
In 1958, the West Virginia Pulp and Paper Company started a holiday tradition that lasted half a century. Each year a new entry in the carefully curated and expertly designed Christmas Classics book series would appear: foresthistory.org/remembering-...
Northgate Center in north Seattle displays their "world's tallest Christmas tree" in December 1950 - 212 feet tall. The tree was cut on Weyerhaeuser land and transported, without branches, to the shopping center where hundreds of new limbs were wired to the trunk and thousands of lights were added
December 17, 2024 at 9:01 PM
Northgate Center in north Seattle displays their "world's tallest Christmas tree" in December 1950 - 212 feet tall. The tree was cut on Weyerhaeuser land and transported, without branches, to the shopping center where hundreds of new limbs were wired to the trunk and thousands of lights were added
Evelyn Smith, President of Amawalk Nursery in Amawalk New York, with Representative Hamilton Fish preparing the nation's living Christmas tree (a Norway spruce) to be shipped from the nursery in NY to Washington DC for transplanting in Sherman Plaza, south of the Treasury Building, 1924.
December 13, 2024 at 2:17 PM
Evelyn Smith, President of Amawalk Nursery in Amawalk New York, with Representative Hamilton Fish preparing the nation's living Christmas tree (a Norway spruce) to be shipped from the nursery in NY to Washington DC for transplanting in Sherman Plaza, south of the Treasury Building, 1924.
Christmas tree sales yard, 8th St. in Oakland, California, December 1939
December 10, 2024 at 7:35 PM
Christmas tree sales yard, 8th St. in Oakland, California, December 1939
Christmas tree retail store in San Francisco, with trees from Tahoe National Forest, December 1939
December 9, 2024 at 8:33 PM
Christmas tree retail store in San Francisco, with trees from Tahoe National Forest, December 1939
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November 19, 2024 at 1:19 PM
Good morning 🌅📚📚
Join us Tuesday December 3rd at 1pm eastern for a virtual presentation by Will McLean Greeley, "Birdman of the Senate: Senator George P. McLean and the Migratory Bird Treaty Act."
Info and registration: foresthistory.org/events/
Info and registration: foresthistory.org/events/
November 18, 2024 at 8:43 PM
Join us Tuesday December 3rd at 1pm eastern for a virtual presentation by Will McLean Greeley, "Birdman of the Senate: Senator George P. McLean and the Migratory Bird Treaty Act."
Info and registration: foresthistory.org/events/
Info and registration: foresthistory.org/events/
Good morning
November 14, 2024 at 3:54 PM
Good morning
High stump of Nyssa aquatica (water tupelo) about 9 ft, November 1932. Note spring board hole on stump. Logging area of Turner Lumber Co, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana. This apparently wasteful method of utilization is practiced because wood in swollen stump portion is of spongy texture and inferior.
November 14, 2024 at 2:20 PM
High stump of Nyssa aquatica (water tupelo) about 9 ft, November 1932. Note spring board hole on stump. Logging area of Turner Lumber Co, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana. This apparently wasteful method of utilization is practiced because wood in swollen stump portion is of spongy texture and inferior.