This collection of documents represents Kulosa's work for different aspects of the Forest Product industry. The collection is significant because it represents primary documentation of the forest product industry during a period of heightened environmental awareness and interest in public land issues on the part of the American public. This interest manifested itself in the passage of such laws as the Endangered Species Act, legislation about clean air and water and the evaluation of roadless areas. All of these issues had a direct impact upon the forest products industry.
Collection Number
NAU.MS.272
Language
English.
Repository
Cline Library. Special Collections and Archives Department.
Northern Arizona University
Box 6022
Flagstaff, AZ 86011-6022
Phone: 928 523 5551
Fax: 928 523 3770
Email: Special.Collections@nau.edu
Historical Note
The Inland Forest Resource Council (IFRC) collection was donated by Erwin Kulosa manager of the Southwest Forestry Services. Prior to working for the IFRC, Kulosa also worked for the Western Wood Products Association and the Federal Timber Purchasers Association. Although the bulk of the material is from Kulosa's work for the IFRC, material does exist from his employment with the other two organizations.
The Inland Forest Resource Council (IFRC) was the Rocky Mountain organization for the National Forest Products Association. Serving as a federated association, the IFRC represented the member companies within its region. These member companies included all aspects of the forest product industry.
Each of the basic activities of the IFRC was assigned to a committee. These basic activities included forest conservation, research, statistical information, transportation, governmental relations, lobbying, trade promotion, engineering, credit rating services and public relations. Kulosa also served on several U.S. Forest Service committees that dealt with timber management issues.
Scope and Content Note
This collection of documents represents Kulosa's work for different aspects of the forest product industry. This material has been organized according to Mr. Kulosa's original filing scheme.
The collection is significant because it represents primary documentation of the forest product industry during a period of heightened environmental awareness and interest in public land issues on the part of the American public. This interest manifested itself in the passage of such laws as the Endangered Species Act, legislation about clean air and water and the evaluation of roadless areas. All of these issues had a direct impact upon the forest products industry.
Of particular interest are the minutes and documents from meetings where strategy for the promotion of timber products and advocacy for forest product companies were discussed. It was the opinion of the forest products industry that there was a credibility gap with both the press and the public, and so a public relations campaign was initiated in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Additional items which were generated by the United States Department of Agriculture are included, promoting the forest and some environmental issues.
Another main theme documented in the collection is the growing strength of the environmental community and the reaction of the forest products companies to this change. Many appeals of timber sales occurred as a direct result of a stronger environmental community. The Roadless Area Review and Evaluation (RARE) process began in the early 1970s with RARE I and continued through the 1980s with RARE II. There are many published items that are kept intact with notes and additional informational material which reflects the Federal Timber Purchasers Association's analysis of these studies. Also, the passage of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 resulted in major policy shifts toward the timber industry.
The collection documents the working relationship between members of the forest products industry and the United States Forest Service. Minutes from several Forest Service standing committees -- the Industry committee, the management committee, the regional road committee and general work committee -- can be found in the collection.
Another significant aspect of the collection are the documents relating to timber sales. These documents include records of sale, timber appraisals and prospectuses. This material gives exact locations and specifications for logging sales in the forests of Arizona and New Mexico.
Finally the collection contains documentation on many New Mexico and Arizona forest product companies and how these companies interacted with the Forest Service. For example brochures and material from the Navajo Forest Products Industry can be found in series five. Documents on building roads and sawmills can be found in series six.
It is the responsibility of the user to obtain permission to publish from the owner of the copyright (the institution, the creator of the record, the author or his/her transferees, heirs, legates, or literary executors). The user agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Arizona Board of Regents for Northern Arizona University, its officers, employees, and agents from and against all claims made by any person asserting that he or she is an owner of copyright.
Four boxes containing 151 folders consisting of promotional and educational publications, and reports and information concerning the timber industry's viewpoint toward wilderness and national timber policy.
box
folder
1
1-40
Forestry notes, benefits, Energy Conservation Study, Flyers, 1967-84.
box
folder
2
41-84
Forest production and development, literature, misc. articles, National Forests, Parks, Monuments, and Historic Sites, 1968-85.
box
folder
3
85-122
Articles, magazines, pamphlets,
1962-77.
box
folder
4
123-151
USDA Forest Service Research, wilderness costs, FHA Isolation Standards, pamphlets on construction, 1968-83.
Consists of 35 boxes containing 453 folders. This series contains material relating to timber sales on Arizona and New Mexico forests. Included here are contracts, appraisals, records of sale and timber prospectuses.
box
folder
1
1-23
Contract extensions, terminations, cancellations, and revisions, 1970-85.
Consists of seven boxes containing 41 folders. This series contains memoranda and transcripts relating to committee meetings, positions taken by regional associations and lumbers manufacturers and dealers. Tapes of the proceedings have been added to the Special Collections and Archives Oral History Collection.
Seven boxes containing 82 folders containing memoranda to and from the Inland Forest Research Council. This material relates to the appeals process for timber sales. There are also case studies and contract dispute information.
box
folder
1
1-10
Appeals Regulations, Apache Timber Sale, appeals and litigation, Bunker Creek Division, But us Department, claims, Conklin and Fork Sales, Contract Disputes Act, Carson Budworm Appeal, 1968-85.
Timber Sales Information, litigations, Watts Timber Sale, Wyoming Outdoor vs. Butz Champion, 1966-83.
box
folder
4
32-44
Appraisal Navajo Forest Products Industry-Pinal Hills, Canyon Rim Sale, Capsulin Sale, Colorado Plateau Pulpwood Sale, Kaibab Lumber, Navajo Forest Products Industry, NM Mill and Lumber, NM Timber Co, 1953-84.
Six boxes, 190 folders containing contract provisions for the construction of access roads and the maintenance of existing roads, as well as appeals concerning road construction.
box
folder
1
1-16
Analysis, Management, and Federal Lands, AZ Game and Fish, Exports, Environmental Program for Future, forest service problems, 1968-82.
box
folder
2
17-27
Regulations, land acquisition, land management, sustained yield, 1960-80.
box
folder
3
28-38
National Forest Management Act and Regulation, natural diversity, off-road vehicle use, Trade-off Study, Wild and Scenic Rivers Act, Worrell Report, 1963-83.
20 boxes, 107 folders containing forest management plans for most of the southwestern region. These items include publications, flyers, memoranda and handwritten notes from the meetings.
box
folder
1
1-8
Planning Committees, 1981-1984.
box
folder
2
9-16
Planning Research, 1981-1984.
box
folder
3
17-25
Planning Research, 1981-1984.
box
folder
4
26-33
Planning Research, 1981-1984.
box
folder
5
1-13
Barometer L.U. Study, Carson LUP, Cibola, Federal Gilita Land Use Planning and Notes, 1972-78.
box
folder
6
14-23
Land Use Planning, withdrawals, Mogollon Rim, Pecos, Sandra Peak, San Francisco Peaks, 1970-75.
box
folder
7
24-31
Santa Fe LUP, state, Wood LUD, work group material, 1972-85.
box
folder
8
32-38
Subcommittee at Santa Fe, RPA, areas, Sierra Club vs. Butz, Guadalupe, Optic Elk Mountain, Elk Mountain Road, 1970-84.
box
folder
9
39-55
Continental Divide Trail, Mormon Lake, off-road vehicles vandalism, log accountability, NDRC, Land Management Plan, 1969-83.
box
folder
10
56-60
Land Management Plan, research committee, Congressional Research Service, 1970-85.
box
folder
11
61-70
Area Guide Land Management, model act soil erosion, multiple use guides, 1970-77.
box
folder
12
71-77
Multiple use guides, multiple use land inventory, multiple use survey timber management, NEPA, 1968-81.
Nine boxes, 81 folders containing material about procedures for forest harvesting and forest recovery. Other areas covered involve insect infestation and tree diseases.
box
folder
1
1-10
Awards, breeding and genetics, clearcutting, controlled burning, engelmann spruce, 1969-75.
box
folder
2
11-28
Equipment Rate Committee, fire, general, ponderosa pine, 1954-77.
box
folder
3
29-37
Redwood, regeneration, slash disposal, tree species, 1969-82.
26 boxes, 137 folders containing material related to environmental issues. Two important issues covered are the RARE I and II evaluation processes and the Endangered Species Act.
box
folder
1
1-11
NM Wilderness Act, Rare II, recent wilderness matters, 1978-84.
box
folder
2
12-19
Recent wilderness matters, 1977-84.
box
folder
3
20-21
Siberling Tour, unfoldered , 1977-80.
box
4
Catalogs--final environmental statement, 1979.
box
folder
5
22-29
Carson-Santa Fe roadless areas, land withdrawals, roadless areas, 1969-73.
box
folder
6
30-34
Roadless areas, 1971-73.
box
folder
7
35-39
Roadless areas, wilderness, 1970-73.
box
folder
8
40-43
Wilderness, 1968-77.
box
9
Pamphlets, notes, maps relating to RARE II, 1968-78.
box
10
Pamphlets, published items relating to RARE II, 1975-79.
box
11
Pamphlets, notes relating to RARE II, 1973-79.
box
folder
12
44-55
Aldo Leopold Wilderness, 1970-76.
box
folder
13
56-62
Gila Wilderness, Mount Baldy, Chama, El Malpais, Bandelier National Monument Wilderness and Additions, 1966-78.
box
folder
14
63-67
NM Wilderness Com, Pecos, Pueblos de Taos, San Pedro Park, Sundra and Manzano, 1968-77.
box
15
Meeting notes, 1978.
box
folder
16
68-75
Archaeological, 1980-85.
box
folder
17
76-85
Archaeological legal papers, CHUP T.S. Appeal, Cultural Resource Management, Jemez Salamander, 1977-85.
box
folder
18
86-93
Nest Box Study, NFPI, snag habitat, 1977-84.
box
folder
19
94-102
Endangered flora, endangered plants, AZ Wildlife Federation, endangered species, 1971-78.
