History of Timber Management in the California National Forests, 1850 to 1937

[Contents:] I - Outline of the History of Lumbering in California (To 1850 – Mining and the Lumber Game – The Early Pine Lumbering – Southern California – Lake Tahoe–A Lumber Center – Mono Mills and Bodie – The Railroads and the Sierra Pine Region – Flume Companies – Other Early Pine Companies – Land Acquisition and Forest Conservation) --- II - First Timber Sales (Contracts – Appraisals) --- III - Early Day Personalities --- IV - Fire Protection, Hazard Reduction and Brush Disposal (Brush Disposal Experiments) --- V - The Development of Timber Marking in the California National Forests (Development of Marking, 1909 to 1918 – The Art of Timber Marking – From 1927–Tree Classification) --- VI - Development of Logging Methods and Equipment in the California Forests (Easy Ground and Open Timber – The Development of Steam Logging – Power Logging and its Effect on Timber Sale Administration) --- VII - Forest Working and Management Plans (Revival of Plans and Planning – Modern Forest Plans) --- VIII - Timber Reconnaissance and Timber Surveys (Winter Reconnaissance – Checking Reconnaissance Surveys – Reconnaissance Studies – Modern Map Making and Timber Surveys – Timber Surveys) --- IX - Planting-Reforestation-Nurseries (The Eucalyptus Affair) --- X - History of Forest Insect Control in California (Hopkins vs. Hopping – Light Burning and Insect Control – The San Joaquin Experiment – Northern California Control work, 1925-1930 – Late Developments in Insect Control).