Department of Forestry Records Guide
Record Series Descriptions
Forest Protection Association Records
1933-1957
Box 14
1 cubic foot
Arrangement: alphabetical by association name, thereunder chronological by date of record
Series documents the operations of local associations created to assist the Forestry Department in forest fire prevention. Records include audit and annual reports, maps, meeting minutes, and correspondence. Subjects discussed include association organization and boundaries, tax assessments, Aircraft Warning Service cooperation during World War II, destruction of records in the Capitol fire (1936), Native American reservation protection, World War II forest defense, and the Forest Conservation Act.
