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Combined Annual Reports Potlatch Timber Protective Association 1949-1950 Item Info

Title:
Combined Annual Reports Potlatch Timber Protective Association 1949-1950
Creator:
Potlatch Timber Protective Association
Date Created (Archival Standard):
1949-1950
Date Created (ISO Standard):
1950
Description:
The 1949-1950 combined annual reports of the Potlatch Timber Protective Association include general recommendations, a report on blister rust control operations, financial reports, and two separate reports from the Fire Warden on the 1947 and 1948 fire seasons in which the warden states that the 1949 season was long and difficult with 53 total fires and the 1950 season was successful with 69 total fires, the majority of which were caused by lightning. The warden reports on the "Keep Idaho Green" publicity campaign, the extensive use of airplanes for scouting, the development of new roads, new radio equipment, a fire plan for industrial logging operations, and a fire training school held at Elk River in cooperation with the Clearwater Association. The annual report features tables about climactic conditions and tables related to fire locations and damage during the 1949 and 1950 fire seasons.
Subjects:
annual reports financial statements associations fires (events) fire prevention firefighting equipment fire damage airplanes radio (telecommunications system) megaphones thunderstorms
Location:
Potlatch, Idaho
Fire Locations:
Christiansen Creek Hog Meadow Mason Butte Elk River Pond Goat Mountain Cedar Ridge Dicks Creek Moose Creek Jericho Ridge Pinchot Mountain Brown's Creek Shattuck Butte Swamp Creek Tom Howard Creek Elk Creek Breakfast Creek Longs Creek McGary Butte Stanton Creek Smith Ridge Cedar Creek Gold Butte Big Island Fry Creek Feather Creek Homestead Creek Bovill, Idaho Boulder Creek Jackson Butte Butterfield Creek Stoney Creek Potlatch Creek Cherry Butte Four Corners, Idaho Baldy Bear Creek Isabella Creek Big Creek
Latitude:
46.92237574
Longitude:
-116.898026
Source:
Day - NW Collection, University of Idaho Library Special Collections and Archives
Source Identifier:
pot_tpa1949
Type:
Text
Format:
application/pdf

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"Combined Annual Reports Potlatch Timber Protective Association 1949-1950", Idaho Timber Protective Association Reports, University of Idaho Library Digital Collections, https://www.lib.uidaho.edu/digital/tpa/items/tpa031.html
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