In 1925, the Northern Rocky Mountain Forest and Range Station was officially established to coordinate the work of experimental forests in Montana, Idaho, and Washington State. Headquartered in Missoula, Montana, the station included forests such as the Priest River Experimental Forest, the Coram Experimental Forest, the Deception Creek Experimental Forest, and the Upper Columbia Research Center. The primary fields of research conducted by the station were forest economics, forest management, fire control, products utilization, range management, and flood control surveys. By 1954, the station combined with the Intermountain Forest and Range Experiment Station, based in Ogden, Utah. The currently station is referred to as the Intermountain Forest and Range Experiment Station and is based in Utah.
The Northern Rocky Mountain Forest and Range Experiment Station records contain data, reports, and maps related to studies conducted by the station. Notably, the collection contains data for a lumber manufacturing study conducted from 1921-1945 and timber surveys for Western Montana and Northern Idaho from 1933-1943. The collection also contains a large set of maps and overlays representing data from the timber surveys. Also included in the collection are a tree inventory, lumber mill studies, studies from Coram Experimental Forest, and photos.
The Northern Rocky Mountain Forest and Range Experiment Station records is organized into three series as follows:
Series I: Data and reports, 1913-1959, 6.0 linear feet
Subseries 1: Studies, 1913-1959, 1.0 linear feet
Subseries 2: Timber surveys, 1933-1953, 6.0 linear feet
Series II: Maps, 1934-1946 and undated, 1.0 linear feet
Series III: Photographs, 1954-1956, 0.4 linear feet
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Northern Rocky Mountain and Range Experiment Station records, Archives and Special Collections, Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library, The University of Montana-Missoula.
Materials in this collection were transferred in 1969. No formal documentation exists regarding the acquisition of the collection.
No documentation exists regarding the initial processing of the collection. The collection was originally considered to be created by the US Forest Service and was assigned the collection number LC 84. The collection was reprocessed in 2011, at which time it was determined that the Forest and Range Experiment Station was the creator. The collection was designated Mss 777. Reprocessing included the assignment of series designations, the revision of collection level descriptions, and the rehousing of collection materials. In 2021, a third series was added containing panoramic photos from various Lolo District lookouts.
Lewis, Lowell G. and Lawrence E. Stipe, 1996. "The implementation of GIS to assess the role of insects and pathogens in forest succession.” In Remote Sensing; People in Partnership with Technology, Proceedings of the Sixth Forest Service Remote Sensing Applications Conference, Denver, Colorado April 29-May 3, 1996, ed. Jerry Dean Greer, 120-134. Bethesda, Md. : American Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing.
Other materials for Region One of the United States Forest Service may be found at the National Archives and Records Administration Pacific Alaska Region in Seattle, Washington under the title of Forest Service Records, Record Group 95.
Materials specific to the Northern Rocky Mountain Forest and Range Experiment Station are managed by the National Archives and Records Administration under the classification number 95.10.8: Records of other national forest and range experiment stations.
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the online catalog. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or places should search the catalog using these headings.
This series consists of tables recording the data from various studies by the Northern Rocky Mountain Forest and Range Experiment Station, as well as reports produced from and related to these studies. This series consists of two subseries: Studies and Timber surveys.
This subseries consists of data and reports, much of which examines the costs of manufacturing lumber. This subseries also contains tree inventories from 1947-1959 and reports from the Coram Experimental Forest. The subseries is arranged in alphabetical order.
Study conducted in conjunction with Downer Lumber Company in Livingston, Montana.
This subseries consists of timber surveys of Western Montana and Northern Idaho performed primarily in the 1930s. These surveys record the types of trees and the size and density of trees. Stand tables refer to data collected on stands of trees located within the surveyed regions.
This series includes maps detailing the composition of forests in Western Montana and Northern Idaho. The maps are based on data from the timber surveys in Series I, Subseries 2. The series is arranged first by state, then by county in the case of Montana maps.
Item removed from Folder 5/2: Volume 30 - Fergus County, Montana.
This series includes mounted panoramic photos taken from lookouts in the Lolo District.