Gerald "Jerry" Stern was a ranger with the United States Forest Service. He was transferred to the Lincoln Ranger District in Montana on March 1, 1964.
This collection consists of two pages of typed reminiscences, entitled "follow up to History of the Lincoln Backcountry Controversy by D. R. Randall," documenting Jerry Stern's time as ranger for the Lincoln Ranger District in Montana in the mid 1960s. A third page is titled "Other comments and Lincoln Ranger District." Topics addressed in the documents include Stern's interactions with Cecil Garland of the Lincoln Backcountry Protective Association, his impression of the Lincoln-Scapegoat area as a timber resource, his memories of working with young adults on the trail crew and with "pressure" groups.
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[Name of document or photograph number], Jerry Stern Reminiscence, Archives and Special Collections, Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library, The University of Montana-Missoula.
The three page reminiscence was written by Jerry Stern in January of 2011 and mailed by him to the Archives.
Directly related collections held by the Archives include the Lincoln Back Country Protective Association Records (Mss 195) and the Cecil Garland Papers (Mss 637).
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