Scope and Content: Correspondence, reports, newsletters, supporting files, maps; 1967-1975.

These records, which were begun by Brock Evans (see Brock Evans Papers) and continued by Doug Scott (1973-), primarily reflect the activities of the office during Evans' time (1968-72). This Sierra Club, Northwest Office record group begins with the tenure of Doug Scott as Northwest representative of the Sierra Club.

The papers have been arranged in four groups - 1) Issues Related to Geographical Areas, 2) Subject Series, 3) Miscellaneous Papers, and 4) the William A. (Bill) Conway Subgroup (Papers belonging to William Conway, a consulting forester). This arrangement, corresponding both to the ·original order of the papers and to the arrangement of the papers in the Brock M. Evans Papers, results in some diffusion of materials. They include primarily correspondence, reports and printed materials.

Scope and Content: Correspondence, organizational records, ephemera, writings; 1973-1979 (bulk 1975-1977)

Records generated by Doug Scott as Northwest Representative of the Sierra Club and the Federation of Western Outdoor Clubs, July 1973-1979. Certain files which pre-date Scott's term of office were begun by Brock Evans. This installment contains documentation of primarily 5 issues: Hell's Canyon National Recreation Area legislation, Alpine Lakes Wilderness legislation, the Eastern Wilderness, ca. 1972-1974, the Endangered American Wilderness Act of 1978, and Idaho Timber Issues. The Idaho Timber Issues "subgroup" has been further subdivided into four National Forest sub-subgroups. Other material has been arranged by state.

The remaining material was received in several boxes labeled "Miscellaneous Important" and "Miscellaneous Unimportant". The "unimportant" boxes were weeded by two-thirds of their original volume. No attempt was made to organize this miscellaneous material by specific issue; instead most of the material was grouped by state then sorted into record series for each state. Some of the records, however, concern national issues and cannot be filed by specific state. This national level material is further divided into national Wilderness Issues (land use, wilderness designation, etc.). The residue has been arranged as Miscellaneous Issues of National Scope. All three national divisions are treated as subgroups, i.e., material within each division is arranged by record series. Dates for all records, state and national are ca. 1972-79.

The remaining records concern organizational matters of the Sierra Club, and include correspondence, minutes, memoranda, financial records and policy information.

Scope and Content: Correspondence, reports, testimony, grant proposals, publications; 1970-1978.

Doug Scott material (Boxes 1-2) includes a number of Forest Policy Project grant proposals (1978) sent to Scott for review and testimony, and court papers regarding Hell's Canyon and the Middle Snake River. Charles W. Dolan, S.C., Puget Sound Group Conservation Chairman's files (Box 3, part of Box 4) cover various Northwest issues. The files of David Pavelchek, S.C. staff member, cover various issues and include much material on the Forest Practices Act of 1974.

Scope and Content: Correspondence, subject series, maps, ephemera, clippings; 1972-1980.

General correspondence, mainly Doug Scott (Box 13-21), complement the previous accession #2678-002. Related subjects include Hell's Canyon, Endangered American Wilderness Act, and Alpine Lakes. Ken Ensroth (Box 24-30) was a research assistant whose title was Regional Clean Water Coordinator. Timber issues files (Box 1-11) relate closely to the RARE I and II planning process by the Forest Service.

Scope and Content: Correspondence, reports, speeches, court papers, ephemera, clippings, subject series; ca. 1968-1977.

Accession is mainly files from the Doug Scott era; some files begin as Brock Evans but quickly become Doug Scott material. There is less correspondence and more subject series with emphasis on nuclear energy, land use, and Alaska Pipeline, among others.

Scope and Content: Correspondence, reports, environmental impact statements, maps, publications, ephemera, photographs, clippings, subject series; 1967-1982.

Accession includes material on RARE I, late 1971 - Oct 1973, and RARE II, Jun 1977 - Jan 1979 (Roadless Area Review and Evaluation). First folder in Box 5 contains summary and final overview of RARE II. Correspondence and subject series deal with broad concerns of Sierra Club: wilderness areas in many states, land use, timber issues. There is some material on Alpine Lakes Area, Salmon River Wilderness, Mount Jefferson, St. Joe River Study, etc. Material in this accession relates to Accessions #2678-004 and #2678-005, which cover many of the same concerns and which overlap its date spans.

Scope and Content: Reports, newsletters, draft proposals, project and planning files, thesis, photographs, color slides; 1972-1985.

Half of this accession is newsletters from other Sierra Club groups. The remaining material documents Sierra Club projects, especially Alpine Lakes Wilderness Area.

Scope and Content: Maps, newsletters, policy guides, correspondence, reports, clippings, resolutions, minutes; 1946-1989.

Scope and Content: Subject series, correspondence, notes, writings, position papers, legislation, clippings, and other records related to forestry issues and other environmental issues of concern to this field office of the Sierra Club; ca. 1973-1990 (bulk 1979-1990)

Northwest representatives whose writings are included are Brock Evans, Douglas Scott, Jim Blomquist, and Bill Arthur.