Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives
Donald A. Drage papers
UUS_COLL MSS 385
5 boxes
2.5 linear feet
1955-1988
This collection documents Donald Drage's work with the Soil Conservation Service as well as his consulting work.
Material in English
Processed in December of 2013.
This collection was donated to USU Special Collections and Archives in 2003 by Dixie Drage.
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Initial Citation: Donald A. Drage USU_COLL MSS 385, Box [ ]. Special Collections and Archives. Utah State University Merrill-Cazier Library. Logan, Utah.
Following Citations: USU_COLL MSS 385, USUSCA.
Donald A. Drage, the son of Alfred and Rhoda Drage, was born on September 18, 1920 in Burley, Idaho and married Dixie Sorensen on September 28, 1940. After earning a degree in accounting at Snow College in 1939, he attended Utah State University and graduated with a BS in agriculture in 1945.
As an employee at the soil conservationist, State watershed planning party leader, State agronomist, and Resource Conservationist. He then worked as a natural resources planning consultant with Land Dane Consulting Firm and the Citizens Planning Corporation. In 1971, he initiated a pilot study in Wasatch County, Utah on integrating state and federal agencies to assist local planning interests with Natural Resource Inventories and Analysis. In 1973, he co-authored "Heber Valley Story," a report on the cooperative study in Wasatch County. He also co-authored a land use planning workbook based on the "Heber Valley Story" and served on a task force that conducted a statewide series of workshops for training elected officials in land use planning in 1974. He has received several awards from the Soil Conservation of America: Recognition Award for Leadership in Land Use Planning (1970), Certificate of Merit for Achievements in Resource Planning and Development (1973), and the Certificate of Merit for Originality in Presenting Natural Resources Data to Local Officials (1974).
Drage was a member of the Logan Country Club, the Soil Conservation Society, and was active in the Boy Scouts of America. He passed away on May 18, 2000.
This collection contains reports, proposal drafts and notes, speeches, photographs, newspaper clippings, brochures, certificates, photographs, and slides. Materials deal with Drage's work with the Soil Conservation Service as well as his consulting work. Of particular local interest are documents and photographs related to the North Cache Soil Conservation District.
This collection is organized by topic and document type.
Soil conservation--Utah.
Agronomy--Utah.
Agriculture
Water and Water Rights
Utah
Environmental Conditions
Reports
1965-1986
Barren Lands Waterfowl Development
1965-1968
1
1
Food Processing Plant
1966
1
2
Proposed Plan for Preparing a Basic Natural Resources Inventory and Guide for Planning the Future Development of Heber Valley
1971
1
3
Land Use Planning
1971-1972
1
4
The Viability of Agriculture in Marin
1973
1
5
An Evaluations of Land Use Planning Workshops held in Utah during 1973
1973
1
6
Report on second phase of a Natural Resource Inventory of the Ogden Valley
1975
1
7
Planning for the Preservation of Agricultural Lands Utilizing the C.O.P.I.S. Organizational Framework
1978
1
8
Water Quality Management Plan Logan River Drainage Cache Sub-Basin Bear River Basin
1979
1
9
Grant Proposal "County-Community Planning and Information Base" Demonstration Model
1979
1
10
Educator/Student Participation in Environmental Planning, Community Education, and Community Service
1979
1
11
Final Report Documentation EPA Grant #T008264-01
1981
2
1
Cache Valley's Future: Issues Affecting Growth and Development, 1st Annual Conference
1982
2
2
Draft Proposal for a Natural Resource Information Delivery System
1984
2
3
Draft Proposal for a Natural Resource Information Delivery System
1984
2
4
An Integrated GIS/Remote Sensing Data Base in North Cache Soil Conservation District, UT
1984
2
5
Water Education Grades K-6
1985
2
6
Report on four follow-up meetings on Public Involvement Program concerning Water Development in the Lower Bear River Basin
1986
2
7
Strawman Work Plan for Continuing Public Involvement Program in the Bear River Basin
1986
2
8
Strawman Work Plan for Continuing Public Involvement Program in the Bear River Basin
1986
2
9
Strawman Work Plan for Continuing Public Involvement Program in the Bear River Basin
1986
2
10
First Year Report for Intermountain Community Learning and Information Services Project
1986
3
1
Conservation and Ecology Kindergarten through Twelve
undated
3
2
Ogden River Parkway Study
undated
3
3
Public Involvement Program in the Bear River Basin
1980-1988
Proposals
1983-1985
3
4
Proposal Appendix
1984-1987
3
5
Draft Proposals
1985-1987
3
6
Proposal Notes
1986-1987
3
7
Task 2 Interviews
1980-1987
3
8
Task 3 Analysis
1979-1985
3
9
Task 4 Forums
1982
3
10
Task 6 Information Systems
1977-1984
3
11
Public Involvement and Information Program Notes
1981-1987
4
1
Lower Bear River Public Involvement Program AND Environmental Education Notes
1985-1988
4
2
Public Involvement and Information Program Notes
1985-1988
4
3
Solving Problems-Getting to Yes
1983-1985
4
4
North Cache Soil Conservation District
1955-1967
North Cache Soil Conservation District, Section 1- "Planning for Service"
1955-1967
4
5
North Cache Soil Conservation District, Section 2- "Organizing for Service"
1965-1967
4
6
North Cache Soil Conservation District, Section 3- "Giving Service"
1966-1967
4
7
North Cache Soil Conservation District, Section 4- "Measuring Service"
1964-1967
4
8
North Cache Soil Conservation District, Section 5- "Narrative of Highlights"
1964-1967
4
9
North Cache Soil Conservation District Speeches and Notes
1962-1966
5
1
North Cache Watershed Photographs (by Clarkston) USDA- Soil Conservation Service
1966
5
2
Other material
1963-1987
Soil Conservation Society of America
1963-1967
5
3
Soil Conservation Society of America
1975-1983
5
4
Education Materials and Cardon Speech
1964-1967
5
5
Woodruff-Otter Creek Watershed
1967
5
6
Conservation Planning Asst. and Follow-up (Drage)
1972-1975
5
7
Newspaper Articles on Utah's State Growth and Land Use
1973-1980
5
8
Schedule-Annual Plan of Operations- Follow-up
1974-1976
5
9
Cache Valley Farmland and Land Use
1977-1978
5
10
Citizens Planning Corporation Documents
1979
5
11
Current Writing
1984-1987
5
12
Intermountain Community Learning and Information Services-Janies-Ridd
1985-1987
5
13
National Agricultural Lands
undated
5
14
The Bear River Project Oneida Division
undated
5
15
Community Oriented Planning and Information System (C.O.P.I.S.)
undated
5
16
Group photos: WTSC Area Agronomy Workshop, NCSCD Board of Supervisors, and Unidentified
1975
5
17
Donald A. Drage's Certificates
1972-1977
5
18
Donald A. Drage's Vita
undated
5
19
UACD Letterhead Paper
undated
5
20