Shoshone National Forest, Wyoming
Produced by the U.S. Forest Service in the early 1940s, this official guide captures Shoshone National Forest at a pivotal moment in American conservation history. The document provides a comprehensive portrait of Wyoming's first national forest, established in 1891, detailing its dramatic geography from the Absaroka-Beartooth range to the sagebrush flats, its abundant wildlife including elk, bighorn sheep, and mountain goats, and the management practices shaping this vast wilderness. The text reveals a forest in transition, balancing timber extraction, grazing rights, and the growing public interest in outdoor recreation during an era when America was first grappling with questions of sustainable land use. For readers interested in western history, environmental policy, or the evolution of the national forest system, this period snapshot offers invaluable primary source material on how foresters and policymakers understood and administered America's wild lands in the mid-twentieth century.
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