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<br />47/bid., p, 16,
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<br />48/bld" p, 29,
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<br />49/bid" p, 57,
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<br />60"History," Report of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Review Committee, Duluth, Minnesota,
<br />December 16, 1964, p, 4 (in the files of the Regional Office, Region 9, U, S, Forest Service,
<br />Milwaukee, Wisconsin).
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<br />51/bid., p. 5. See also letter from Sherman to P, B. Riis, Secretary, Department of Wild Life Preservation,
<br />American Institute of Park Executives, Rockford, Illinois, February 13, 1923, Carhart Papers,
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<br />52Letter IU-Recreationl, from the U. S, Forest Service, Washington, to the Regional Office, Region 9,
<br />Milwaukee, Wisconsin, November 18, 1955. Assistant Forester H. A. Svensen of Region 9 has stated
<br />that the issue of whether or not Carhart's report had ever received formal approval arose in 1955 when
<br />that Regional Office attempted to write a history of its development. Interview with Svensen,
<br />February 3, 1965,
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<br />63The "Recreational Working Plan, Gila National Forest," was submitted March 28,1924, and approved
<br />by District Forester F, C, W, Pooler on June 3,1924, Region 3, U, S, Forest Service, Albuquerque,
<br />New Mexico.
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<br />54 Letter from E. W. Tinker, Assistant District Forester, District 2, to Carhart, February 23, 1928,
<br />Carhart Papers,
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<br />56U. S., Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Report of the Forester to the Secretary of
<br />Agriculture for the Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 1928 (Washington: Government Printing Office,
<br />1928), pp, 38-39,
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<br />56The Superior Wilderness Area report approved June 27, 1938, by Acting Chief Forester Earle H,
<br />Clapp, contained the following statement: "The Superior Wilderness Area approved by Acting
<br />Forester E. A. Sherman, June 30, 1926, was given final approval by Secretary of Agriculture
<br />September 17, 1926," Interview with H, A, Svensen, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, April 12, 1965, and letter
<br />from Svensen to author, April 14, 1965,
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<br />671nterview with Regional Forester Fred H. Kennedy, Region 3, and Norman P. Weeden, Chief,
<br />Recreation Branch, Division of Recreation and Lands, Region 3, U. S. Forest Service, Albuquerque,
<br />November 4, 1964. I also examined the active files of the Gila National Forest in Albuquerque as well
<br />as the dead files pertaining to the Forest dated November 12, 1964, F RC Containers 8264 and 37098,
<br />Federal Center, Denver.
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<br />58See footnote 13, His publications from 1920 through 1925 were predominantly short articles on
<br />ornithologV, hunting and game management, erosion control, ecological consequences of forest fires,
<br />Bnd the one on wilderness values.
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<br />59 Aida Leopold, "Report on Proposed Wilderness Areas (L-Recreation, Gila, Wilderness Area)." District
<br />3, U, S, Forest Service, October 2, 1922, Federal Center. Denver, It is noteworthy that Aida Leopold's
<br />initials or signature appear on no other documents related to the Gila Wilderness Area after October 2,
<br />1922, although he is referred to in the third person after that time, He left District 3 on June, 15,
<br />1924, for Madison, Wisconsin.
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<br />60"Memorandum (L,Recreation, Gila, Wilderness Areal. for Mr, Pooler," District 3, Albuquerque, March
<br />1,1923, Federal Center, Denver,
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<br />61 Copy of undated handwritten note from Zane G. Smith, staff member, District 3, to Rex King,
<br />Assistant District Forester, District 3, Albuquerque. This was, however, in response to an inquiry
<br />initiated by the Washington Office by "Memorandum (U,Recreation, R'3, Gila, Gila Wilderness Area;
<br />I-Cooperation, Wilderness Society)," October 13, 1948, Aida Leopold died of a heart attack near his
<br />summer home at BaraboQ, Wisconsin, April 21, 1948, after two hours of fighting a bad grass fire on a
<br />neighbor's land, Paul L. Errington, "In Appreciation of Aida Leopold," Journal of Wildlife
<br />Management XII (October. 19481. pp, 341,50,
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<br />62Howard Clinton Zahnizer, "The People and Wilderness," The Living Wilderness, No, 86
<br />(Spring,Summer, 19641. p, 41.
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