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<br />47Ibld., p. 16.
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<br />48Ibld., p. 29.
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<br />49Ibid., P. 67.
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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 Ibid., P. 5. See also letter from Sherman to P. B. Riis,Secretary, Department of Wild Life Preservation,
<br />Americen 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 />Februery 3, 1966.
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<br />53The "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 />55U. S.. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Report of the Forester to the Secretary of
<br />Agriculture for the Fisc.1 Year Ended June 30, 7928 (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 3D, 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, FRC Containers 8264 and 37098,
<br />Federal Center, Denver.
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<br />58Se. footnote 13. His publications from 1920 through 1926 were predominantly short articles on
<br />ornithology, hunting and game management, erosion control, ecological consequences of forest fires,
<br />and the one on wilderness values.
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<br />59 AI do 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 Aldo 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, 16,
<br />1924, for Madison, Wisconsin.
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<br />60"Memorandum (L-Recreation, Gila, Wilderness Area), 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 Washin9ton Office by "Memorandum (U-Recreation, R-3, Gila, Gila Wilderness Area;
<br />I-Cooperation, Wilderness Society):' October 13, 1948. Aldo Leopold died of a heart attack near his
<br />summer home at Baraboo, Wisconsin. April 21, 1948, after two hours of fighting a bad grass fire on a
<br />neighbor's land. Paul L Errin9ton, "In Appreciation of Aldo Leopold:' Journal of Wildlife
<br />Management XII (October, 19481, pp. 341-60.
<br />
<br />62Howard Clinton Zahnizer, ''The People and Wilderness," The Living Wilderness, No. 86
<br />(Spring-Summer, 1964), p. 41.
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