Conservation serves national defense : summary of activities of the Department of the Interior from July 1940 to June, 1941 / -- excerpt from a report by Secretary of the Interior, Harold L. Ickes, to President Franklin D. Rooselvelt
Taylor Grazing Act regulations encourage sound investment : viewpoint from a Colorado range user / -- Frank R. Lamb, livestock operator, Cotopaxi, Colo.
Your job and my job : our job is this : to make America strong / -- The Montana stockgrower -- Here and there.
Mariola (Parthenium incanum) and big rabbit bush (Chrysothamnus nauseosus), but not guayaule : range plants identified on our public ranges can help with rubber shortage --
Plans for mobilization in the event of sabotage discussed at interagency meeting : San Francisco, February 1, 1942 --
Jackrabbit infestation helps pay off farm mortgages : the price of pelts --
Colorado improvement staff steps up road construction : livestockmen endorse switch from range-improvement to national defense --
Heavy rainfall in Chaco Grazing District results in the natural reseeding of weed crop --
Department of the Interior establishes War Resource Council under order of January 14, 1942 : Michael W. Straus appointed as Director --
We never did that before! : we must adapt ourselves to constantly changing conditions --
Overpopulation of coyotes and bobcats : Grazing Service and Fish and Wildlife Service establish cooperative predator-control program --
Program for the maximum proper use of public ranges to meet the increased war demand --
Woodriver Grazing Distract (Idaho) adopts resolution in response to request to increase production for military purposes : good range management and breeding practices will more effectively accomplish this than any increase in numbers of livestock.
Tires are precious! : tips for making them last longer --
Out of 1,562 licenses in the Chaco Grazing District, all but 75 are Indians --
Work and training program of the Civilian Conservation Corps split into two major divisions : Aid in war work construction ; War resource protection and the development of natural resources which are indispensable to a Nation in time of war --
Grazing Service attends Gem State Amateur Radio Operator's Club at Boise meeting : qualified radio operators will be available, free of charge, in the event that they are needed for defense work --
'Uncle Sam wars on ants in the plants' : article synopsis / -- by Charles G. Parsell, published in the Oregon Sunday Journal
Government employees in Moab, Utah form organization for the duration of the war : to serve as a body in every way possible in war and civilian defense work ; to coordinate their work programs for the best results / -- reported by District Grazier Andrews
Emergency work on the part of CCC enrollees during recent blizzards in the range country has been invaluable --
Buy Defense Stamps and 'lick' the other side! --
New offices and staff positions : Branch of Field Examination established in the General Land Office ; staff of Field Representatives attached directly to the Office of the Secretary --
Fun fact : the piranha , an 18-inch fish of South America, kills hundreds of cattle every year --
Make the proper use of personnel : study the job to be done, the number and ability of people to do it and the proper distribution of duties / -- Frank Moore
New use for Grazing Service 'range outposts' : facilities made available to the War Department.
Ingenuity used in solving problem of getting livestock from one side of the Green River to the other : Keith Smith, designs swinging bridge in Daggett County, Utah, decreasing the time spent relocating 6,000 sheep from two or three days via ferry, to about 2 hours when crossing the bridge --
Hearing Section reports that only 3 percent of grazing appeals were taken to the Secretary last year : that's 14 appeals out of 312 made --
Hoarding should be encouraged in only one field : that of Defense Bonds and Stamps! --
Sacrifice, save, and serve! : Sacrifice pleasurable things ; Save on paper supplies, electric current, and utilities ; Serve in any way you can --
During radio broadcast, Floyd W. Lee informs members of the New Mexico Wool Growers Association that available ranges will not permit any increase to sheep population : January 5, 1942 --
Museum of Northern Arizona at Flagstaff granted authority to conduct archaeological studies on public range lands in Arizona --
Although the coyote is comparatively new to Alaska, it is now well established in every section of the mainland / -- Current conservation.
About you and me.
Honor list of 45 Grazing Service men who have joined the fighting forces.
Director's Office : Roy D. Engel ; Gilbert B. Layton ; Owen Byers ; Paul G. Schneible ; John A. Welch, Jr. ; Ben J. Martin, Jr. --
Region 2, Utah : Max D. Peterson ; Emery T. Snyder ; E. H. Frenzell --
Region 3, Nev.-Cal. : George W. Davis ; Stephen Wallace ; George O. Franke ; George P. Long ; Richard P. Sauer ; George D. Fanning ; James H. Ashbaugh ; Frederick J. Carroll ; Michael J. Walsh ; Hollis J. Talley --
Region 4, Oregon : Lionel P. Miller ; Joseph Urbanek --
Region 5, Idaho : Joe T. Fallini ; Wm. L. Phillips ; Joe G. Hackney --
Region 6, Montana : Eugene W. Bayless ; Wilbur E. Thorsen ; Stephen S. Zarr ; E. Harry Bowman ; Rolf Bingen --
Region 7, New Mexico : Thos E. Davis, Jr. ; Tom J. Sawyer ; Joseph L. Pasquale ; William Turney ; Robert R. McCorkle --
Region 8, Colorado : Laurence E. Riordan ; Fred T. Jeep ; Virgil E. Hiett --
Region 9, Arizona : Frank C. Armer ; George Craig ; John C. Butler ; Raymond T. Moore --
Region 10, Wyoming : Edwin H. George ; Earl P. Gorrell ; Edwin V. Mucho ; Chas. G. Cornwell --
If you love your USA, buy a bond today! : Grazing Service personnel have purchased nearly $80,000 worth of bonds and stamps to date --
Next issue of Ames forester will carry an article by Director Rutledge on 'public range lands in Grazing Districts' / -- Mike Deming and Hugh Bryan are responsible for much of the material
The Director's office has been furnished copies of patriotic poems by Kenneth Platt of the Oregon region, and Ernest Moody of the Idaho region.
Grazing Service in Salt Lake City identified the top ten men for the Civil Service Commission to draw upon as alternates in view of the evident emergency need for men --
Are we making that eighth hour per day show results? : the willingness to do our part and more --
Hugh Bryan will continue the series of lectures at Oregon University, beginning the week of April 13, 1942 --
Safety honor roll for November 1941 : G-128, Mason Valley (Yerington, Nev.) ; G-137, Solomonville (Safford, Ariz.) ; G-148, Carlsbad (Carlsbad, N.M.) ; G-173, Antelope Springs (Fredonia, Ariz.) ; G-108, Hubbard Ranch (Wells, Nev.) ; G-130, Buena Vista (Burns, Or.) ; G-127, Whitehall (Whitehall, Mont.) ; G-32, Dalton Wells (Moab, Utah) ; G-68, Frederick Butte (Brothers, Or.) ; G-134, Shoshoni (Shoshoni, Wyo.) ; G-139, Saguache (Saguache, Colo.) ; G-150, Columbus (Columbus, N.M.) --
Obituaries : Oliver M. Lee, Chairman of New Mexico's Mesa District passed away in December 1941 ; John A. Wilcoxson, Chairman of Colorado's Rifle District passed away in December 1941 ; Fred Sherman, Border Grazing District, New Mexico, passed away in October 1941 --
Rifle Grazing District reported 167 calls by livestock people at the district office during the last quarter of 1941.