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Four Men at Point Beach State Forest

Date: 06 1958
Description: These four men from Wisconsin's Forests and Parks Department will retire in July 1958. C.L. (Neal) Harrington is second from the right.

A new retirement ...

Photograph

Forest Improvement Wyalusing State Park

Date: 1935
Description: View down snowy road through a forest improvement area in Wyalusing State Park. There is a truck in the background, and a sign on the left side of the road...
Photograph

Stone Fireplace and Landscaped Area

Date: 1935
Description: The Works Progress Administration (WPA) used Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) to build a stone fireplace and landscape an area in Wyalusing State Park (fo...
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Log and Masonry Stationary Table

Date: 1935
Description: This is WPA (Works Progress Administration) project #8656 of a log and masonry picnic table built by the CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps) at Wyalusing Sta...
Photograph

James Zimmerman

Date: 05 28 1964
Description: Outdoor portrait of Jim Zimmerman, the school forester, standing in a field.
Map or Atlas

Forest Resources Map, Northeastern Wisconsin

Date: 1947
Description: This map shows various types of forests, nurseries, state fish hatcheries, major wood-using industries, camp & picnic grounds, fire towers, ranger stations...
Painting

Wisconsin the Beautiful

Date: 1910
Description: Watercolor design for a conservation poster made by a Wisconsin high school student as part of a competition. The poster has an image of birch trees in a m...
Painting

Wisconsin Beauty

Date: 1910
Description: Watercolor design for a conservation poster made by a Wisconsin high school student as part of a competition. The poster has an image of trees in autumn. B...
Painting

Befriend Nature

Date: 1910
Description: Watercolor design for a conservation poster made by a Wisconsin high school student as part of a competition. The poster has an image of trees in silhouett...
Painting

Gems of Wisconsin's Beauty

Date: 1910
Description: Watercolor design for a conservation poster made by a Wisconsin high school student as part of a competition. The poster has an image of birch trees on the...
Painting

Wisconsin the Beautiful

Date: 1910
Description: Watercolor design for a conservation poster made by a Wisconsin high school student as part of a competition. The poster has an image of pine trees in a me...
Painting

Conserve Wisconsin's Rugged Beauty

Date: 1910
Description: Watercolor design for a conservation poster made by a Wisconsin high school student as part of a competition. The poster has an image of pine trees in silh...
Painting

Protect Our Wild Beauty

Date: 1910
Description: Watercolor design for a conservation poster made by a Wisconsin high school student as part of a competition. The poster has an image of birch trees and fl...
Photograph

New State Park on Lake Kegonsa

Date: 03 31 1965
Description: Nature view with marshland sedges and rushes in foreground, Lake Kegonsa, and a tree-lined horizon. The newly acquired area consists of marsh, woodland, In...
Map or Atlas

Forest Conditions of Northern Wisconsin

Date: 1898
Description: This map shows the conditions of the forest. Includes a color legend in left margin, depicting the various conditions. Original caption reads, "Compiled by...
Photograph

Trees for Tomorrow

Date: 1948
Description: Forestors W.A. Sylvester and William Bjorge posing with Executive Director M.N. Taylor next to a sign at the Trees for Tomorrow Conservation Camp. There is...
Photograph

Chief Shabbona Forest Preserve

Date: 11 28 2014
Description: A wooden sign sitting in a snow-covered field which reads: "Chief Shabbona Forest Preserve." It includes two images of trees, and on the bottom right is th...
Photograph

Walking in Cathedral Woods

Date: 1911
Description: View down trail towards a small group of women and girls hiking in Cathedral Woods on a sunny day. The old growth forest is made up of pines and hemlocks.
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Cathedral Woods Hike

Date: 08 09 1911
Description: View down trail towards a group of people standing together in Cathedral Woods on a sunny day.
Photograph

Path to Cathedral Woods from Barn Pond

Date: 1911
Description: View down the first part of the path to Cathedral Woods from Barn Pond. The logs laid lengthwise and crosswise help one across the bog into the forest prop...

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