Informational pamphlets, correspondence, maps, and other materials from nineteen western national forests accumulated as research for the writing of a series of short articles on the national forests of the intermountain region in 1957 for the Salt Lake Tribune.

This one box collection consists of the written record of a survey party working in the Sawtooth National Forest and Challis National Forest of central Idaho during the 1930s. These records consist of both a handwritten and a typed version of field notes. The surveys examined the conditions of lakes and drainages, the species of fish found in them, and the riparian areas surrounding them. The last two folders contain maps apparently used by the surveyors.