Abstract The Great Salt Lake Wetlands History Project is a joint effort of Utah State University (USU), Weber State University, Westminster College, and the University of Utah. The project’s aim was to gather oral histories, photographs of material culture and wetlands culture, and records to document the fascinating history of the Great Salt Lake wetlands (GSLW) and the people who work and play along its shores and marshes as well as to enhance the existing GSLW collections at the four institutions....

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This collection contains the general records of the High Uintas Preservation Council and documents its involvement in the ranger districts encompassing the greater Uinta region.

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The collection consists of materials kept by William Hurst and provides an in-depth look at his career in the Forest Service, where he worked in the Wasatch National Forest and Ashley National Forest before serving as the regional forester for the Southwestern Region.

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This collection contains materials collected by Garth Jones, Professor Emeritus of Public Policy and Administration at the University of Alaska at Anchorage, mainly related to water and irrigation. Because this collection is unprocessed, please contact the Special Collections manuscript curator to view these materials.

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The collection consists of research notes, teaching files, correspondence and publications of History professor David Rich Lewis during his tenure at Utah State University.

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Rudy Lukez's papers include letters, newspaper clippings, and reports pertaining to the activities of the Sierra Club's Cache Valley Group, the Utah Chapter of the Sierra Club, and Utah Wilderness Coalition during the 1980s and 1990s.

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This collection contains the papers of People for Wise Water Planning and spans the period from 1979 to 1994. These papers are organized by file name and include meeting minutes, correspondence, legal papers, working files, publications about the water conservancy district (WCD) debate, a log of newspaper clippings that follow the evolution of the PWWP's actions, papers concerning the forgery of signatures by pro-WCD individuals, and other related materials.

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The main emphasis of the Smith papers concerns environmental issues. Significant blocks of material cover environmental politics, the National Parks of Utah, especially Canyonlands, and the Sawtooth National Primitive area in Idaho.

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Mostly ongoing correspondence from Allen Stokes to family members.

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Notes for the Utah chapter of the Work Project Administration's (WPA) history of grazing.