History of the Cloquet Forest Experiment Station

Abstract

A draft forest management report thought to have been completed in the winter of 1916-17 by W.H. Kenety, Superintendent of the Cloquet Forest Experiment Station with support from G. H. Wiggin, Assistant Forester at Cloquet. The report details station operations beginning in 1910 with detailed information on nursery work and early reforestation efforts. Other subject matter includes land acquisition history, existing infrastructure, staffing, land types, vegetation types, methods for tree seed collection, arboretum plantings, experimental tree plantings, meteorological observations, and soil conditions. Photograph prints are included to illustrate forest conditions, early nursery operations, station improvements, and research projects. An abbreviated version of this 354 page report was published October 1917 by the University of Minnesota Agricultural Experiment Station titled: "Report of the Cloquet Forest Experiment Station". A digitized version of the published 1917 report can be found online through Google Books.