Forests and forestry

Whoop-Um-Up Creek Timber Sale Area in the Boise National Forest in Idaho.

Lyle Watts, Chief U.S. Forest Service, holds a Wooden Headstone at the Cemetery in Idaho City, Idaho. Notice the Ponderosa Pines growing within the burial plot. Photos #2009-2970 through #2009-2987 are from a typewritten notebook with a title page which reads, "United States Department of Agriculture. Forest Service. Inspection Trip. Lyle F. Watts, Chief, Forest Service. W.B. Rice, Regional Forester. Boise National Forest. August 3 to 4, 1945. Presented by T.H Van Meter, Forest Supervisor, Boise National Forest."

Portrait of Lyle Watts, Chief or U.S. Forest Service, looking up with the sun behind him, not wearing the glasses he normally wore. Photos 2009-2970 through 2009-2987 are from a typewritten notebook with a title page which reads, "United States Department of Agriculture. Forest Service. Inspection Trip. Lyle F. Watts Chief, Forest Service. W.B. Rice Regional Forester. Boise National Forest. August 3 to 4, 1945. Presented by T.H Van Meter, Forest Supervisor, Boise National Forest."

Lyle F. Watts, Chief of U.S. Forest Service, at Bald Mountain Lookout, Boise National Forest. Photos 2009-2970 through 2009-2987 are from a typewritten notebook with a title page which reads, "United States Department of Agriculture. Forest Service. Inspection Trip. Lyle F. Watts, Chief, Forest Service. W.B. Rice, Regional Forester. Boise National Forest. August 3 to 4, 1945. Presented by T.H Van Meter, Forest Supervisor, Boise National Forest.

Fenced cemetery in Idaho City, Idaho within the Boise National Forest. Notice how the Ponderosa Pine trees are growing inside the burial plot taking over the small cemetery.

Portrait of Lyle F. Watts, Chief of U.S. Forest Service. Photos 2009-2970 through 2009-2987 are from a typewritten notebook with a title page which reads, "United States Department of Agriculture. Forest Service. Inspection Trip. Lyle F. Watts, Chief, Forest Service. W.B. Rice Regional Forester. Boise National Forest. August 3 to 4, 1945. Presented by T.H Van Meter, Forest Supervisor, Boise National Forest."

Boise Basin from Bald Mountain Lookout at Boise National Forest. Photos 2009-2970 through 2009-2987 are from a typewritten notebook with a title page which reads, "United States Department of Agriculture. Forest Service. Inspection Trip. Lyle F. Watts - Chief, Forest Service. W.B. Rice - Regional Forester. Boise National Forest. August 3 to 4, 1945. Presented by T. H. Van Meter, Forest Supervisor, Boise National Forest."

U.S. Forester Niederhof, standing giving explanation, with U.S. Forest Service Chief Lyle Watts, at far end of the first row, with other foresters seated on the rocks of the hilly forest. This photo was taken at Parker Creek Experimental Station, later names Sierra Ancha Experimental Forest in the Tonto National Forest in Arizona.

U.S. Foresters Fechner (left) and Hoffmaster holding a Hose with Forester Lyle Watts in background on right. Photo was taken in Roscommon, Michigan.

Lumbermen's Monument, Huron National Forest, located in Michigan.