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SAGA OF A FOREST RANGERA Biography ofWilliam R. Kreutzer, Forest Ranger No. 1, and a Historical Account of the u. s. Forest Sendee in ColoradoByLen Sh SAGA OF A FOREST RANGERhoemakerUniversity of Colorado Press Boulder, Colorado 1958Copyright 1958 University of Colorado PressTo the men and women of the Ư. s. Forest Service who have already served, are now solving, or will hereafter seivc their counuy in the great cause of forest arid land conservation, this biography of SAGA OF A FOREST RANGER its foremost forest ranger is fraternally dedicated.ForewordThe colorful career of William Richard Kreutzer, retired forest supervisor, interwoven wiSAGA OF A FOREST RANGER
th the early forestry movement in Colorado, has long been considered historically important. Members of the Denver Regional Office of the u. s. ForestSAGA OF A FOREST RANGERA Biography ofWilliam R. Kreutzer, Forest Ranger No. 1, and a Historical Account of the u. s. Forest Sendee in ColoradoByLen Sh SAGA OF A FOREST RANGER task by the Washington Office, in 1941. He worked directly with Kreutzer at Fort Collins, and together they assembled considerable data on early ranger activities. Then, unfortunately, Du Puy suddenly died.In 1943, Regional Forester Allen s. Peck assigned me to the task. The notes and work of Du Pu SAGA OF A FOREST RANGERy and Kreutzer were made available for my use, and credit for what they had already accomplished is given. Kreutzer, afterwards, furnished an abundancSAGA OF A FOREST RANGER
e of material when we met for personal discussions at his home, other information was added as it was found, and the result was a very disorderly arraSAGA OF A FOREST RANGERA Biography ofWilliam R. Kreutzer, Forest Ranger No. 1, and a Historical Account of the u. s. Forest Sendee in ColoradoByLen Sh SAGA OF A FOREST RANGER Denver Office (the last two now deceased) C. E. Randall, of the Washington Office, and L. R. Hafen, former state Historian of Colorado, who read the original manuscript and gave official and professional assistance. I sincerely thank these men, and others, who have given help.The following "Introdu SAGA OF A FOREST RANGERction" from the pen of the late Gifford Pinchot, our first Chief, is gratefully acknowledged, and I again thank Mr. Randall for having secured it.DenvSAGA OF A FOREST RANGER
er, ColoradoLenShoemakerJuly 7,1955Retired forestranger* ♦ ♦ * •16301Bill Kreutzer was the first United States Forest Ranger ever appointed. No other SAGA OF A FOREST RANGERA Biography ofWilliam R. Kreutzer, Forest Ranger No. 1, and a Historical Account of the u. s. Forest Sendee in ColoradoByLen Sh SAGA OF A FOREST RANGERnment forestry in America were completely changed.When Bill Kreutzer was appointed "to protect public forests from fires or any other means of injury" in the State of Colorado—one Ranger for a whole State—not a single acre of Government forest land in Colorado or anywhere else was under forest manag SAGA OF A FOREST RANGERement. Not only so, but the u. S.Forest Reserves were in charge of the General Land Office, which knew nothing about forestry, and whose fundamental pSAGA OF A FOREST RANGER
urpose was to turn all public resources in its charge over to private ownership as fast as possible and with the least practicable inquiry as to whethSAGA OF A FOREST RANGERA Biography ofWilliam R. Kreutzer, Forest Ranger No. 1, and a Historical Account of the u. s. Forest Sendee in ColoradoByLen Sh SAGA OF A FOREST RANGERs in Washington, this combination of farce, fraud, and (at times) finicky insistence on the letter of unworkable regulations, came Bill Kreutzer, a youngster of twenty, resolute, intelligent, enterprising, with a real interest in the forests and the mountains, and a genuine determination to do the r SAGA OF A FOREST RANGERight thing. Here is the saga of his long hard fight.When Bill began his work for Uncle Sam, the West was nearly everywhere, and not least in Colorado,SAGA OF A FOREST RANGER
firmly set against practically every form of government control. For this the General Land Office was in no small part responsible, through its constSAGA OF A FOREST RANGERA Biography ofWilliam R. Kreutzer, Forest Ranger No. 1, and a Historical Account of the u. s. Forest Sendee in ColoradoByLen Sh SAGA OF A FOREST RANGERown on his neighbor because he broke the law.The larger cattlemen, sheepmen, lumbermen, and the great railroad, mining, and water power corporations regarded the public domain as their natural prey, and the government officials who said them Nay were few indeed. Then, in 1905? came a change. The For SAGA OF A FOREST RANGERest Reserves (now the National Forests) were transferred from the Land Office in the Interior Department to the Forest Service in the Department of AgSAGA OF A FOREST RANGER
riculture, and the curtain went up on a scene that was altogether new. At long last the law, and the regulations under the law, were going to be enforSAGA OF A FOREST RANGERA Biography ofWilliam R. Kreutzer, Forest Ranger No. 1, and a Historical Account of the u. s. Forest Sendee in ColoradoByLen Sh SAGA OF A FOREST RANGERot only the trespassers and thieves, but his own superior officer, who did his best to prevent an honest and effective public servant from doing his duty, even to the extent of trying to get him killed.This is the first part. After it comes the story of the new day, when Kreutzer and his superiors i SAGA OF A FOREST RANGERn the Forest Service were working for the same objectives, with the same understanding, and in the same spirit, and getting results. In this second paSAGA OF A FOREST RANGER
rt the ruling purpose was no longer somebody's political advantage, or somebody's chance to make money out of breaking the law, but "the greatest goodSAGA OF A FOREST RANGERA Biography ofWilliam R. Kreutzer, Forest Ranger No. 1, and a Historical Account of the u. s. Forest Sendee in ColoradoByLen Sh SAGA OF A FOREST RANGERForest Reserves in his charge.Bill Kreutzer's struggle to clean up the mess is by far the most vital part of his story. I am glad it has been told, for in these days, when the National Forests stand high in public esteem and support, we are apt to forget both what it took to put them where they are, SAGA OF A FOREST RANGER and the men who made the fight that had to be made to do it.The part Bill Kreutzer played in that fight won him promotion, first toForest Supervisor,SAGA OF A FOREST RANGER
and then to District Forest Inspector. What is far more, his loyalty and steadiness, his courage and common sense, won him the respect and affection SAGA OF A FOREST RANGERA Biography ofWilliam R. Kreutzer, Forest Ranger No. 1, and a Historical Account of the u. s. Forest Sendee in ColoradoByLen Sh SAGA OF A FOREST RANGER to the date of this letter. L.s.SAGA OF A FOREST RANGERA Biography ofWilliam R. Kreutzer, Forest Ranger No. 1, and a Historical Account of the u. s. Forest Sendee in ColoradoByLen ShGọi ngay
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