So he was somewhat insulated?
Yes. I think that’s true of academicians, that they tend to be that way.
Footnotes:
- Langille, following the lead of William Gladstone Steel, was among the original Mazamas. His job with the state parks included writing histories of the various state parks. These mimeographed bulletins were intended as references for state parks personnel and to provide interpretive information for visitors and the media.
- Boardman, Oregon State Park System (Portland: Oregon Historical Society Press, 1956; reprinted from the Oregon Historical Quarterly 55:3 (September 1954), pp.23-28.
- On state highway 18 between Otis and Grand Ronde.
- One of the key reasons involved remnant stands of Monterey Cypress.
- It is now known as the National Parks and Conservation Association.
- David T. Mason is probably best know as an advocate for sustained yield forestry.
Footnotes: from second interview
- Miller, Journal of First Trip of University of California of John Day Beds of Eastern Oregon, edited by J. Arnold Shotwell, Bulletin 18 of the Museum of Natural History, University of Oregon, Eugene, December 1972.
- John C. Merriam, The Garment of God (New York: Scribners, 1943), p.2.
