The records in this collection were primarily created by John L. Artz, Division of Renewable Natural Resources, College of Agriculture, 1966-1985. During his UNR tenure he served as Professor, Extension Range Management Specialist and from 1982-1984, as Associate Director of the Cooperative Extension Service. Much of the material in this collection relates to public land livestock grazing issues of the 1970s and early 80s. During this period, there was a high level of interest in these issues because of court action brought by the Natural Resources Defense Council against the Bureau of Land Management requiring local Environmental Impact Statement on all their livestock grazing activities, and the MX Missile System, in Nevada. Artz was involved in these issues as a consultant, educator, and mediator. Working with Dean Dale W. Bohmont, he helped organize and in 1978 chaired the Western Universities Public Rangeland Coordinating Committee, a coalition of range specialist from all the western land grant colleges that offered science-based information and recommendations towards the resolution of issues. Because of his focus on rangelands, the records also document his involvement as a member of the range inventory standardization committee and the wild horse and burro research committee. Following UNR retirement, Artz served five years as the first National Range Management Program Leader for the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Extension Service, Washington, D.C. and three years as Vice-President and President of the Society for Range Management, Denver, Colorado. [See Archives Collection 394].

Records were also collected reflecting other agencies interests and information; included among these is the Sierra Club, and the Nevada Cattleman's Association.

In addition, there are Renewable Natural Resources department records dealing with plans of work, annual reports, and memorandums; environmental education programs; various project reports, surveys, studies, and policies; miscellaneous articles, speeches, news releases; and public statements concerning grazing fees.

There is also a series of records that were designated "historical". The records were written or collected by Joseph H. Robertson, Emeritus Professor of Range Management, and include correspondence and early publications concerning range plantings and grazing, 1935-1985.

The most recent records in this collection are two public statements concerning grazing fees, 1991 and 1993. An attempt was made to keep the records in original order, and retain folder titles.

9 cubic feet.

Box 1

Folders:

1-7. Western Universities Public Rangelands Coordinating Committee re: SIM (Site inventory methods.) 1977-1978. [See also Box 6.]
8-10. U.S.D.A. North Cal-Neva Resource Conservation and Development Area. 1967- 1977.
11-14. EIS. Paradise-Denio (Winnemucca District, Humboldt County, North Washoe County, Pershing County). 1972.
15. EIS. Egan (White Pine County). 1975-1983.
16. EIS. Lahonton (Churchill County). 1975-1983.
17-20. EIS. Tonopah (Nye County). 1975-1984. [Continued in box 2].

Box 2

21-24. EIS. Tonopah (Nye County). 1975-1984. [Continued from box 1].
25. EIS. Clark County. 1976-1982.
26-32. EIS. Tuledad/Home Camp (Surprise Resource Area, Susanville District, northeastern California and northwestern Nevada). 1976-1981.
33-38. EIS. Caliente (Las Vegas District, Clark County). 1976-1981.

Box 3

39-42. EIS. Cowhead/Massacre (Surprise Resource Area, Susanville District, northeastern California and northwestern Nevada). 1977-1982. 43. EIS. Cal-Nevada (Alturas, Willow Creek. Eagle Lake). 1979-1980.
44-45. EIS. Paradise Valley-Denio (Winnemucca District, Humboldt County). 1979- 1981.
46. EIS. Schell Resource Area (Ely District, Nye County, Lincoln County, White Pine County). 1980-1981.
47. EIS. Shoshone-Eureka Resource Area (Battle Mountain District, Nye County, Eureka County, Lander County). 1980-1981.
48. EIS. Sonoma-Gerlach Resource Area (Winnemucca District, Pershing County, Humboldt County, Washoe County, Churchill County) 1980-1983.
49. EIS. Wells Resource Area (Elko District, Elko County). 1980-1982.
50-51. EIS. Reno. (Carson City District, Washoe County, Ormsby County, Douglas County, Lyon County, Mineral County). 1981-1983.
52. EIS. Walker. (Carson City District, Washoe County, Ormsby County, Douglas County, Lyon county, Mineral County). ca.1983. ["Capturing Wild Horses on the Montgomery Pass Wild Horse Territory"]
53. Elko County. (1968-1981). General correspondence.
54. Humboldt County. 1980-1981. General correspondence.
55. Lincoln County. (1978-1980). General correspondence re: Caliente, Nevada.
56. Nye County. 1978-1981. General correspondence re: Tonopah, Nevada.
57. Congressional correspondence. 1977-1981.
58. "Public Rangelands Continue To Deteriorate" by the Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, July 5, 1977. Response to publication.
59. "T Quarter Circle Ranches Allotment Management Plan" Paradise-Denio Resource Area, Winnemucca, Nevada 10/10/1979.
60. Bureau of Land Management, Nevada office. Correspondence. 1976-1980.
61-62. Bureau of Land Management, re: range land suitability. 1976-1979.

Box 4

63. Report on Thousand Creek and McGhee Ranches on Sheldon Game Refuge. By H. M Kilpatrick, 1956. [re: proposed Range Experiment Station].
64. Ash Canyon Fire Rehabilitation Committee. Sept. 1968.
65. White Rock Allotment Management Plan. 1973-1974.
66. Drought Fact sheet. ca. 1977.
67-70. Project 660. Public Rangeland Management. 1975-1976.
71. Project 660. Frontier 500 Off-road vehicle race. 1982.
72. College of Agriculture. Annual conference. 1977/1981.
73. Agricultural Experiment Station. Research Projects, 1979-1980.
74. Cooperative Extension Service. Plan of Work. 1979-1980.
75. Cooperative Extension Service. Annual Report. 1979-1980.
76. Cooperative Extension Service. Narrative Accomplishment Reports. 1980-1982.
77. Cooperative Extension Service. Plan of Work. 1981-1982.
78. Cooperative Extension Service. Plan of Work. 1989.
79. Renewable Natural Resources. 1967-1979. [Includes drafts on Role of College of Agriculture in RNR Research and Extension, 1978; materials on back ground on efforts to organize natural resources programs.]
80. Renewable Natural Resources. Plan of Work. 1975/76.
81. Renewable Natural Resources. Plan of Work. 1978/79.
82. Renewable Natural Resources. Memos to county agents. 1976-1978. [Jack Artz, Extension Range Specialist].
83-84. Renewable Natural Resources. Memos to county agents. 1977-1980. [Mike Kilpatrick, Extension Range Specialist].
85. Renewable Natural Resources. Fish and Wildlife Memo, #1-6, 1980.
86. Renewable Natural Resources. Forestry Memo, #1, 1980-#81-1, 1981.
87. Renewable Natural Resources. Range Memo, #1, 1980-#81-4, 1981.
88. Renewable Natural Resources. Ten Year Master Plan. 1980.

Box 5

89. EIS meetings. [Bureau of Land Management; Public Lands Council; Natural Resources Defense Council; Western Universities Public Rangeland Coordinating Committee]. Correspondence. 1976-1980.
90. Environmental Studies Board. 1978-1979. [John Artz, Chairman].
91. Inter-agency Environmental Education Committee. 1977-1978.
92. Livestock Range Committee. Minutes. 1979.
93. National Governors Association Range Subcommittee. 1979-1981. [re: range resource management].
94. Nevada Association of Conservation Districts. 1976-1981.
95. Nevada Committee of Conservation Plant Materials. 1968-1969.
96. Nevada Extension Agents Association. 1979-1982.
97. Nevada Range Committee. 1983. [John Artz, Chairman].
98. Nevada Rangeland Research and Development Committee. Forage Allocation Sub-Committee. 1979.
99. Nevada Range Studies Task Group. 1981.
100-103. Nevada Resource Action Council. 1965-1983.
104-105. Rangeland and Research Development Committee. 1975-1983.

Box 6

106. State Conservation Commission. 1982.
107-109. State Multiple Use Advisory Committee on Federal Lands. 1976-1983.
110-122. Western Universities Public Rangelands Coordinating Committee. 1976-1984.

Box 7

123. Central Committee, Nevada State Grazing Board. 1980-1984.
124-126. Coordinated Resource Management and Planning Group. 1980-1984.
127. Endangered Species Committee. 1968.
128. Mojave Desert Range Project. 1983-1984.
129-132. National Resources Defense Council. 1973-1981.
133. Nature Conservancy. 1981.
134-135. Nevada Cattlemen's Association. 1970-1981.
136. Public Rangelands Consultants. 1981-1982.
137. Sierra Club. 1979-1981.

Horse and burro programs and information.

138-139. Committee of Wild and Free-roaming Horses and Burros. 1979.
140. "Habitat Preference, Grazing Impact, Food Consumption and Nutrition of Wild Horses and Associated Species in Nevada". Proposal to the U.S. Department of the Interior, 1980.
141. "Horse Salvage". Wild Horse Council. 1977-1979.
142-146. National Wildhorse and Burro Committee and Forum. 1977-1980.
147. Pine Nut Mountain Wild Horse Capture Plan. June 1979.

Box 8
Educational programs

148. Community Pride Program. 1971-1972.
149-155. Environmental Education Advisory Committee.
156. "Let's go camping" Project. 1975.
157. Nevada Range Management: A Guide for High School Teachers. By John Artz. c. 1970/71.

Box 9
Projects, surveys, studies, and policies

158. Bureau of Land Management - Nevada Range Policy. 1976-1977.
159. Bureau of Land Management - proposed grazing regulations. 1976.
160. Grasshopper/Mormon Cricket Control Program. 1981.
161-164. MX Missile System. Environmental Impact Statement. 1980-1981.
165. Range Seeding Study. 1968.
166. Range Condition Survey of Federal Lands in Nevada. 1974.
167. Sagebrush Spray Trials. 1971.
168. Society for Range Management, Nevada Section. re: review of "Managing the Public Rangelands" by the Bureau of Land Management. 1979-1980.
169. Wildlife Spring Meadow Improvement Project, Elko County. 1969.
170-174. Nevada Information Depository for Wildlands Study Sites. 1966-1975. [See Box 11].
175-180. "Nevada Report" [Effects of Livestock Grazing of Wildlife, Watershed, Recreation Other Resource Values in Nevada. Published by the Bureau of Land Management, 1974]. 1974-1977.
181. Range Revegetation Investigations. Annual Reports. 1954, 1958, 1960, 1962, 1965, 1966. By A. T. Bleak; R .E. Eckert.

Box 10

Folders 182-197 were grouped together under the heading "Historical - Joseph H. Robertson" - and are reports written or collected by him.

182. "Historical Material from Tiny Greenslet." E.R. "Tiny" Greenslet, Grazing Service. Includes "Historical Background of the Taylor Grazing Act" and publications on public domain by the Bureau of Land Management. 1935-1950.
183. Instructions for Range Survey. 1937.
184. Forage Production as Related to Livestock Management in Northeastern Nevada. c. 1937.
185. Use of Salt for Larkspur Eradication on Range Lands. By Mark A. Shipley. c. 1944.
186. Research Range Plantings. 1946.
187. The Precipitation of Nevada. By George Hardman. 1948.
188. Survey of the Drought Situation in Nevada. Prepared by Agricultural Extension Service Specialists. c. 1956.
189. Range Condition Criteria for Two Phase Method Surveys. 1957.
190. "Oldest crested wheat grass in Nevada?" - Correspondence from Mark W. Menke to Joseph Robertson, 1969.
191. A Review of Information on Stocking Records for Crested Wheatgrass Seedings in Nevada and Adjacent Areas. Rough Draft, John L. Artz, 1970. Uses unpublished data compiled by Joseph Robertson.
192. Range Seeding Possibilities on Southern Pacific Land Company Lands in Nevada. By Joseph H. Robertson, prepared for Daniel, Mann, Johnson & Mendenhall. 1970.
193. Vegetation Changes on 17 Nevada Range Sites under Conditions of Grazing and No Grazing by Livestock for 38 years - 1937 to 1975. Preliminary summary; not to be cited.
194. Range Change on Selected Sites in the Tuscarora Mountains, Elko and Eureka Counties, Nevada. 1978.
195. Elko/Wells Survey; Clark County Survey. Joseph Robertson correspondence, 1979.
196. AR (Artificial revegetation) Scrapings from Old Files. Joseph Robertson. 1985.
197. Responses of Agropyron cristatum, A. desertoru, and Other Range Grasses to Three Different Sites in Eastern Nevada. n.d.
198. Halogeton Research. 1957, 1964, 1981.
199. Wolf Plants in Crested Wheatgrass Seedings. [AKA Tule Ranch seeding Study]. Paper by John L. Artz. 1970.
200. Proposed Methodology for Grazing Land Assessment by the Nevada Tax Commission. By John L. Artz. 1975.
201. Pamirian Winterfat. Article prepared by Joe Robertson. 1982.
202-204. Miscellaneous articles, speeches, news releases from staff. 1941-1979.
205. Radio interviews (outlines) re: public land issues. 1975.
206. Public statements re: grazing fees. H.M. Kilpatrick, 1978; J. Wayne Burkhardt, 1991; unidentified, 1993.

Box 11

Range depository card file to be used with map (oversized; located on back wall in Archives) for the Nevada Information Depository for Wildlands Study Sites (1966-75).
 

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