Foresta Institute for Ocean and Mountain Studies
Organization
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Foresta Institute for Ocean and Mountain Studies Audiovisual Materials
Collection
Identifier: 2004-02T
Scope and Contents
Collection contains audio/visual materials created by the Forest Institute during the course of its work. Preliminary inventory available in the department.
Dates:
1953-2002
Foresta Institute for Ocean and Mountain Studies Records
Collection
Identifier: 2001-01
Abstract
Foresta Institute for Ocean and Mountains Studies was founded in 1960 in Washoe Valley, Nevada by Richard and Maya Miller. The Millers and their associates believed there was a need for a non-governmental, non-profit research organization in the community of western Nevada/eastern California that would encourage, sponsor, and initiate scientific research, resource surveys and other natural history studies. Foresta was a pioneer in environmental education with its flagship programs being the...
Dates:
1849-2007; Majority of material found within 1945 - 1980
James D. Yoakum Papers
Collection
Identifier: 2013-27
Abstract
Materials cover the life and professional career of Bureau of Land Management wildlife biologist and pronghorn antelope expert James “Jim” D. Yoakum. This collection consists of approximately 44 cubic feet and materials date from 1949-2012, with bibliographic references from 1816 on. Included are photographs, negatives, correspondence, daily diaries, a variety of technical wildlife and range management reports, articles, and bibliographies, book drafts, records from the Wildlife Society,...
Dates:
1816-2012; Majority of material found within 1949-2012
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- Devils Hole pupfish 2
- Vicuña 2
- Bobcat 1
- Business correspondence 1
- Camps -- Nevada 1
- Carrizo Plain National Monument (Calif.) 1
- Conference materials 1
- Devils Hole (Nev.) 1
- Ecology -- Nevada 1
- Endangered species -- Nevada 1
- Environmental education -- Nevada 1
- Fishes -- Antarctic Ocean 1
- Hart Mountain National Antelope Refuge (Or.) 1
- Ichthyosauria -- Nevada 1
- Incline Village (Nev.) -- History 1
- International Education Year, 1970 1
- Little Valley (Washoe County, Nev.) 1
- Marine fishes -- Antarctic Ocean 1
- Mule deer 1
- Programs (Publications) 1
- Pronghorn 1
- Pronghorn -- Bibliography 1
- Pronghorn -- Nevada 1
- Pronghorn -- North America -- History 1
- Pronghorn -- Oregon 1
- Range management -- West (U.S.) 1
- Roosevelt elk 1
- Sage grouse 1
- Sheldon National Wildlife Refuge (Nev. and Or.) 1
- Tahoe, Lake (Calif. and Nev.) 1
- Washoe Pines Ranch (Nev.) 1
- Washoe Valley (Nev.) -- Case studies -- Environmental aspects 1
- Wildlife conservation -- Nevada 1
- Wildlife conservation -- Oregon 1
- Wildlife management -- Nevada 1
- Wildlife photography 1 ∧ less
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