University of North Carolina at Asheville
D.H. Ramsey Library
Special Collections/University Archives

Arland L. MacKinney
(1904 - 1938)



Staff of the Appalachian Forest Experiment Station, Asheville, NC, c.1938. [Arland L. MacKinney is to the far right, second row.  Photograph provided by Arland L. MacKinney, Jr. ] (Photo courtesy of Arland MacKinney, Jr.)

Biography

Arland L. MacKinney (Sr.) received a B.S. from Cornell University in 1925; and received a Master of Forestry from the Yale School of Forestry in 1927.  He entered the U.S. Forest Service July 1925, and was stationed at the Northeastern Forest Experiment Station, Amherst, Mass., July 1, 1925 - February 15, 1926, and at Southern Forest Experiment Station, Starke, Fla., February-September, 1926.  He received a civil service appointment as junior forester July, 1927, at the Appalachian Forest Experiment Station, Asheville, N.C.; and advanced to the position of silviculturist at this station where he specialized in forest management research; in 1937 he was promoted to senior silviculturist in charge of forest management research at Southern Forest Experiment Station, New Orleans; He was author of a number of technical articles published in forestry journals and government bulletins and a member [of the] Society of American Foresters.  He died in a fishing accident on July 4, 1938.

[Biography supplied by A.L. MacKinney, Jr]

Subjects MacKinney, Arland L., 1904-1938
United States Forest Service
Forests and Forestry --- United States
Forestry and Community
Forestry Extension North Carolina
Forestry Extension Southern States
Forestry Industry
Forestry Innovations
Forestry Schools and Education
Forestry Schools and Education --- North Carolina
United States Department of the Interior

Bibliography

 MacKinney, A.L. Increase in Growth of Loblolly Pines Left After Partial Cutting. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Gov. Print. Office, 1934.

___________ and L.E. Chalken. Volume, Yield, and Growth of Loblolly Pine in the Mid-Atlantic Coastal Region: Progress Report on Pulpwood Stands. Asheville, N.C. : Southeastern Forest Experiment Station, 1946.

___________ and C.F. Korstian. Felling, Girdling, and Poisoning Undesireable Trees in Forest Stands. [unknown] 1932.

___________ Planting Versus Direst Seeding of Yellow Poplar in the Southern Appalachian Region. [unknown], 1931.
Relation

Image from Arland MacKinney, Jr. :


"Forest Service Staff, " Front Row, from left to right: Ralph Nelson, E.P. Frothingham (Director), Jesse H. Buell, Arland L. MacKinney, Sr., Leonard T. Barrett. Back Row: George Hepting, Charles Hurst, four unidentified office personnel, Ivan Sims, Charles Abel. Possibly the first unidentified office person is Mrs. Charles Abel.  c. 1927-1928.

Citation  U.S. Forest Service Southern Research Station Collection, D.H. Ramsey Library, Special Collections, University of North Carolina at Asheville 28804
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