University of North Carolina at Asheville
D.H. Ramsey Library
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M. A. Mattoon

Biography M. A. Mattoon was the assistant regional forester in charge of timber, range, and wildlife management in the Eastern Region of the Forest Service.  After four years as forester in the Pisgah National Forest in North Carolina, he was supervisor, successively, of the Cherokee National Forest in Tennessee and Georgia, Pisgah National Forest, and the White Mountain National Forest in New Hampshire and Maine.
Subjects

Mattoon, M. A. 
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

Appalachian Forest Experiment Station Bulletins (1-11), 1922-1932
{these summary bulletins are at the Southern Research Station – Asheville, NC}                                                     
{Mr. Mattoon was the second supervisor of Pisgah National Forest.  He was supervisor when the Middle Creek RNA was set-aside in the early 1930s.  Copies of forms concerning Middle Creek were obtained from Henry McNab at the Bent Creek Research Station.  They were signed by Mr. Mattoon.}

Notice found at the National Archive II (In USFS Entry 75, Box 13, dated September 8, 1919).
{Paragraph for possible newsletter titled Acquisition (Cont.):  “Sargent M. A. Mattoon, who served with the 20th Engineers in France and was a member of Acquisitions in 1917, has been given a temporary appointment and will be stationed on the Pisgah group of Purchase Areas.  Mr. Mattoon has specialized in logging and mill work”.}

Mattoon, M. A. Appalachian Comeback. USDA Yearbook of Agriculture (US Government), 1949.  (pages 304 – 309)  
{a brief sketch of M. A. Mattoon’s USFS career follows this article – see below} 

Munns, E. N. A Selected Bibliography of North American Forestry (Volume I). USDA - Government Printing Office (Miscellaneous Publication # 364), 1940.  
{one M. A. Mattoon publication is listed in the Authors Index}

Ogburn, Charlton. The Southern Appalachians: A Wilderness Quest. 1975 
{M. A. Mattoon mentioned on page 20}

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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