Government Documents on Forests

Forests play an important role in state, national, and international economic activity, environmental issues, and serve as a source of personal relaxation and recreation Purdue Libraries have many government documents dealing with forests. Most of these are located in the LIFE and HSSE Libraries. Subject headings you can use to search the Library Catalog for government information on forests include:

Forest Fires--United States
Forest Health--United States
Forest Management
Forest Policy--United States
Forests and Forestry--United States
Hoosier National Forest (Ind.)
United States Forest Service

The principal index for U.S. Government publications is the Monthly Catalog of U.S. Government Publications HSSE REF & Periodicals 016.353 Un36. An online version is accessible from 1994-present. Another similiar index is the GPO Index located on the Purdue Libraries website. Other useful indexes LexisNexis Statistical and the Congressional Information Service (CIS) Index HSSE REF 328.73005 C76 covering congressional publications.

Useful indexes for historical research on government forestry policy include CIS U.S. Congressional Serial Set Index 1789-1969 HSSE REF 328.73 C761c and its online equivalent (Purdue Users Only), CIS Index to U.S. Executive Branch Documents 1789-1909 HSSE REF 351.73 C497 1990, and CIS Index to U.S. Executive Branch Documents 1910-1932 HSSE REF 351.73 C497 1996.

Federal and Indiana state legal and regulatory information sources covering forests include:

United States Code (Title 16)	HSSE REF 345 Un3co
Compilation of Selected Acts Concerning National Forests & Related Matters	HSSE DOC Y 4.R 31/3:108-B
Code of Federal Regulations (Title 36)	HSSE REF 353.005 C64
Federal Register	HSSE REF 353.005 Un34 & HSSE MF
Indiana Code (Title 14)	HSSE REF 348.772 In25c
Indiana Administrative Code (Title 310)	HSSE REF 348.772025 In2i
Indiana Register	HSSE REF 348.772025 In3

Selected executive branch publications (primarily the U.S. Forest Service) dealing with forests include:

Report of the Forest Service	LIFE MF A 13.1/3: & HIKS Repository 582.9 Un31
Land Areas of the National Forest System	LIFE MF A 13.10 & HIKS Repository 582.9 Un3
Forest Service Maps	EAS A 13.28:
National Forest Fire Reports	LIFE MF A 13.32/3:
Forest Service Handbooks, Manuals,...	LIFE A 13.36:
Recreation Guides	LIFE A 13.36/2-6:
Tree Planters Notes	LIFE 634.9072 Un349t
Research Papers (Regional Forest Service Laboratories)	LIFE MF A 13.78: LIFE & HIKS Repository 634.9072 Un35's
Research Notes	LIFE MF A 13.79:
Resource Bulletins	LIFE MF A 13.80:
Environmental Impact Statements	LIFE MF A 13.92:
Tree Planting in the United States	LIFE MF A 13.110/14:

Publications from Congress and congressional support agencies dealing with forests include:

Congressional Record	HSSE DOC X/A:
Government Accountability Office Reports	MGMT MF GA 1.13:
Office of Technology Assessment Reports	HSSE DOC Y 3.T 22/2:
House Agriculture Committee (Reps Mike Pence (R-IN), Joe Donnelly (D-IN), and Brad Ellsworth (D-IN) are members of this committee)	HSSE DOC Y 4.AG 8/1:
Senate Agriculture Committee (Senator Richard Lugar (R-IN) is a member of this committee)	HSSE DOC Y 4.AG 8/3:
House Appropriations Committee (Rep. Peter Visclosky (D-IN) is a member of this committee)	HSSE MF Y 4.AP 6/1:AG 8/
Senate Appropriations Committee (Appropriations committees are excellent sources of project expenditure information)	HSSE MF Y 4.AP 6/2:
Senate Energy & Natural Resources Committee	HSSE DOC Y 4.EN 2:
House Natural Resources Committee (Rep. Mark Souder (R-IN) is a member of this committee)	HSSE DOC Y 4.R 31/3:

Congressional Research Service Reports (Courtesy-University of North Texas Library)

Internet Sources

Increasing amounts of government information are available on the Internet. A locally accessible index to a wide variety of government information sources can be found at www.lib.purdue.edu/govdocs/ GPO Access is an excellent source for current federal legal, legislative, and regulatory information such as the Federal Register, congressional bills, and congressional committee reports on legislation. Other federal government WWW sites with information on forests include:

U.S. Dept. of Agriculture

U.S. Forest Service

U.S. Government Printing Office Browse Topics Forests

Forest Products Laboratory (Madison, WI)

North Central Forest Experiment Station (St. Paul, MN)

Northeastern Research Station (Radnor, PA)

Pacific Northwest Research Station (Portland, OR)

Pacific Southwest Research Station (Berkeley, CA)

Rocky Mountain Research Station (Fort Collins, CO)

Southern Forest Research Station (Asheville, NC)

EPA Forest Resources

Obtaining Paper Copies of Forest Service Research Publications (Courtesy-Mississippi State University)