A Century of Research in Natural Resources

100 Year Reading List

University of Minnesota researchers — past and present — have authored many books on natural resource topics. This partial list documents areas of expertise in the College of Natural Resources and the evolution of our depth of understanding during the last century. Also notable are the diverse audiences of Minnesota research: tourists, hunters, public land administrators, ecologists, students, international aid agencies, industrialists, children, campers, and farmers. Common to all the projects is the long-term investment that studies of the natural world require. In many of these cases that funding was provided by the Minnesota Agricultural Experiment Station. When scientists author a major publication, it is often the summary of a decade or an entire career of research. The following books are listed chronologically, by title. Many of these landmark publications are now only available through libraries. The University's Forestry Library maintains a general collection, and also provides worldwide indexes of publications in four areas: urban forestry; tropical forest conservation and development; trail planning, construction and maintenance; and social sciences in forestry; online at http://forestry.lib.umn.edu/.

• Forestry in Minnesota
  Samuel Bowdlear Green.
  Eagle Printing Co., 1898, 1902.
• Principles of American Forestry
  Samuel Bowdlear Green.
  Wiley & Sons, Chapman & Hall, 1903.
• Farm Wind-breaks and Shelter-belts
  Samuel Bowdlear Green.
  Webb Publishing Co., 1906.
• Scott Burton, Forester
  Edward G. Cheyney;
  illustrated by Norman Rockwell.
  D. Appleton and Company, 1917.
  (Children’s Book)
• The Farm Woodlot: A Handbook
  of Forestry for the Farmer
  and the Student in Agriculture
  Edward G. Cheyney and J.P. Wentling.
  The Macmillan Company, 1926.
• This is Our Land: The Story of
  Conservation in the United States
  Edward G. Cheyney.
  Webb Publishing Company, 1940, 1947.
• American Silvics and Silviculture
  Edward G. Cheyney.
  University of Minnesota Press, 1942.
• Recreational Use of Wild Lands
  C. Frank Brockman and
  Lawrence C. Merriam, Jr.
  McGraw-Hill, 1959, 1973, 1979.



• Balsam Fir, Abies Balsamea
  Egolfs V. Bakuzis and
  Henry L. Hansen,
  with contributions by
  F. H. Kaufert.
  University of Minnesota Press, 1965.
• Fire and Ecosystems
  Edited by T. T. Kozlowski and
  C. E. Ahlgren.
  Academic Press, 1974.
• U.S. Investment in the Forest-based
  Sector in Latin America
  Hans Gregersen and Arnoldo Contreras.
  Johns Hopkins University Press, 1975.
• The Streams and Rivers of Minnesota
  Thomas F. Waters.
  University of Minnesota Press, 1977.
• Economic Analysis of Forestry Projects
  Hans M. Gregersen and Arnoldo H. Contreras.
  Food and Agriculture Organization
  of the United Nations, 1979.
• Forest Products and Wood Science:
  An Introduction
  John G. Haygreen and Jim L. Bowyer;
  drawings by Karen Lilley.
  Iowa State University Press, 1982,
  1989, 1996, 2003.
• Lob Trees in the Wilderness
  Clifford and Elizabeth Ahlgren.
  University of Minnesota Press, 1984.
• Managing Northern Forests for Wildlife
  Gordon W. Gullion.
  The Ruffed Grouse Society, 1984.

• U.S. Wood-based Industry: Industrial
  Organization and Performance
  Paul V. Ellefson and Robert N. Stone.
  Praeger, 1984.
• Guidelines for Economic Appraisal
  of Watershed Management Projects
  Hans M. Gregersen, et al.
  FAO of the United Nations, 1987.
• People and Trees: The Role of Social
  Forestry in Sustainable Development
  Edited by Hans Gregersen,
  Sydney Draper, Dieter Elz.
  World Bank, 1987.





• The Superior North Shore
  Thomas F. Waters, illustrations by
  Carol Yonker Waters.
  University of Minnesota Press, 1987.
• The Ruffed Grouse
  Gordon W. Gullion,
  photographs by Tom Martinson.
  NorthWord Press, 1989.
• Forest Resources Policy:
  Process, Participants, and Programs
  Paul V. Ellefson.
  McGraw-Hill, 1992.
• Benefits, Environmental Risks,
  Social Concerns and
  Policy Implications of
  Biotechnology in Aquaculture
  Anne R. Kapuscinski and
  Eric M. Hallerman.
  National Technical Information
  Service, 1994.
• Sediment in Streams: Sources,
  Biological Effects, and Control
  Thomas F. Waters.
  American Fisheries Society, 1995.
• Water Quality: Management of a
  Natural Resource
  James Perry, Elizabeth Vanderklein.
  Blackwell Science, 1996.
• Hydrology and the Management of Watersheds
  Kenneth N. Brooks, et al.
  Iowa State University Press, 1997, 2003.
• Lignin and Lignan Biosynthesis
  Norman G. Lewis, editor,
  Simo Sarkanen, editor.
  American Chemical Society, 1998.



• Trends in Outdoor Recreation,
  Leisure and Tourism
  Edited by William C. Gartner
  and David W. Lime.
  UK, CABI Pub. 2000.
• Forest Dynamics and Disturbance
  Regimes: Studies from Temperate
  Evergreen-deciduous Forests
  Lee E. Frelich.
  Cambridge University Press, 2002.
• GIS Fundamentals: A First Text on
  Geographic Information Systems
  Paul Bolstad.
  Eider Press, 2002.