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Chapter 8 - Shelterbelts II

from Part II - Transfers

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 March 2020

David Moon
David Moon
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University of York
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This second chapter on Shelterbelt Project explains that it was launched in the summer of 1934 to address the Dust Bowl, but also because the Forest Service was seeking to get access to New Deal relief funds to make up for the cuts in its research budget. Raphael Zon in St. Paul, Minnesota and Edward Munns in Washington, DC, drew on Russian and Soviet studies to convince the president to approve their plan. Zon and his colleagues also drew on Russian studies in preparing a technical manual for the project. Zon fell out with the project’s administrative director, Paul Roberts in 1935. Thereafter, American experience played a larger role in the project, until it was brought to an end in 1942.

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forestryshelterbeltssteppesGreat PlainsDust BowlFDR
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The American Steppes
The Unexpected Russian Roots of Great Plains Agriculture, 1870s–1930s
 , pp. 312 - 353
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2020

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  • Shelterbelts II
  • David Moon, University of York
  • Book: The American Steppes
  • Online publication: 23 March 2020
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781316217320.009
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  • Shelterbelts II
  • David Moon, University of York
  • Book: The American Steppes
  • Online publication: 23 March 2020
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781316217320.009
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  • Shelterbelts II
  • David Moon, University of York
  • Book: The American Steppes
  • Online publication: 23 March 2020
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781316217320.009
Available formats
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