Title Info: Natural Resources Department, Commissioners’ Office, Public Relations Images, 1949-1979

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Record Creator:	Natural Resources, Department of
Description:	This collection includes images taken or commissioned by the Department of Natural Resources for promotional reasons regarding the management of state lands. The majority of this collection shows fire lookout stations, lookouts, and firefighting equipment, but also includes images of various landmarks. Fire lookout stations provide housing and protection for fire lookouts, who search for wildfires on forest land. The station is usually a small building located on a high vantage point in a remote area. The lookout lives in the building, watches for wildfires, and also reports weather changes and lightning strike locations.
Related Records:	For more information, or to learn about related records, contact the Washington State Archives at (360) 586-1492, or email [email protected].
Access Restriction Notes:	These records are open for research.
Sources of Transfer	State Government Archives
Notes	Indexing and digitization completed by the Washington State Archives.
Agency History:	The Department of Natural Resources was created by the 1957 State Legislature to consolidate state land management duties previously held by several agencies or segments of government, including the State Forest Board, State Capitol Committee, Harbor Line Commissioners, and others. The Commissioner of Public Lands is a constitutionally elected officer whose office executes the decisions of the several boards controlling state land sales, leases, and purchases from 1889 to 1957. The Commissioner now serves as administrator of the Department of Natural Resources. The Board of Natural Resources, which replaced the earlier boards and commissions, serves as a policy making body, approves values set, arranges for the sale or lease of state lands, and in general insures that the lands and resources of the state are properly managed.
Preferred Citation:	[Identification of item], Natural Resources Department, Commissioners’ Office, Public Relations Images, 1949-1979, Washington State Archives, Digital Archives, http://www.digitalarchives.wa.gov, [date accessed].
Record Count:	76