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Chapter 7 - Shelterbelts I

from Part II - Transfers

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 March 2020

David Moon
Affiliation:
University of York
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Summary

In 1934, the US federal government launched a project to plant shelterbelts of trees across the Great Plains to protect the land from the drying and erosive force of the wind during the Dust Bowl. There were initial hopes that the belts would moderate the climate of the region. The decision to launch the project was based, in part, on Russian experience of forestry and shelterbelts in the steppes that dated back to the early nineteenth century. One of the conduits for Russian and Soviet expertise was a Russian–Jewish émigré, Raphael Zon, who was the director of a forestry experiment station in St. Paul, Minnesota. This chapter analyzes: Russian experience of forestry and shelterbelts in the steppes; American forestry in the Great Plains before the Shelterbelt Project; and the transfer of relevant Russian experience, and Russian trees, to the United States.

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The American Steppes
The Unexpected Russian Roots of Great Plains Agriculture, 1870s–1930s
, pp. 277 - 311
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2020

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  • Shelterbelts I
  • David Moon, University of York
  • Book: The American Steppes
  • Online publication: 23 March 2020
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781316217320.008
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  • Shelterbelts I
  • David Moon, University of York
  • Book: The American Steppes
  • Online publication: 23 March 2020
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781316217320.008
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  • Shelterbelts I
  • David Moon, University of York
  • Book: The American Steppes
  • Online publication: 23 March 2020
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781316217320.008
Available formats
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