The CCC in Oregon
Amid the depths of the Great Depression, President Franklin Roosevelt formulated a bold plan for putting millions of unemployed Americans to work and restoring the nation’s public lands. Between 1933 and 1942, over 86,000 Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) enrollees worked on Oregon’s national forests, state parks, and tribal lands. Their labor transformed the landscape and created some of the state’s most beloved recreational areas. Available here.
The Oregon Skyline Trail
The Skyline Trail began as a network of footpaths created by Oregon’s indigenous tribes. During the 1920s, the U.S. Forest Service briefly considered turning the path into a scenic highway and sent one of its first recreational specialists to blaze a prospective route through the mountains. But when the highway proved impractical, the Skyline was reinvented, becoming the foundation of America’s greatest long-distance hiking trail.
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Oregon Search & Rescue
Oregon’s tradition of volunteer search and rescue began during the territorial days when Good Samaritans came to aid those in need. In the early twentieth century, outdoor clubs like the Mazamas, the Skyliners, and the Obsidians served as informal search and rescue units, keeping Oregonians safe in the mountains, rivers, and wilderness. After World War II, Oregon’s SAR teams began to professionalize and became some of the most effective units in the country. Available here.
Mount Bachelor: A History
Before Mount Bachelor became one of the country’s largest ski areas, the booming timber mills drew workers to Oregon’s forested hills. As the timber industry collapsed in the 1950s, Bend businessman Bill Healy opened a small ski hill on the slopes of Bachelor Butte. That resort, set in the heart of the Deschutes National Forest, helped turn a fading logging town into a hub for tourism and outdoor recreation.
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The Rise of iWar: Identity, Information, and the Individualization of Modern Warfare.
iWar examines the evolution of identity-based targeting from a decade of global counterterrorism operations and counterinsurgency campaigns. It offers a case study on wartime military innovation, considering the policies and strategies that evolved in response to a new and unexpected adversary.
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Counterintelligence and Operational Security: Protecting People, Facilities and Information.
A comprehensive reference guide for counterintelligence and operational security planning. Provides a six-step process for developing an organizational security strategy and a comprehensive resource of best practices, checklists and tips for counterintelligence planners and security managers.
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Contractors in the Government Workplace: Managing the Blended Workforce.
Offers best practices and tips for supervisors tasked with managing hybrid government-contractor teams. Discusses legal, ethical, and security tips to help avoid common mistakes, including the basics of service-based contracting and the government-contractor relationship.
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Managing the Private Spies: The Use of Commercial Augmentation for Intelligence Operations.
An examination of commercial intelligence activities used by the Department of Defense for analysis, collection management, document exploitation, interrogation, production, and linguistic support. Considers the policy implications of integrating non-governmental providers into the operational intelligence cycle.
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