Diary, 1957

File — Box: 40, Folder: 5

Identifier: VI

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Woodbury's book, Quest for Comfort, was published. He continued his study of Joshua trees by visiting several areas in Southern Utah and Nevada. With plans to build reservoirs in Glen Canyon and Flaming Gorge, Woodbury was asked by the State to assess ecological impacts. For this research he visited Lake Mead as a point of comparison. Woodbury's Glen Canyon research also focused upon the relationship between the ecology of Southeastern Utah and native Americans. Though no longer working at Dugway, Woodbury began to organize his former research project into a formal report. The U.S.S.R. launched Sputnik I and II. The American scientific and military community was shocked. Woodbury wrote of how the U.S. was scrambling to catch up with the Soviet space program.

Dates

1957

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