Scope and Contents This diary describes Woodbury's activities with the U.S. Forest Service in Central Utah.

Scope and Contents This diary gives an account of Woodbury's activities as a professor at the University of Utah. It mentions several projects to catalog animal species in Utah. Woodbury wrote of field trips to a snake den in Grantsville as the basis for his research on snake populations in Utah. He also recorded his work on a catalog of bird species in Utah, and an ecology textbook. Along with these projects, Woodbury commented on his research regarding the biotic communities of the Wasatch Mountains. Further,...

Scope and Contents Several of Woodbury's research projects mentioned in the 1944 diary continue. His cataloging of Utah bird populations proceeded with documentation on the birds of Navajo country. Woodbury's research on the Grantsville snake dens also continued. In other academic pursuits, Woodbury developed a correspondence course for the study of eugenics. Taking a brief reprieve from zoological research, Woodbury wrote a manuscript discussing the L.D.S. concept of the United Order. Woodbury wrote of...

Scope and Contents Woodbury continued his cataloging of the birds of Utah and began several other research projects. Some of his new projects included making charts of vegetation belts in the Wasatch Mountains, and conducting studies regarding the protection of the desert tortoise. He also wrote a manuscript regarding animal ecology. He and his wife, Grace, participated in activities with the Utah Audubon Society, and Woodbury recorded having gone to several meetings. Woodbury is invited by the Utah Centennial...

Scope and Contents In the post-World War II years, Woodbury noted the burgeoning student population at the University of Utah. In response to post-war growth, the University reorganized the Biology Department into different areas of specialization. Woodbury was named head of the newly-created department of vertebrate zoology. Woodbury continued his cataloging of Utah birds, and prepared for the publication of some of his manuscripts on general ecology. With the war now over for several years, Woodbury recorded an...

Scope and Contents Woodbury was named head of the Utah Academy of Science Conservation Committee. In this position he continued to push for the establishment of a State Department of Conservation. In the reorganization of the University's Biology department, Woodbury was named as temporary chair of the Biology committee. When this position was filled by a permanent chairperson, Woodbury acted as secretary for the committee. Woodbury renewed his research of Utah snake populations by returning to the Grantsville...