Scope and Contents Woodbury's research of snake populations enabled him to work with the herpetologists' league. He intensified his efforts with the Utah Academy of Science Committee to convince the state to establish a department of conservation. He began work on a general ecology textbook for use in his courses. The careers of Woodbury's children continued. His sons were appointed to prestigious positions in academic and governmental institutions. The Korean War began and Woodbury wrote of the deepening tension...

Scope and Contents Contains various appointments and meetings for the year.

Scope and Contents An important year in Woodbury's career. He agreed to conduct research for the U.S. government at Dugway proving grounds. His research at Dugway was to determine the effects of weapons testing on the environment. He took a sabbatical leave in order to finish his ecology textbook and other manuscripts. Woodbury retired from the University of Utah and planned on continuing his studies while working on research at Dugway. Woodbury commented on the growing intensity of the Korean War. He wrote about...

Scope and Contents Woodbury began his work at Dugway. He headed a group which studies the possible ecological effects of weapons testing. Woodbury commented on the amount of literature that he and his sons have written as members of the scientific community. His son, Lowell, moved to Japan to conduct studies on the effects of the atomic bomb upon the civilian populations of Nagasaki and Hiroshima.

Scope and Contents While administering the research program at Dugway, Woodbury finished his textbook on general ecology. He also pursued other research, but is primarily concerned with the Dugway program. The governor of Utah, J. Bracken Lee, cut the state budget for higher education. This forced the closure of Carbon College, and the transfer of Dixie, Snow, and Weber Colleges to the administration of the L.D.S. Church. Woodbury expressed his concern with such a development. He wrote that such a neglect of...