Kentucky-Tennessee Society of American Foresters (KTSAF) Records

The KTSAF provides a source of information on the forest issues of Kentucky and Tennessee from World War II to the present. Committees and their reports track forest issues and how they should be addressed with the public and our state and local governments. Policies, Positions and Issues are the culmination of KTSAF committee work and work from national task forces established to address specific issues. The Minutes of Executive committee and business meetings provide a time line from an emerging issue to development of an action to address the issue. Within the minutes are reports from KTSAF members who belong to key forestry and environmental organizations and agencies in the states. The records include the meeting minutes of the National Society of American Foresters (SAF) Council and House of Society Delegates. The Council is the national representative governing body of SAF and the House of Society Delegates is composed of the Chairmen of all of the state and multi state societies (such as KTSAF). These minutes provide insight on how the SAF functions as an organization. An issue that appears to be local in the meeting minutes may also be regional or national in scope. The correspondence provides an insight on how some issues were brought before KTSAF and how those issues were handled. It also contains the responses from elected officials and leaders from groups or organizations. A complete set of newsletters provides a synopsis of KTSAF affairs and information, issues and actions by individuals, other organizations and government agencies. The newsletters provide information about meetings as well as activities that occurred between meetings. Chapter Records relate what was happening in specific sections of Kentucky and Tennessee. The management assumptions and resources of KTSAF can be found in the Bylaws, Charters, Manuals, Membership records, and Financial Records. The Histories, and Annual Summaries may assist in identifying when specific events, activities or issues occurred.