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The following products have primarily been made by, or in collaboration with, Bob Zybach, during the course of his career as a reforestation contractor, forest scientist, writer, educator, and photographer. They are made available without charge as a service to those with an interest in Pacific Northwest forests, people, history, and wildlife.

Dr. Zybach was co-founder and President of Phoenix Reforestation, Inc. from 1972 until 1992, founder and President of NW Maps Co. since 1994, and Program Manager of Oregon Websites and Watersheds Project, Inc., (ORWW) since its beginning in 1996. His online Curriculum Vitae provides a summary of his written work and rcordings during those years..

NOTE: Several of the maps, drawings, and photographic reproductions included in this collection date to original records created in the late 1700s and early 1800s, original land surveys and maps dating from the mid-1800s, and photographs beginning shortly thereafter. Scales and reproductive quality often vary significantly from the original documents and publications: some of this result has been purposeful, to draw attention to detail, and other has been a direct result of preparing digital files for display on a computer screen over the course of many years, with many types of software of greatly varying quality standards. The majority of these files are digitized reproductions of Dr. Zybach's articles, maps, editorials, reports, photographs, and other products first published as early as 1982 (some of his earlier work, dating to the mid-1960s, can be found at a2b-Graphics.com). None of these files were digitized in their present formats before 1996 -- however, sufficient care has always been taken that these reproductions can be be reliably cited and further reproduced for purposes of education and research.

Articles. Select articles written from 1982 until 2009 that generally focus on forest, Indian, fire, and/or reforestation histories of the Pacific Northwest.

Editorials & Public Letters, 1978 to 2003.

Interviews (Radio, newspaper, magazine), 1980 to 2007.

MAIS Thesis Uses oral history research methodology to document the forest and human history of Soap Creek Valley, Benton County, Oregon, from 1500 to 1999.

PhD Dissertation DRAFT Uses archival research methods and GIS to compare Indian burning patterns of 1491 to 1848 with subsequent "Great Fire" patterns of 1849 to 1951.

Presentations, 1983 to 2006.

Reports,1992 to 2009.

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