Arthur Hawthorne Carhart (1892–1978) was a US Forest Service official, writer and conservationist who inspired wilderness protection in the United States . He was one of the first to realize the importance of conservation and became a nationally recognized authority on conservation practices.
23-873: Carhart is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Arthur Carhart (1892–1978), US Forest Service official, writer and conservationist who inspired wilderness protection in the United States Henry Smith Carhart Ph.B. (1844–1920), American physicist and university professor LeRoy Carhart (born 1941), American physician from Nebraska Raymond Carhart (born 1912), audiologist from Mexico City Thad Carhart (born 1950), American writer living in Paris Timothy Carhart (born 1953), American actor See also [ edit ] Gonzales v. Carhart , 550 U.S. 124 (2007), United States Supreme Court case which upheld
46-942: A consultant to the Conservation Library Center At the Denver Public Library . Carhart was an honorary member of the Outdoor Writers Association of America, and the American Society of Landscape Architects , and the American Forestry Association . He was a member of the Desert Protective Association, Colorado Authors League, serving as President, and was a founder and president of the Denver Posse of
69-638: A memorandum to Leopold advocating for the Forest Service to preserve areas throughout the National Forests from human development. There are great values of this type to be found in the several forests of the Nation, which in order to return to the greatest total value to the people, not only of the Nation, but of the world should be preserved and protected from the marring features of man made constructions. These areas can never be restored to
92-478: A position he held until 1943. He worked as the U.S. Office of Price Administration's information executive for the Rocky Mountain Region from 1944 to 1946. In 1946, he returned to writing. He wrote twenty-four books and over 4,000 articles. Carhart wrote historical novels, westerns, and books, stories and articles about forestry, wildlife management, and conservation. From 1960 to 1970, he served as
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138-569: Is 3 to 4 feet wide with drop-offs of hundreds of feet to the valleys on either side. The eastern side of the Flat Tops Wilderness Area can be accessed by Routt County Rd 7 through the town of Yampa , Colorado. The best-known destination approached from the west side of the range is Trappers Lake . The Chief of the U.S. Forest Service designated 118,230 acres (47,850 ha) of the Routt and White River national forests as
161-691: Is the second largest U.S. Wilderness Area in Colorado . It is 235,214 acres (951.88 km ), with 38,870 acres (157.3 km ) in Routt National Forest and 196,344 acres (794.58 km ) in White River National Forest . It was designated a wilderness area in 1975. Trappers Lake , located in the north of the area, was the lake that inspired Arthur Carhart , a United States Forest Service official, to plead for wilderness preservation . The dominant feature of
184-472: Is unique among Colorado mountain ranges. The area contains approximately one hundred and ten ponds and lakes and is home to a wide variety of plants and animals, including many large mammals such as moose , elk , mule deer , black bear, and cougars . This area has been affected by the non-native plant species, yellow toadflax . The most common trees are Engelmann spruce , subalpine fir and lodgepole pine , with aspen groves at lower elevations. The top of
207-593: The United States Forest Service . He worked for the Forest Service from 1919 till 1922 as a recreation engineer. In 1919, Carhart surveyed a road in the White River National Forest , near Trappers Lake for the Forest Service. Upon completion of the survey, he decided that the land should be preserved as wilderness. In December 1919, Carhart met with Aldo Leopold , his superior at the Forest Service, in Denver, Colorado. Carhart later submitted
230-835: The American Forest Products Industries Award for conservation in 1966, and the American Motors Conservation Award. In 1968, the Colorado Game and Fish Commission made him and Honorary Game Protector. In 1972, the Alumni Association of Iowa State University gave him a Distinguished Achievement Citation. He moved to California when ill health required that he live closer to his niece after the death of his wife. He died on November 27, 1978 Flat Tops Wilderness Area Flat Tops Wilderness Area
253-645: The Colorado Open Space Coordination Council and including Sierra Club , The Wilderness Society , Defenders of Wildlife , and the National Audubon Society , supported protecting a much larger, 230,000-acre area that included lower elevation forest and lakes outside the primitive area. On June 5, 1975, the Senate passed a bill sponsored by U.S. Senator Floyd Haskell (D-Colo.) to designate 235,230 acres as
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#1732776379141276-785: The Flat Tops Primitive Area on March 4, 1932, to be managed to protect the area's wild values. Congress passed the Wilderness Act in 1964, which, among other things, required the Secretary of Agriculture to review the suitability of all primitive areas for inclusion into the national wilderness system within ten years. Following this mandate, the U.S. Forest Service evaluated the Flat Tops primitive area and surrounding forest and in 1967 recommended 142,230 acres for wilderness designation. Conflict arose over
299-532: The Flat Tops Wilderness Area. The bill passed the U.S. House of Representatives by a vote of 369–1 on December 1, 1975, and was signed into law by President Gerald R. Ford on December 12, 1975. The lands protected as wilderness included the contested lands along the South Fork of the White River, effectively prohibiting the contested dam construction there. In August 2002 two lightning-struck fires,
322-662: The Forest Service for private practice in land architecture and city planning as a partner in McCrary, Culley & Carhart. He sold his first book in 1928 and sold his interests in the firm to work full-time as a freelance writer in 1931. He made a living selling books, short stories and magazine articles for eight years. He then became the Colorado co-ordinator for the Federal Aid in Wildlife Restoration program,
345-511: The Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2003 Stenberg v. Carhart , 530 U.S. 914 (2000), United States Supreme Court case which made performing partial-birth abortion illegal Carhart notch in an audiogram (a graph showing audible frequencies) Carhartt , American apparel company [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with the surname Carhart . If an internal link intending to refer to
368-642: The Westerners. He served as a trustee, J. N. "Ding" Darling Foundation, was a member of the Citizens Committee on Natural Resources, and served as a member of historical advisory committee, American Forestry Association Centennial Celebration from 1970 to 1972. He received a number of awards. He received the Izaak Walton League of America's Founders Award in 1956, the Outdoor Writers Association of America's Conservation Award in 1958,
391-532: The Wilderness is the high plateau from which the peaks arise. The plateau forms the northeastern portion of the White River Uplift capped by horizontal basalt flows from tertiary volcanic activity and is bounded by steep drops to valleys carved out by subsequent glaciation . The resulting mix of areas of treeless plateau at an elevation of 11,000 to 12,000 feet interspersed with verdant valleys
414-504: The inclusion in the wilderness proposal of lands adjacent to the South Fork of the White River , near the southwest boundary of the proposed wilderness. Several private and public entities proposed dams and water diversions on the South Fork to facilitate development of rich oil shale deposits to the west. Timber interests also initially opposed designating wilderness outside the primitive area's boundary. Conservation groups, led by
437-473: The original condition after man has invaded them, and the great value lying as it does in natural scenic beauty should be available, not for the small group, but for the greatest population. Time will come when these scenic spots, where nature has been allowed to remain unmarred, will be some of the most highly prized scenic features of the country. The Forest Service canceled plans to build a road and summer cabins at Trappers Lake. The protection of Trappers Lake
460-490: The plateau is alpine tundra . The highest point in the Flat Tops is the summit of Flat Top Mountain (12,361 ft) on the east side of the range. The Devil's Causeway, perhaps the most popular geologic feature and hiking experience in the Flat Tops, is located in the same area. The Causeway is a narrow neck of the plateau where eroding glaciers on either side almost met. A trail crosses the Causeway which at its narrowest
483-633: Was a member of Acacia Fraternity . He worked for a Chicago landscaping architecture company until 1917, when he entered the United States Army for World War I. His education was put to use and he was made a lieutenant as a bacteriologist and public health officer in the Sanitary Corps at Camp Mead, Maryland. On August 16, 1918, he married Vera Amelia VanSickle. He left the Army after the war ended and moved to Denver, Colorado , to work for
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#1732776379141506-584: Was born on September 18, 1892, in Mapleton, Iowa . He was the son of George W. and Ella Louise (Hawthorne) Carhart. His essay "The Downey Woodpecker" was published in The Women's Home Companion when he was eleven years old. In 1916, he was the first to graduate from Iowa State College with a Bachelor of Science degree in Landscape Design and City Planning. During his time at Iowa State College, he
529-552: Was the first of its kind in the history of the Forest Service. In 1975, Trappers Lake was officially designated as a U.S. Wilderness Area as part of the Flat Tops Wilderness Area . Carhart was the driving force behind recreational-use programs in national forests, first at San Isabel National Forest in Colorado and then at Superior National Forest in Minnesota. In 1922 Federal funding was lost, and he left
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