Abstract
The records of the Board of Forestry arrived at the California State Archives through several different accessions and not all of the records had been processed and described in a finding aid. These unprocessed records need to be described and made easily accessible to researchers so the documents can be used to help fill the gaps in the environmental history of California. I consulted several different sources while writing this thesis project. The sources included archival materials at the California State Archives, manuals and publications, web pages and monographs relating to environmental history. The records of the California State Board of Forestry are an integral resource for developing a more complete environmental historiography of California.