Oral history interview with Alan G. Baird by Marsha Holland and Susan Cook

Oral history interview by Marsha Holland and Susan Cook with Alan G. Baird. Topics include: Personal background information including place of birth, parents, siblings, growing up on a farm in Heber City, Utah and education; Playing football at Wasatch High School; Getting a scholarship to BYU, Transferring to USU to be with friends; Working in construction during the summers; Working for the Ashley National Forest in Vernal during school; getting a job with the Forst Service in Salmon, Idaho after Graduation; Serving in the National Guard; Recreation planning; Upgrading National Park facilities; Priorities for funding; Using a plane table and surveying; Retiring with 35 years of government employment; working with engineers, hydrologists, and range conservationists; Changes in recreational use; Marriage and family; Working at Flaming Gorge; Side work in private practice design; Playing golf and designing golf courses; Politics of environmental analysis; Working with the Bureau of Reclamation; Archival of National Forest design drawings; Changes in the Landscape Design profession; Working on water related projects; Skiing; Property development in Heber City