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By David Bond
Collection Overview
Scope and Contents of the Materials
This collection consists of six series, the first of which includes R.A.C.E.'s organizational records, its laws of incorporation, by-laws, and a chronology of A.C.E. and R.A.C.E. until 1989. This series contains a few documents and correspondence with environmental concerns that are not specific to any R.A.C.E. project and thus not in the Project Files series.
The correspondence series contains letters to and from representatives of R.A.C.E. It is arranged by individual, then by date. This series may have some correspondence pertaining to particular projects within it, but we have kept its arrangement in the creators' original order.
The project files series is by far the largest. It consists of the R.A.C.E. Project Files--documents pertaining to specific environmental interests, lawsuits, appeals, and correspondence. This series is organized by project/interest; i.e., Land Between the Lakes, Shawnee National Forest, etc. There is a large number of legal documents.
Files of other organizations holds only one box of documents related to organizations and subjects of interest to R.A.C.E. but not directly associated with any particular project. The Printed Reference materials series contains documents, catalogs, guides, and articles of environmental interest to R.A.C.E.; basically, print reference materials for the Association. RACE-related clippings series holds newspaper and magazine clippings relating to R.A.C.E.-related interests and projects.
Biographical Note
The Regional Association of Concerned Environmentalists (R.A.C.E.) was organized in 1988 from an earlier (1983) group, "Association of Concerned Environmentalists," or A.C.E. Both were formed in direct response to what members saw as "atrocious land stewardship by the Forest Service." The primary officers of R.A.C.E. were Joseph Glisson, Mark Donham, and Kristi Hanson. In addition to concerns with the management of the Shawnee National Forest in southern Illinois, R.A.C.E. correspondence, documents, and lawsuits deal with environmental issues within the Hoosier National Forest, Land Between the Lakes, Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant, and AlliedSignal (later titled Honeywell) in Metropolis.
Subject/Index Terms
Administrative Information
Repository:
Southern Illinois University Special Collections Research Center
Accruals:
Multiple donors.
Access Restrictions:
Unrestricted access.
Use Restrictions:
To quote in print, or otherwise reproduce in whole or in part in any publication, including on the World Wide Web, any material from this collection, the researcher must obtain permission from (1) the owner of the physical property and (2) the holder of the copyright. Persons wishing to quote from this collection should consult Special Collections Research Center to determine copyright holders for information in this collection. Reproduction of any item must contain the complete citation to the original.
Acquisition Source:
Gifts
Preferred Citation:
[Item], Regional Assocation of Concerned Environmentalists (RACE) records, Special Collections Research Center, Southern Illinois University Carbondale.
Box and Folder Listing
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Series 2: Correspondence],
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- Series 1: Founding and organization of R.A.C.E.
- R.A.C.E. was organized in 1988 from an earlier (1983) group, “Association of Concerned Environmentalists,” or A.C.E. Formed in direct response to what members saw as “atrocious land stewardship by the Forest Service.” The primary officers of R.A.C.E., from whom most of the collection is gifted, were Joseph Glisson, Mark Donham, and Kristi Hanson. This series contains documents and general correspondence pertaining to environmental concerns in the late 1980s, leading to founding of R.A.C.E
- Box 1
- Folder 1: Organizational records: by-laws and articles of incorporation of R.A.C.E.
- Folder 2: Chronology of A.C.E. and R.A.C.E, 1983-1989
- Folder 3: National Register of Natural Landmarks List
- Folder 4: Statement of Douglas W. Macclerry, Deputy Assistant Secretary For Natural Resources and Environment, March 10, 1982, concerning proposed regulations to guide land and resource management planning on the National Forest system
- Folder 5: Public Volunteer Workshop Documents
- Folder 6: Documents and correspondences against general clearcutting in Shawnee National Forest
- Folder 7: Comments and correspondence regarding the River To River Road Proposal, 1985-86
- Folder 8: Various workshops presented by Shawnee NF Supervisor Ken Henderson, 1986
- Folder 9: Shawnee National Forest Timber Sales Program documents, August 21, 1987
- Folder 10: Various Resource Planning Act (RPA) documents, varied dates
- Folder 11: A.C.E. Newsletters, 1988
- Folder 12: Appeals to the Shawnee National Forest Plan, 1986-88. Many different appellants are involved here, including A.C.E.
- Folder 13: Settlement Agreement with Forest Service over appeal of the Forest Plan, August 1988
- Folder 14: Opportunity Area 5 Fieldtrip participants, December 19, 1988
- Folder 15: Refusal of Forest Service to allow distribution of the “Inner Voice” by R.A.C.E. member J. Glisson, 1989; also one copy of “Inner Voice”
- Folder 16: R.A.C.E. Position Statement on timber harvesting in the Shawnee National Forest, sent to Glenn Poshard, 1991
- Folder 17: R.A.C.E. comments on proposed amended land and resource management plan, 1991; testimonies (2) of Joe Glisson before House appropriations subcommittee on interior and related agencies 1993, 1999
- Folder 18: Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement, SNF Amended Forest Plan, etc., December 1991
- Folder 19: Draft of Ecosystem Management Strategies for the East and Midwest, July 28, 1992
- Folder 20: RPA-NEPA Consideration Position Paper from director of RPA stating an Environmental Impact Statement is not necessary nor required, 1993.
- Folder 21: Documents on Forest Service alleged falsification of reports. Fall, 1993
- Folder 22: Documents concerning accusations by Forest Service of R.A.C.E. in general and J. Glisson in particular disrupting meeting, August 3, 1994
- Folder 23: Effects Analysis For Opportunity Area 6, Ecological Restoration Cumulative and Vegetative Management, SNF, Vienna Ranger Station, Pope County, Illinois, February 22, 1995
- Folder 24: R.A.C.E. possible avenues of broad litigation subjects for national or regional legal challenges, October 19, 1997
- Folder 25: Assorted general materials concerning timber sales
- Folder 26: Assorted informational materials about Endangered Species Act
- Folder 27: General articles on effects of logging on bird habitat
- Folder 28: Petition Against Clear Cutting by U.S. Forest Service, undated
- Folder 29: Declaration from William Horney, dated December 2, 1999, concerning citations given to Joseph Glisson on December 7, 1997
- Folder 30: Environmental concerns—Richard Grossman, 1994, 95
- Folder 31: Shawnee National Forest FY95 Monitoring Plan
- Folder 32: SNF-Photographs of logging, timber already cut, undated
- Folder 33: Potential hardwood volumes for SNF harvesting, Sept 1990
- Folder 34: Amended SNF Plan, Outline, Administrative Record Index, 1992
- Folder 35: Amended SNF Plan, Implementation, Monitoring, Evaluation, 1990
- Folder 36: Amended SNF Plan, Appendices
- Folder 37: Amended SNF Plan, Public Comment and Analysis
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