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Paul G. (Paul Goodwin) Redington
1878–1942
A key figure in early American conservation, this forester and wildlife administrator helped shape both the U.S. Forest Service and the Biological Survey. His career linked practical land management with a growing national interest in wildlife protection.
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Information for the Guidance of Field Men and Cooperators of the Bureau of Biological Survey Engaged in the Control of Injurious Rodents and Predatory Animals
by Paul G. (Paul Goodwin) Redington, Stanley Paul Young
About the author
Paul Goodwin Redington (1878–1942) built his career at a formative moment in American conservation. According to archival records, he earned an M.A. in forestry from Yale in 1904 and joined the U.S. Forest Service that same year, where he served until 1926.
He later became chief of the U.S. Biological Survey, and a 1942 notice in the Journal of Forestry also identified him as a former assistant chief of the Forest Service in charge of public relations and a past president of the Society of American Foresters. Those roles place him among the better-known administrators of the era, working across forestry, public communication, and wildlife management.
Redington died on January 12, 1942. His surviving papers and government publications suggest a career centered on the practical problems of forests, wildlife, and federal stewardship in the early twentieth century.