Charles F Curtiss

Charles F. Curtiss (Dean of Agriculture, 1900-1933) was a member of the special legislative committee of the Iowa Conservation Association that drafted the 1917 state parks act. Curtiss wrote several articles advocating for state parks, including his "Forest and Game Preserves in Iowa" in which he proposed that the fees from fish and game licenses should be used to fund state parks.

Charles Curtiss finding aid.