Northern Arizona is home to the world’s largest continuous stand of ponderosa pine forest, and the import and impact of its valuable timber is deeply woven into the region’s history.

Visitors can trace the story of the region’s forests, from the ancestral environmental care practices of the region’s Indigenous communities to the founding of the Northern Arizona University (NAU) School of Forestry in 1958.

TIMBER! Northern Arizona’s Logging Legacy provides a visual story of more than 100 years of lumber and timber history and its impact on the communities of the greater Flagstaff area. It is now on display in Cline Library Special Collections and Archives (SCA) and online. SCA houses numerous collections related to the history of northern Arizona’s forests; these collections are available to the public for research.

Read more about the TIMBER! exhibit. View Cline Library location and parking information.