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Charles Gunn Dunwoody was a lobbyist for the U.S. Forest Service, the director of the California State Chamber of Commerce’s conservation department and a conservationist. He was born and raised in Missouri and graduated from University of Michigan in 1913 with a degree in agriculture. Dunwoody was very active in the Los Angeles watershed protection movement and constructed a generalized oblique relief map of California. He was known for his lobbying efforts for the U.S. Forest Service and gained notoriety for opposing Secretary Ickes’ efforts to have the Forest Service transferred to the Department of the Interior. In this interview Dunwoody discusses his role as someone in the profession of forestry, lobbying in Washington D.C, allegations of bribery, losing his position in the Chamber of Commerce and his later failure in acquiring work post-job loss. This interview is a 1967 unpublished manuscript from "Forestry and California Government."