Walter H. Lund was the timber manager for the U.S. Forest Service in the Portland Regional Office from 1927 to 1965. Lund was born in Warren, Oregon in 1902 and gravitated towards forestry after he worked in the shipyards during WWI. He graduated from Oregon State College with a degree in forestry and went on to become a forest assistant for the USFS where he dealt with timber sales before becoming the manager for the Portland Regional Office. Here, Lund focused on the impact of the Depression and WWII on timber sales, private versus USFS timber management, timber inventory hearings for revisions, rights-of-way and road-building agreements, the Brandstrom Report, the Olympic National Park controversy, and the Oregon and California railroad lands controversy. Lund also was involved with the USFS Sustained-Yield Unit and became the administrator for the Shelton Cooperative Unit. In this interview, Lund discusses his early childhood, working through high school and college, interest in forestry, first job, timber management, impact of the Great Depression and WWII, President Roosevelt's visit, developing fire protection, timber sales, and foresters in Region Six. This interview is part of a group of interviews documenting forest history in the United States.