Leslie Allen Joslin (born April 15, 1943) is an American retired naval officer, natural resource manager, educator, and author.

[1][2][3] Joslin attended San Jose College, graduating in 1966 with a bachelor's degree in geography and a minor in natural resources conservation.

During his first year on the district, Joslin work from a small one-room office at the Bridgeport ranger station.

[2][6][7] Over the course of his career, his assignments included an extended tour at sea on the USS Kitty Hawk and multiple shore postings around the world.

[1][9] His duties as an intelligence analyst, especially his three-year tour in Washington, helped him develop a clear and concise writing style.

He performed seasonal patrols in the Three Sisters Wilderness and worked in public information and education capacities for the Deschutes National Forest for 14 years.

He then took a full-time position leading the recreation, heritage, and wilderness resources team for the forest's Bend-Fort Rock Ranger District.

After that project, he worked with the museum to relocate the old one-room Bridgeport ranger station office which had been moved to Nevada and then abandoned by the Forest Service.

He is a fellow of the High Desert Museum and has served as president of the Deschutes County Historical Society's board of directors.

[18][19] In 2018, Joslin completed 13 years as editor of the quarterly Old Smokeys Newsletter published by the Pacific Northwest Forest Service Association.

[1][17] From his home base in Bend, Joslin continues to write and remains a well-known lecturer on forest resources and local history topics.

The revised edition was published in 2006 under the title Toiyabe Patrol: Five U.S. Forest Service Summers of the High Sierra in the 1960s.

Uncle Sam's Cabins: A Visitor's Guide to Historic U.S. Forest Service Ranger Stations of the West, combines Forest Service history with architectural details about seventy-five ranger stations located across twelve western United States.

It told the story of Walt Perry, an early-era forest ranger who served in Oregon and New Mexico.

[27] Bend: 100 Years of History was written by a Deschutes County Historical Society committee and published in 2005.

The book includes 120 short biographies including stories about fur trapper Peter Skene Ogden, explorer John Charles Fremont, Bend's founder Alexander M. Drake, publisher George Palmer Putnam, Olympic gold medalist Ashton Eaton, and many other interesting people.