Pine - - West (U.S.) ;<br> Pine - - Canada. ;<br> Forest ecology - - West (U.S.) ;<br> Forest ecology - - Canada.
Whitebark pine (Pinus albicaulis Engelm.) is a slow-growing, long-lived tree of the high mountains of southwestern Canada and the Western United States. Whitebark pine is of limited commercial use, but it is valued for watershed protection and...
Jake Wetzsteon residence in Ross Hole. Plate 13b. New road alignment necessitated placement of camera at lower position. Fire exclusion and no logging have allowed unrestricted development of conifers. Fire scar sampling of ponderosa pine in this...
Teddy Creek and Price's Creek tributaries of Blacktail Deer Creek. Plate 55a. Fire Group 1: Dry limber pine. Elevation 6,800 ft (2,073 m) Camera is facing north-northeast from a position on low ridge separating the Teddy Creek and Prices Creek...
Ruby River and Gravelly Range near Vigilante Station. Plate 63a. Fire Group 5: Cool-dry Douglas-fir. Elevation 6500 ft (1982 m). Looking east from the Lewis Creek bench toward the Ruby River and Gravelly Range, near Vigilante Station, Beaverhead...
Madison Range (Mont.) ; Beaverhead National Forest (Mont.)
Looking north across Papoose Creek toward the Madison Range, Montana. Plate 60a (September 22, 1927) Fire Group 6: Moist Douglas-fir. Elevation 7400 ft (2256 m). Looking north across Papoose Creek (midground) toward the Madison Range, southeast of...
Snowline Ranch 7.3 miles east of Lima, Montana. Plate 51a (1871) Fire Group 6: Moist Douglas-fir. Elevation 6,000 ft (2,012 m) The camera faces south-southwest from a position near the Snowline Ranch 7.3 miles east of Lima, Montana, on Interstate...
Tobacco Root Range from Sheridan, Montana. Plate 65b (September 3, 1980) About 75 years later. Douglas-fir and Rocky Mountain juniper have regenerated profusely. Localities that formerly supported sparse conifer stands are now densely stocked....
Pleasant Valley Creek 8.4 miles south of Monida Pass. Plate 53a (1871) Sagebrush/Grass Fire Group. Elevation 6,400 ft (1,951 m) Camera faces southwest up Pleasant Valley Creek from ridge located on west side of Interstate 15, 8.4 miles south of...
North Fork of Big Hole River toward Battle Mountain. Plate 47b (June 25, 1980) 64 years later. Willows appear to be more dense and Douglas-fir are invading what was formerly an open slope. The sparse appearance in upper branches of the sniper...
Sawtell's Ranch below Black Mountain on west side of Henry's Lake, Idaho. Plate 59a (1872) Fire Group 5: Cool-dry Douglas-fir. Elevation 6,500 ft (1,982 m) Looking north toward Black Mountain from Sawtell's ranch on west side of Henry's Lake....