Teddy Creek and Price's Creek tributaries of Blacktail Deer Creek. Plate 55b. Camera point was moved about 30 feet north to avoid screen of Rocky Mountain juniper and limber pine. Sagebrush density has increased on ridge in foreground, bottomland,...
Romy Lake with Gravelly Range in the background. Plate 62a. Fire Group 6: Moist Douglas-fir. Elevation 6900 ft (2104 m). Looking north across Romy Lake in the Gravelly Range, Beaverhead National Forest. Lake shoreline and flats in distance are...
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...
Grasshopper Creek one mile below Bannack, Montana. Plate 48b (July 9, 1981) Ca. 80-90 years later. Stream course is now covered by willow and other shrubs. Sagebrush has revegetated dredge tailings. Conifer cover on distant slopes has increased. ...
Madison Range (Mont.) ; Beaverhead National Forest (Mont.)
Looking north across Papoose Creek toward the Madison Range. Plate 60b (June 24, 1981) 54 years later. Camera was moved approximately 50 yards down ridge to the only view that was not fully screened by growth of trees. The absence of fire has...
Dredges ; Bannack (Mont.) ; Grasshopper Creek (Beaverhead County, Mont.)
Maggie A. Gibson dredge on Grasshopper Creek one mile below Bannack. Plate 48a (Ca. 1890-1900) Fire Group 5: Cool-dry Douglas-fir. Elevation 5,800 ft (1,768 m) Looking south-southeast across Grasshopper Creek from west bank about 1 mile below...
Blacktail Deer Creek 1.5 miles above Whiskey Springs. Plate 54a (September 19, 1928) Fire Group 5: Cool-dry Douglas-fir. Elevation 7,000 ft (2,134 m) The camera faces east-southeast at a point on upper Blacktail Deer Creek approximately 1.5 miles...
Blacktail Deer Creek 1.5 miles above Whiskey Springs. Plate 54b (June 23, 1981) 53 years later. Flat effects of heavy livestock grazing. Sagebrush stand on toe slope at left has expanded down slope. In distance, aspen have matured in canyon...