Blake Creek on south side of Big Snowy Mountains. Plate 44a. Fire Group 6: Moist Douglas-fir. Elevation 6,100 ft (1,860 m) Looking north-northwest up Blake Creek at a point 1 mile above forest boundary on south side of Big Snowy Mountains, Lewis...
Close-up of rock outcrop on Blake Creek. Plate 45a. Fire Group 6: Moist Douglas-fir. Elevation 6,100 ft (1,860 m) Close up view of rock outcrop shown in previous plate. The presence of Douglas-fir regeneration and the condition of snags suggest...
Close-up of rock outcrop on Blake Creek. Plate 45b. This view was offset approximately 100 yards south of original point to avoid Douglas-fir which screened original view. The dense Douglas-fir stand now almost totally obstructs view of rock...
Yellowstone River ten miles southeast of Livingston, Montana. Plate 78b. A dense stand of Douglas-fir, limber pine, and Rocky Mountain juniper now occupies near slope shown in original view. The grass cover on this slope has been largely eliminated...
Staley Springs Resort below Black Mountains. Plate 59b July 31, 1981. Original view was screened by cabins, making it necessary to move camera north. Lake now covers low lying areas at right. Absence of fire for over 100 years has allowed...
Indian Creek west of Townsend, Montana. Plate 35b (July 28, 1980) Ca. 100 years later. Past mining operations have drastically altered the canyon bottom. Disturbed dry areas are now thickly covered by mountain big sagebrush, while moist sites along...
Daphnia Pond and Swan Range on the east side of Flathead Lake. Plate 8a (1902) Fire Group 6: Moist Douglas-fir. Elevation 3,100 ft (945 m) Camera faces north toward Daphnia Pond and Swan Range on the east side of Flathead Lake, 3 miles north of...
Belt (Mont.) ; Lewis and Clark National Forest (Mont.)
Belt Ranger Station. Plate 40a (Ca. 1930) Fire Group 6: Moist Douglas-fir. Elevation 5,100 ft (1,555 m) Looking west-southwest toward the Belt Creek Ranger Station, Lewis and Clark National Forest. Open slopes behind station support shrubs,...
French pension, signed by Napoleon Bonaparte, Lazare Carnot, and Secretary of State Maret and dated 'quinze Vendemiaire de l'an neuf de la Republique francaise' (7 October 1800). The pension provides 100 francs annually to Marie Gaignard, widow of...