New school prompts community sentiment, for and against; Health Board seeks public comment; What they're saying about Two Eagle and its proposed new facilities; Chambers filled for April quarterly meeting; District meeting crowd told jobs are on...
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Council Chooses Consulting Company; Joint District Meeting Announced; Flathead Reservation Seems a Favorite With Foreign Visitors; Tribes Hire Two to Monitor Recreation Resources; Career Development Program Finished; BIA Social Services to Transfer...
Alder Gulch 2.2 miles above Virginia City, Montana. Plate 68b (July 28, 1981) 110 years later. The large Douglas-fir in foreground-left (arrow) is the same pictured in the original scene. Regeneration of Douglas-fir and Rocky Mountain juniper on...
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...
South Fork of Teton River. Plate 18b (September 8, 1981) 82 years later. Mature aspen stands are conspicuous along the forest ecotone. Slopes above support dense conifer cover, mostly Douglas-fir. Canopy closure has resulted in loss of early...
Across Dearborn River toward Steamboat Mountain, Montana. Plate 26b (September 7, 1981) 60 years later. Camera was moved backward to avoid Douglas-fir and limber pine which screened original view. Scene shows a marked change in tree cover on the...
From a position on Two Medicine Ridge six miles northeast of East Glacier, Montana. Plate 17b (September 27, 1981). 60 years later. Conifers include whitebark pine, lodgepole pine, subalpine fir, and Douglas fir. The dry slopes dominated by...
Elkhorn Mountains of west-central Montana. Plate 71b (September 3, 1981). 80 years later. Camera has been elevated to an opening on a ridge that allows a partial view of original scene. Dense Douglas-fir and lodgepole pine now cover most of the...
Flint Creek Range. Plate 14b. Perennial grasses had not been utilized by livestock as of July 21, 1981. Dense Douglas-fir now occupy the formerly open moraine in midground. Dense lodgepole pine and Douglas-fir cover distant slopes.
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. ...
Sawtell Peak from valley floor 2.5 miles southwest of Henrys Lake. Plate 57b (June 25, 1981) 53 years later. Lack of reference points in foreground and midground precluded close duplication of original camera point. Openings and sparsely vegetated...
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...
North end of Henrys Lake. Plate 58b (June 25, 1981) 109 years later. Foreground now supports a dense mountain big sagebrush stand. Associated vegetation includes scattered snowberry that is being outcompeted by sagebrush, Idaho fescue, bluebench...
Daphnia Pond and Swan Range on the east side of Flathead Lake. Plate 8b (September 28, 1981) 79 years later. Fall haze obscures Swan Range in distance. Cattail growth now obscures pond surface. Dense conifers including ponderosa pine, Douglas-fir,...
Landscape Photography ; Lewis and Clark National Forest (Mont.)
Slopes above Haystack Springs in Dry Range. Plate 37b (September 24, 1981) 57 years later. Camera was placed approximately 50 yards upslope and behind the original position to avoid aspen that screen original view (inset). Aspen have regenerated...
Landscape Photography ; Lewis and Clark National Forest (Mont.)
Slopes above Haystack Springs in Dry Range . Plate 37b (September 24, 1981) 57 years later. Camera was placed approximately 50 yards upslope and behind the original position to avoid aspen that screen original view (inset). Aspen have regenerated...