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...
Goat Creek 2 Miles above mouth of the Thompson River. Plate 6b (September 9, 1981) 53 years later. State Highway 200 now runs through foreground. Closure of Douglas-fir and ponderosa pine forest canopy on slope at left has resulted in decline in...
Targhee National Forest (Idaho and Wyo.) ; Landscape photography
Continental Divide .25 miles north of Red Rock Pass. Plate 56b (June 25, 1981) 53 years later. Snag at lower left is same one pictured in original view. Shrubs in foreground and midground are primarily sagebrush and snowberry. Aspen stands have...
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,...
Lewis and Clark National Forest (Mont.) ; Landscape photography
Looking across Swimming Woman Creek Toward Half Moon Pass (center left.) Plate 46b (September 12, 1981) Ca. 72 years later. Few conifers have regenerated along drainage bottom which has received heavy livestock grazing. Willow is less dense than...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Senator Mike Mansfield and Senator Lee Metcalf meet with John Woodenlegs of Lame Deer, Montana during his recent visit to Washington, D.C. Woodenlegs, in his capacity as President of the Northern Cheyenne Tribe, discussed reservation projects with...