Bannack, Montana. Plate 49a. Mahogany Fire Group. Elevation 5,800 ft (1,768 m) Northeast view of Bannack City, Montana. The open slopes above town support sagebrush/grass. Dark shrubs on near ridge are curlleaf mountain mahogany. Patchy...
Trout Creek narrows below York, Montana. Plate 31a. Mahogany Fire Group. Elevation 3900 ft (1889 m). Looking northeast at the Trout Creek narros below York, Montana, on the Helena Ranger District, Helena National Forest. Flume was constructed to...
Madison River .3 miles below present Highway 84 bridge crossing. Plate 70a. Mahogany fire group. Elevation 4500 ft (1372 m). Looking south-southeast across the Madison River at a point .3 miles below present Highway 84 bridge crossing at Beartrap...
Madison River .3 miles below present Highway 84 bridge crossing. Plate 70b. Logging in the latter 1800's and the absence of fire allowed mahogany to proliferate. Note the large stand at right (arrow) that is growing on a site formerly dominated by...
United States--Politics and government--20th century
June 10, 1970 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD- SENATE 88711
MANSFIELD OF MONTANA
Mr. PROXMIRE. Mr. President, last
Sunday, there appeared in newspapers
throughout the United States an article
by Saul Pett of the Associated Press
entitled "Mansfield of...
Bannack, Montana. Plate 49b. Mature cottonwood, willow, and other riparian vegetation now dominate Grasshopper Creek bottomland, while Bannack is a remnant of its former self. Mahogany stands have increased in density on deep soils, as have...
Trout Creek narrows below York, Montana. Plate 31b. Flume is gone and a road now occupies most of canyon bottom. Young conifers in rocks at upper-left in the 1872 scene were removed by fire or cutting. Curlleaf mountain mahogany has regenerated on...
Mouth of Hellgate, Big Belt Mountains. Plate 33a. Mahogany Fire Group. Elevation 4,400 ft (1,341 m) A northeast view at the mouth of Hellgate Canyon, Big Belt Mountains, Helena National Forest. Perennial grasses comprise primary ground cover on...
Mouth of Hellgate, Big Belt Mountains. Plate 33b. Cover on southerly exposure has increased markedly as a result of Douglas-fir and Rocky Mountain juniper regeneration. Shrub cover including curlleaf mountain mahogany has increased on...
Ruby River east of Ruby Dam and southeast of Sheridan, Montana. Plate 64a. Juniper Fire Group. Elevation 5500 ft (1677 m). View is north-northwest across the Ruby River from a point just east of the Ruby Dam, southeast of Sheridan, Montana....
Ruby River east of Ruby Dam and southeast of Sheridan, Montana. Plate 64b. Road reconstruction made it necessary to elevate camera position. Trees and shrubs on flood plain at left in plate 69a were cleared. Those that were not removed have grown...
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...