Evaro Hill toward Jocko Mountains. Plate 11b. Camera was offset approximately 300 feet south and 200 feet above original position to avoid screening conifers. Slope is now covered by a dense stand of conifers dominated by Douglas-fir. Shrub...
Cyanide Mountain on the Wood Canyon drainage. Plate 24-a. Fire Group 6: Moist Douglas-fir. Elevation 5300 ft (1616 m). Looking west-northwest toward Cyanide Mountain on the Wood Canyon drainage, Rocky Mountain Front, from a point approximately 50...
Soup Creek four miles above Soup Creek Crossing. Plate 30a. Fire Group 4: Warm-dry Douglas-fir. Elevation 4900 fit (1494 m). The camera faces north from the mouth of Soup Creek approximately 4 miles above the Soup Creek crossing at the "old...
Whites Gulch in Big Belt Mountains. Plate 34b. This view is offset approximately 50 feet upslope to avoid vegetation that screens original view. Grass cover in foreground had not been grazed by livestock as of July 26. Canyon bottom now supports...
0.5 miles south of Castle, Montana. Plate 36b. Douglas-fir saplings in foreground required moving camera point approximately 150 feet below original position. Many sites that were formerly open are now occupied by Douglas-fir. The increased tree...
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...
Former location of Fort Ellis, 3 miles east of Bozeman, Montana. Plate 76a. Fire Group 4: Warm-dry Douglas-fir. Elevation 4900 ft (1494 m). The camera faces northeast towards Fort Ellis, formerly located approximately three miles east of Bozeman,...
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...
Looking west across Alder Gulch and Cowrey Dredge No. 1 at point approximately three miles below Nevada City, Montana. Canyon bottom has been much disturbed by dredging for gold. Southeast slopes in distance support Rocky Mountain juniper,...
Across Dearborn River Toward Steamboat Mountain, Montana. Plate 26a (July 10, 1921) Fire Group 5: Cool-dry Douglas-fir. Elevation 5000 ft (1524 m). Looking northwest across the Dearborn River towards Steamboat Mountain from a point approximately...
Gallatin Canyon 1.5 miles above the joining of Squaw Creek with the Gallatin River. Plate 73b (August 29, 1979) 53 years later. Camera point was moved forward approximately 30 feet to avoid juniper and Douglas-fir that screened original view....
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...
Smith River three miles from the head of Spring Coulee. Plate 38b 72 years later. Regeneration and growth of Douglas-fir (outset) made it necessary to move camera approximately 75 yards northeast to the only natural opening. Open slope in 1909...
Smith River three miles from the head of Spring Coulee. Plate 38a (1909) Fire Group 6: Moist Douglas-fir. Elevation 4,000 ft (1,220 m) Looking due north across the Smith River from a point approximately 3 miles east from the head of Spring...
Landscape photography ; Canyon Ferry Ranger District (Mont.)
Magpie Creek .2 miles above junction with State Highway 284. Plate 32b (July 25, 1980) 100 years later. Camera was moved to the right approximately 100 feet to higher ground to avoid conifers that completely screen the original view. Today,...
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...
Smith River three miles from the head of Spring Coulee. Plate 38b 72 years later. Regeneration and growth of Douglas-fir (outset) made it necessary to move camera approximately 75 yards northeast to the only natural opening. Open slope in 1909...
Sawtell Peak from valley floor 2.5 miles southwest of Henrys Lake. Plate 57a (September 20, 1928) Fire Group 6: Moist Douglas-fir. Elevation 6,500 ft (1,982 m) A south-southwest view of Sawtell Peak from valley floor approximately 2.5 miles...
Landscape Photography ; Little Belt Mountains (Mont.)
Monarch Canyon two miles north of Monarch, Montana. Plate 39a (August 1922) Fire Group 6: Moist Douglas-fir. Elevation 4,800 ft (1,463 m) A southeast view into Monarch Canyon from a point approximately 2 miles north of Monarch, Montana, on the...
Bradley Creek Drainage four miles south of Norris, Montana. Plate 69a (August 20, 1901) Fire group 1: Dry limber pine. Elevation 5200 ft (1585 m). A north-northwest view in Bradley Creek drainage on U.S Highway 287 approximately 4 miles south of...