Gallatin Canyon 1.5 miles above the joining of Squaw Creek with the Gallatin River. Plate 73a (1926) Fire Group 6: Moist Douglas-fir. Elevation 5600 ft (1707 m) Looking west into the Gallatin Canyon from a point on Squaw Creek 1.5 miles above its...
Snowline Ranch 7.3 miles east of Lima, Montana. Plate 51b (June 2, 1981) Railroad right-of-way and Snowline Ranch now occupy valley bottom. Fire's absence since 1890 has allowed Douglas-fir to develop and displace several aspen. Aspen communities...
Madison Range (Mont.) ; Beaverhead National Forest (Mont.)
Looking north across Papoose Creek toward the Madison Range, Montana. Plate 60a (September 22, 1927) Fire Group 6: Moist Douglas-fir. Elevation 7400 ft (2256 m). Looking north across Papoose Creek (midground) toward the Madison Range, southeast of...
Alder Gulch 2.2 miles above Virginia City, Montana. Plate 68a (1871) Fire Group 5: Cool-dry Douglas-fir. Elevation 6000 ft (1829 m). An east-northeast view up Alder Gulch 2.2 miles above Virginia City, Montana. Placer mining following discovery of...
Landscape photography ; Wallace Ranger District (Idaho)
Across Prichard Creek into Reeder Gulch. Plate 5b (July 1, 1980) 83 years later. Growth of conifers necessitated placement of camera at lower position. A road now runs along the Prichard Creek bottom. Increased cover of conifers is typical of...
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...
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...
Alder Gulch 2.2 miles above Virginia City, Montana. Plate 68a (1871) Fire Group 5: Cool-dry Douglas-fir. Elevation 6000 ft (1829 m). An east-northeast view up Alder Gulch 2.2 miles above Virginia City, Montana. Placer mining following discovery of...
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...
Lewis and Clark National Forest (Mont.) ; Landscape photography
Looking across Swimming Woman Creek toward Half Moon Pass (center left.) Plate 46a (Ca. 1909) Fire Group 6: Moist Douglas-fir. Elevation 4,700 ft (1,433 m) Looking northeast across Swimming Woman Creek towards Half Moon Pass (center-left) in Big...
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...
Small steam boat, "Queen", alongside a flat bottom craft with a number of people inside, a small rowboat is pulled up on shore. Flathead Lake, Montana.
The foot of a large glacier and glacial moraine above a deep valley with a lake in the bottom. Glacier National Park, Montana. A hiking party is visible at the botton of the glacier.