Yogo Creek (Mont.) -- Little Belt Mountains (Mont.)
Yogo Creek above the American Sapphire Mine, Little Belt Mountains. Plate 42a. Fire Group 6: Moist Douglas-fir. Elevation 5,600 ft (1,707 m) The camera faces northwest up Yogo Creek at a point on rock outcrop directly above the American Sapphire...
Yogo Creek (Mont.) -- Little Belt Mountains (Mont.)
Yogo Creek above the American Sapphire Mine, Little Belt Mountains. Plate 42b. Douglas-fir predominates on old burn at left. Ponderosa pine stand on the drier southwest slope on right shows less change. Alteration of canyon bottom by road...
Yellowstone River ten miles southeast of Livingston, Montana. Plate 78a. Fire Group 5: Cool-dry Douglas-fir. Elevation 6200 ft (1890 m). High on the slopes above the Yellowstone River 10 miles southeast of Livingston, the view is east towards the...
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...
Birds -- United States -- Congresses. ; <br> Forest management -- United States -- Congresses. ; <br> Birds -- Western States -- Ecology -- Congresses. ; <br> Birds, Protection of -- Western States -- Congresses. ; <br>...
Contains proceedings of the fourth and last regional workshop 'sponsored by the National Nongame Bird Steering Committee. The [workshop, held in Salt Lake City, Utah, February 11-14, 1980, presented information on management of western forests and...
Prescribed burning. ;<br> Dwarf mistletoes. ;<br> Fire ecology.
Wildfires play a multiple role in the distribution of dwarf mistletoes - they may either inhibit or encourage these parasites depending primarily on the size and intensity of the burn. Many reports suggest that fire exclusion policies of the past...
Discusses the attitudes and knowledge of wilderness visitors toward wilderness fire suppression policy. Although most users favored suppression, a substantial minority favored a more natural role for fire. Few found either total suppression or no...
Whites Gulch in Big Belt Mountains. Plate 34a. Fire Group 4: Warm-dry Douglas-fir. Elevation 4,500 ft (1,372 m) A view due east up Whites Gulch in the Big Belt Mountains from a point on the Helena National Forest boundary. South slope on left has...
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...
Watershed management in the subalpine zone of Wyoming, Colorado, and New Mexico is described. Forest hydrology is briefly discussed, followed by an in-depth discussion and review of (1) field studies of the effects of watershed management practices...
Wallace, Idaho. Plate 3a. Fire Group 11: Warm-moist grand fir, western red cedar, and western hemlock. Elevation 3,300 ft (1,006 m) Looking west-northwest over Wallace, Idaho, just before the 1910 forest fire burned the northwest section of...
Wallace, Idaho. Plate 3b. Douglas-fir regeneration screens part of the original view. Douglas-fir have filled in most of the openings on the distant slopes. Understory vegetation on the southeast-facing slopes directly behind town includes many...