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...
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...
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,...
Major Reno's retreat crossing the Little Bighorn River. Plate 83a. Sagebrush-Grass Fire Group. Elevation 3100 ft (945 m). A north-northeast view of Major Reno's retreat crossing of the Little Bighorn River adjacent to Custer Battlefield. Young...
Mission Wilderderness area topic of district meeting; Tribe may contract irrigation project; Aerial survey provides game info; Member named AILSA president; Reservation Indian studies program; Editorial comment, Good Indian Newspapers are alive and...
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 and Gravelly Range near Vigilante Station. Plate 63a. Fire Group 5: Cool-dry Douglas-fir. Elevation 6500 ft (1982 m). Looking east from the Lewis Creek bench toward the Ruby River and Gravelly Range, near Vigilante Station, Beaverhead...
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....
Soup Creek four miles above Soup Creek Crossing. Plate 30b. Canyon bottom is now well covered by vegetation including ponderosa pine, Douglas-fir, Rocky Mountain juniper, chokecherry, dogwood, willow, skunkbush, mountain maple, ninebark, and mock...
Swaney faces charges; Council blows lid off cap; Per-Capita payment; Barlow and Adams appointed to staff; Hunting fishing and recreation permits; Ray Dupuis new head of BIA dept; Historical discovery made in Hot Springs; Herbicides-safety...
Teddy Creek and Price's Creek tributaries of Blacktail Deer Creek. Plate 55b. Camera point was moved about 30 feet north to avoid screen of Rocky Mountain juniper and limber pine. Sagebrush density has increased on ridge in foreground, bottomland,...
Three state legislators initiate meeting with Tribal Council; March says 'good riddance' to winter; What do you mean 'TERS won't get a new school'?; What should we do with our trees?; Proposed 5-year timber sale plan: 1985 to 1989; Who's the newest...
Tobacco Root Range from Sheridan, Montana. Plate 65b (September 3, 1980) About 75 years later. Douglas-fir and Rocky Mountain juniper have regenerated profusely. Localities that formerly supported sparse conifer stands are now densely stocked....
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...
Pinyon pines -- United States ;<br> Junipers -- United States ;<br> Pinyon pines -- United States.
Two probability proportional to size (p.p.s.) sampling methods have been adapted for use in pinyon-juniper woodlands. Procedures are described for estimating biomass, stand basal area, canopy cover, tree density, and growth rates using either point...
U. S. Highway 10A, 8 miles northeast of Philipsburg, Montana. Plate 16a. Fire Group 6: Moist Douglas-fir. Elevation 5,000 ft (1,524 m). Looking northeast from point now occupied by U.S. Highway 10A, 8 miles northeast of Philipsburg, Montana....
Western juniper (Juniperus occidentalis subsp.
occidentalis) is an important invader of range lands
in central and eastern Oregon. Many people have asked
questions about its control, effect on range productivity, and its benefits. The papers in...
Western juniper (Juniperus occidentalis subsp.
occidentalis) is an important invader of range lands
in central and eastern Oregon. Many people have asked
questions about its control, effect on range productivity, and its benefits. The papers in...
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...