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 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...
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,...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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....
Hassel, Montana. Plate 35a (Ca. 1880) Fire Group 4: Warm-dry Douglas-fir. Elevation 5,200 ft (1,585 m) Looking east-southeast over Hassel, Montana. This site is on Indian Creek west of Townsend and adjacent to the Helena National Forest. Ground...
East side of Judith Mountains twenty miles northeast of Lewistown, Montana. Plate 43b (July 18, 1980) 92 years later. Taken in the season, the foreground vegetation shows effects of current livestock grazing. Shrubs including chokecherry, currant,...
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...
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...
Coal-Mine Rims four miles south of McLeod, Montana. Plate 80a. Juniper Fire Group. Elevation 5000 ft (1524 m). Looking northwest at the Coal-Mine Rims area on State Highway 298, four miles south of McLeod, Montana. Perennial grasses predominate in...
Coal-Mine Rims 4 miles south of McLeod, Montana. Plate 80b. Camera point does not precisely duplicate original. Scene shows strong encroachment of sagebrush on the flats and some encroachment on the near slopes. Common juniper and limber pine have...
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...