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....
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Little Bighorn River adjacent to Custer Battlefield. Plate 83b. Camera is on edge of cultivated field behind original camera point. A few cottonwoods in foreground grew into large trees. Sagebrush continue to predominate on bottomland. Vegetation...
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,...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...