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,...
Goat Creek 2 Miles above mouth of the Thompson River. Plate 6b (September 9, 1981) 53 years later. State Highway 200 now runs through foreground. Closure of Douglas-fir and ponderosa pine forest canopy on slope at left has resulted in decline in...
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...
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...
North end of Henrys Lake. Plate 58b (June 25, 1981) 109 years later. Foreground now supports a dense mountain big sagebrush stand. Associated vegetation includes scattered snowberry that is being outcompeted by sagebrush, Idaho fescue, bluebench...
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...
Raymond and Gilbert Lord standing with rifles in front a pole with hanging game, including a mountain lion, and pelts hanging from a large tree in the Bitterroot Mountains, Montana.