Jake Wetzsteon residence in Ross Hole. Plate 13b. New road alignment necessitated placement of camera at lower position. Fire exclusion and no logging have allowed unrestricted development of conifers. Fire scar sampling of ponderosa pine in this...
Across Smith Creek toward Crown Mountain on east front of Rockies. Plate 23b. Slopes below camera point and adjacent terrain as well as near slope are now densely covered by Douglas-fir. View was obtained by cutting screening fir and climbing one...
Cyanide Mountain on the Wood Canyon drainage. Plate 24b. Camera was moved about 100 yards down slope from original position to avoid trees that screened view. Closure of Douglas-fir canopy (lower left) has resulted in deterioration of aspen and...
0.5 miles south of Castle, Montana. Plate 36b. Douglas-fir saplings in foreground required moving camera point approximately 150 feet below original position. Many sites that were formerly open are now occupied by Douglas-fir. The increased tree...
Teddy Creek and Price's Creek tributaries of Blacktail Deer Creek. Plate 55a. Fire Group 1: Dry limber pine. Elevation 6,800 ft (2,073 m) Camera is facing north-northeast from a position on low ridge separating the Teddy Creek and Prices Creek...
Ruby River east of Ruby Dam and southeast of Sheridan, Montana. Plate 64b. Road reconstruction made it necessary to elevate camera position. Trees and shrubs on flood plain at left in plate 69a were cleared. Those that were not removed have grown...
Glacier National Park (Mont.) ; Grinnell Glacier (Mont.)
Glacier National Park, Montana, Grinnell Glacier from Mount Allen. Description with photo reads: "Grinnell Glacier position is well shown from any high summit nearby. It is here shown as viewed from Mt. Allen. The view is northwest. The high...
Snowline Ranch 7.3 miles east of Lima, Montana. Plate 51a (1871) Fire Group 6: Moist Douglas-fir. Elevation 6,000 ft (2,012 m) The camera faces south-southwest from a position near the Snowline Ranch 7.3 miles east of Lima, Montana, on Interstate...
Landscape photography ; Wallace Ranger District (Idaho)
Across Prichard Creek into Reeder Gulch. Plate 5b (July 1, 1980) 83 years later. Growth of conifers necessitated placement of camera at lower position. A road now runs along the Prichard Creek bottom. Increased cover of conifers is typical of...
Landscape Photography ; Lewis and Clark National Forest (Mont.)
Slopes above Haystack Springs in Dry Range. Plate 37b (September 24, 1981) 57 years later. Camera was placed approximately 50 yards upslope and behind the original position to avoid aspen that screen original view (inset). Aspen have regenerated...
From a position on Two Medicine Ridge six miles northeast of East Glacier, Montana. Plate 17b (September 27, 1981). 60 years later. Conifers include whitebark pine, lodgepole pine, subalpine fir, and Douglas fir. The dry slopes dominated by...
Landscape Photography ; Lewis and Clark National Forest (Mont.)
Slopes above Haystack Springs in Dry Range . Plate 37b (September 24, 1981) 57 years later. Camera was placed approximately 50 yards upslope and behind the original position to avoid aspen that screen original view (inset). Aspen have regenerated...