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...
Mission Valley Power's "vacation" seems over after dismissal of suit; 1600 surveys have made it back to Pablo; Culture Committee and elders open bitter root season with feast; Tribes to host ITYP in Arlee next month; Homesite cleaning...
Knowles Creek, a tributary to the Clark Fork River. Plate 7a. Fire Group2: Warm-dry Douglas-fir. Elevation 2,800 ft (854 m) camera faces north-northwest towards Knowles Creek, a tributary to the Clark Fork River about 6.5 miles west of Perma on...
Dirty Dick Gulch - Two miles north of Philipsburg, Montana. Plate 15a. Fire Group 5: Cool-dry Douglas-fir. Elevation 5,600 ft (1,707 m). The camera faces west down Dirty Dick Gulch approximately two miles north of Philipsburg, Mont. Ground cover on...
Landscape photography -- Beaver Creek (Gallatin County, Mont.)
Beaver Creek 3.2 miles downstream from Nelson, Montana. Plate 29b. Douglas-fir regenerated following the late 1800's fire. Understory vegetation, including mountain maple, snowberry, buffaloberry, serviceberry, and currant, has since deteriorated...
Evaro Hill toward Jocko Mountains. Plate 11a. Fire Group 6: Moist Douglas-fir. Elevation 3,900 ft (1,889 m) Camera faces east-northeast across Evaro Hill towards the Jocko Mountains from a point 0.5 miles below Evaro, Montana. Shrub cover on near...
Trout Creek narrows below York, Montana. Plate 31b. Flume is gone and a road now occupies most of canyon bottom. Young conifers in rocks at upper-left in the 1872 scene were removed by fire or cutting. Curlleaf mountain mahogany has regenerated on...
Romy Lake with Gravelly Range in the background. Plate 62b. Raising of the lake level apparently killed willows. ON the flats in the distance, willows are smaller than in 1916. Douglas-fir and other conifers have regenerated in the large opening...
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...
Bradley Creek drainage four miles south of Norris, Montana. Plate 69b (July 29, 1981) 80 years later. Foreground is in fenced pasture. Aspen clone at left has regenerated from suckers. Conifers are more dense, and skunkbush on lower slope at...
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....
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...
Daphnia Pond and Swan Range on the east side of Flathead Lake. Plate 8b (September 28, 1981) 79 years later. Fall haze obscures Swan Range in distance. Cattail growth now obscures pond surface. Dense conifers including ponderosa pine, Douglas-fir,...
Lewis and Clark National Forest (Mont.) ; Landscape photography
Looking across Swimming Woman Creek Toward Half Moon Pass (center left.) Plate 46b (September 12, 1981) Ca. 72 years later. Few conifers have regenerated along drainage bottom which has received heavy livestock grazing. Willow is less dense than...
Belt (Mont.) ; Lewis and Clark National Forest (Mont.)
Belt Ranger Station. Plate 40b (September 13, 1979) About 49 years later. Camera is positioned lower on slope to allow a less-obstructed view. Conifers on slope behind Ranger Station are predominately Douglas-fir. Lodgepole pine are also present....
Belt (Mont.) ; Lewis and Clark National Forest (Mont.)
Belt Ranger Station. Plate 40a (Ca. 1930) Fire Group 6: Moist Douglas-fir. Elevation 5,100 ft (1,555 m) Looking west-southwest toward the Belt Creek Ranger Station, Lewis and Clark National Forest. Open slopes behind station support shrubs,...
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...