This guide summarizes the objectives, prescriptions, and techniques used in prescribed burning beneath the canopy of ponderosa pine stands, and stands of ponderosa pine mixed with western larch, Douglas-fir, or grand fir. The guide is based on...
Goshawk -- Southwestern States. ; <br> Wildlife management -- Southwestern States. ; <br> Habitat conservation -- Southwestern States.
Present forest conditions -- loss of a herbaceous and shrubby understory, reductions in the amount of older forests, and increased areas of dense tree
regeneration -- reflect the extent of human influence on these forests These changes may also be...
Idaho Kootenais appeal for help, tribe responds; Tribe - labor department can't agree on job corps; Annual bison roundup to start October 7; Tribal manpower lands $173,686 for employment; Lucille otter rounding up tribal votes; Coming home to a...
Forest ecology - - Montana - - Miller Creek Demonstration Forest. ;<br> Demonstration centers in education - - Montana - - Flathead National Forest.
This project is the result of a cooperative research agreement (No. INT-94944-RJVA) between the University of Montana, School of Forestry, Missoula, the USDA Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station, Missoula, and the Flathead National...
Research natural areas -- Montana. ; <br> Old growth forests -- Montana -- Coram Research Natural Area. ; <br> Western larch -- Montana -- Coram Research Natural Area. ; <br> Douglas fir -- Montana -- Coram Research Natural Area.
Forest stand structure, understory composition, and tree seedling composition are described for eight permanent tenth-hectare plots established in Engelmann spruce/subalpine fir, western larch, and interior Douglas-fir forest cover types in...
Landscape photography -- Beaver Creek (Gallatin County, Mont.)
Beaver Creek 3.2 miles downstream from Nelson, Montana. Plate 29a. Fire Group 4: Warm-dry Douglas-fir. Elevation 4000 ft (1220 m). The camera faces due south across Beaver Creek at a point 3.2 miles downstream from Nelson, Montana, on Helena Ranger...
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...
Granite Mountain, Idaho. Plate 2b. Because of tree growth, camera point was moved, but photo approximates original coverage. Most snags in earlier photo have fallen and have partially decomposed. Conifers are mainly lodgepole pine, Douglas-fir,...
Wallace, Idaho. Plate 3b. Douglas-fir regeneration screens part of the original view. Douglas-fir have filled in most of the openings on the distant slopes. Understory vegetation on the southeast-facing slopes directly behind town includes many...
Evaro Hill toward Jocko Mountains. Plate 11b. Camera was offset approximately 300 feet south and 200 feet above original position to avoid screening conifers. Slope is now covered by a dense stand of conifers dominated by Douglas-fir. Shrub...
Lick Creek timber sale near Como Lake. Plate 12a. Fire Group 4: Warm-dry Douglas fir. Elevation 4,400 ft (1,341m) A Northwesterly view showing cleanup operations on the Lick Creek timber sale, Bitterroot National Forest near Como Lake. The number...
Lick Creek timber sale near Como Lake. Plate 12b. Camera point replicated original position. Soil disturbance during logging and exclusion of wildfire allowed ponderosa pine and Douglas-fir seedlings to become established and develop into dense...
Jake Wetzsteon residence in Ross Hole. Plate 13a. Fire Group 4: Warm-dry Douglas-fir. Elevation 4,400 ft (1,341 m). Looking west at the Jake Wetzsteon residence in Ross' Hole 0.7 miles north of Highway 472-State Highway 93 junction. The drier...
Blake Creek on south side of Big Snowy Mountains. Plate 44b. Camera was moved left of original point to avoid trees that screened early view. Regeneration of Douglas-fir has resulted in a landscape dominated by conifers. The rock outcrop visible...
Two lumberjacks chopping down a tree. Picture shows character of uneven aged larch stand with an understory of spruce, balsam and some Douglas fir trees. Note two blazes on tree indicating forester has designated tree as ripe and ready for cutting.
Smith River three miles from the head of Spring Coulee. Plate 38a (1909) Fire Group 6: Moist Douglas-fir. Elevation 4,000 ft (1,220 m) Looking due north across the Smith River from a point approximately 3 miles east from the head of Spring...
Slope outside of old mining town of Marysville, Montana. Plate 28a (1901) Fire Group 6: Moist Douglas-fir. Elevation 5300 ft (1616 m). A southeast view of slope just outside the old mining town of Marysville, Montana. Railroad tracks, tailings,...
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....
Boothill above Virginia City, Montana. Plate 67b (July 9, 1980) 56 years later. Grading and remonumenting graves resulted in displacement of soil in foreground. Note change in location of grave markers. Near slope shows a marked increase in the...