Historic Photos - JORGENSEN AND CARY
All of the photos below were included with a memorandum (file
designation G, Management – Umatilla, Surveys), dated August
12, 1941 and addressed to the Regional Forester in Portland, Oregon,
relating to conditions on the Walla Walla Watershed. There were
14 black-and-white photographs of various sizes enclosed with the
memorandum. Text of the memorandum is: "Enclosed herewith
are several photographs take by Jorgensen and Cary illustrating
some of the conditions on the Walla Walla Watershed. These are
forwarded to you as a matter of interest in connection with this
project." The memorandum was signed by John G. Clouston,
acting for Forest Supervisor Carl Ewing.
Jorgensen
and Cary. 1941. Active sheet and gully erosion on the north
side of Mill
Creek. USDA, Forest Service,
Umatilla National Forest. Size: 3" x 4".
Abstract:
The quality
of this black and white print is moderate; most of the foreground
and background views
are in sharp focus. Date
of this photograph: May 25, 1941. Location: A ridge on north
side of Mill Creek. Lies opposite canyon from Paradise Ridge.
Picture: Shows accelerated sheet and gully erosion still active.
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Photo mill_creek_erosion.jpg (1.34
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| Keywords: Watershed management/Grazing
damage/Walla Walla RD/Walla Walla watershed/Mill Creek/Soil
erosion/Paradise Ridge. |
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Forage conditions
near the Rodgers Ridge experimental
plot. USDA, Forest Service,
Umatilla National Forest. Size: 2½" x 3½".
Abstract: The quality of this black and white
print is moderate; most of the foreground and background views
are in sharp focus. Date
of this photograph: May 2, 1941. Location: 25 yds. below Rodgers
Ridge Exp. Plot, located above Bear Cr. G. S., S. Fork Walla
Walla River. Picture: View of outside range in comparison to
Rodgers Ridge Exp. Plot. Density – .35; Grasses 55%,
P 4%, A 51%; Weeds 45%, P 27%, A 18%. Grasses: Bromus tectorum
44%, festuca annual 6%, poa pratensis 3%, agropyron spicatum
1%, bromus commutatus 1%. Weeds: Lupine-G 16%, erodium cicutarium
18%, achillea lanulosa 7%, agoseris 2%, leontodon taraxacum
2%, lathyrus T.
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Photo rodgers_ridge_forage_condition_1941.jpg (274
kb) | Keywords: Watershed management/Grazing
damage/Walla Walla RD/Walla Walla watershed/South Fork Walla
Walla River/Rodgers Ridge experimental plot. |
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Forage conditions
near the Rodgers Ridge experimental plot.
The quality of this
black and white print is moderate; most of the foreground and
background views are in sharp focus.Date of this photograph:
May 2, 1941. Location: 25 yds. below Rodgers Ridge Exp. Plot,
located above Bear Cr. G. S., S. Fork Walla Walla River. Picture:
View of outside range in comparison to Rodgers Ridge Exp. Plot.
Density – .35; Grasses 55%, P 4%, A 51%; Weeds 45%, P
27%, A 18%. Grasses: Bromus tectorum 44%, festuca annual 6%,
poa pratensis 3%, agropyron spicatum 1%, bromus commutatus
1%. Weeds: Lupine-G 16%, erodium cicutarium 18%, achillea lanulosa
7%, agoseris 2%, leontodon taraxacum 2%, lathyrus T.
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Photo rodgers_ridge_exper_plot_1941_1.jpg (339
kb) | Keywords: Walla Walla RD/Walla Walla
watershed/South Fork Walla Walla River/Forbs/Grasses/Forage
production/Rodgers Ridge experimental plot. |
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Forage conditions
near the Rodgers Ridge experimental plot.
The quality of this
black and white print is moderate; most of the foreground and
background views are in sharp focus. Date of this photograph:
May 2, 1941. Location: Rodgers Ridge Exp. Plot. Picture: See
above picture for details of plant cover
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Photo rodgers_ridge_exper_plot_1941_2.jpg (331
kb) | Keywords: Walla Walla RD/Walla Walla
watershed/South Fork Walla Walla River/Forbs/Grasses/Forage
production/Rodgers Ridge experimental plot. |
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North side of
Mill Creek opposite Paradise Ridge.
USDA Forest Service, Umatilla National
Forest. Size:
3" x 4".
Abstract:
The quality of this black and white print is moderate; most
of the foreground and background views are in sharp focus.
Date of this photograph: May 25, 1941.
Location: North side of Mill Creek opposite Paradise Ridge.
Picture: Note pure stand of Bromus tectorum and grazed browse
plants of serviceberry, ceanothus, rosa, etc.
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Photo mill_creek_op_paradise_ridge_1941.jpg (348
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damage/Walla Walla RD/Walla Walla watershed/Mill Creek. |
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Jorgensen and Cary.
1941. Overgrazed browse plants on the north side of Mill
Creek.
USDA, Forest Service, Umatilla
National Forest. Size: 3" x 4".
Abstract:
The quality of this black and white print is moderate; most
of the foreground and background views are in sharp focus.
Date of this photograph: May 25, 1941.
Location: North side of Mill Creek on ridge opposite Paradise
Ridge. Picture: Overgrazed browse: serviceberry, ceanothus,
rosa, snowberry, oceanspray, fir tree. Note dead serviceberry.
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Photo mill_creek_overgrazed_1941.jpg (424
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damage/Walla Walla RD/Walla Walla watershed/Mill Creek/Paradise
Ridge/Grazing damage/Shrubs/Browse/Big game. |
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Jorgensen and Cary.
1941. Overgrazed elderberry by deer and elk. USDA,
Forest Service, Umatilla National Forest. Locality:
North side of Mill Creek. Size: 3½" x 6".
Abstract: The quality of this black and white
print is moderate; most of the foreground and background views
are in sharp focus.Date
of this photograph: March 12, 1941. Location: North side of
Mill Cr. on ridge west of Deadman Cr. and leading up to Green
Peak ½ mi. above Mill Cr. See aerial photo BTU-81-26.
Picture: Overgrazed elderberry (Sambucus) by deer and elk.
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Photo mill_creek_elderberry_1941.jpg (565
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| Keywords: Watershed management/Big game/Elk/Grazing
damage/Walla Walla RD/Deer/Walla Walla watershed/Mill Creek. |
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Jorgensen and Cary.
1941. Overgrazed range adjacent to Patit Creek experimental
plot. USDA, Forest Service,
Umatilla National Forest. Locality: Sec. 21,
T. 10 N., R. 40 E., north side of road. Size: 2½" x
3½".
Abstract:
The quality of this black and white print is moderate; most
of the foreground and background views are in sharp focus.
Date of this photograph: April 30, 1941.
Location: Adjacent range to Patit Creek Exp. Plot, Sec. 21,
T. 10 N., R. 40 E., north side of road. Picture: Shows condition
of overgrazed range in comparison to exclosure.
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Photo overgrazed_winter_range_patit_cr_1941.jpg (213
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damage/Walla Walla RD/Walla Walla watershed/Patit Creek experimental
plot. |
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Jorgensen and Cary.
1941. Overgrazed snowbrush ceanothus by deer and elk.
USDA, Forest Service, Umatilla National
Forest. Size: 3½" x 6".
Abstract:
The quality of this black and white print is moderate; most
of the foreground and background views are in sharp focus.
Date of this photograph: March 12, 1941.
Location: ¾ mi. up north side Mill Creek, on first ridge
west of Deadman Creek, leading up to Green Peak. See aerial
photo BTU-81-26. Picture: Overgrazed Ceanothus velutinus by
deer and elk.
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Photo mill_creek_snowbrush_1941.jpg (475
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game/Elk/Grazing damage/Walla Walla RD/Deer/Walla Walla watershed. |
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Overgrazed winter
game range. USDA, Forest
Service, Umatilla National Forest. Locality:
South Fork Walla Walla River. Size: 2½" x 3½".
Abstract:
The quality of this black and white print is moderate; most
of the foreground and background views are in sharp focus.
Date of this photograph: May 2, 1941.
Location: About 1 mi. downstream from Bear Creek G. S., South
Fork Walla Walla River. Picture: Shows overgrazed winter game
range. Plants grazed: Hawthorn, ocean spray, mock orange, snowberry.
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Photo winter_game_range_sf_walla_1941.jpg (364
kb) | Keywords: Walla Walla RD/Walla Walla
watershed/Big game/Grazing damage/Winter range/South Fork
Walla
Walla River. |
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Overgrazed winter
range in vicinity of Elbow Creek. USDA,
Forest Service, Umatilla National Forest. Locality: South
Fork Walla Walla River. Size: 2½" x 3½".
Abstract:
The quality of this black and white print is moderate; most
of the foreground and background views are in sharp focus.Date
of this photograph: May 2, 1941. Location: In vicinity of
mouth of Elbow Creek on S. Fork Walla
Walla River. Picture: Shows overgrazed winter game range. Plants
grazed: Hawthorn, Ocean Spray, Mock Orange, Fir seedlings.
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Photo elbow_cr_winter_range_1941.jpg (388
kb) | Keywords: Watershed management/Grazing
damage/Walla Walla RD/Walla Walla watershed/South Fork Walla
Walla
River/Winter range/Big game. |
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Patit Creek experimental
plot in 1941 [#1]. USDA, Forest Service, Umatilla
National Forest. Locality: Sec. 21, T. 10 N.,
R. 40 E., north side of road. Size: 3" x 4".
Abstract: Date of this photograph: April 30, 1941.
Location: Patit Creek Exp. Plot, Sec. 21, T. 10 N., R. 40 E.,
north side of road. Picture: Plot established 1938. Density
- .30, Grasses 70%, P 67%, A 3%. Weeds 30%, P 29%, A 1%. Grasses:
Agropyron spicatum, poa secuda, bromous tectorum. Weeds: Balsamorhiza
sagittata, balsamhoriza [sic] hookeri, cogswellia, lupine,
collinsia, draba, quamasia, cryptantha, astragalus, hookera,
crepis.
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Photo 1_patit_cr_exper_plot_1941.jpg (283
kb) | Keywords: Umatilla NF/Walla Walla RD/Walla Walla
watershed/Patit Creek experimental plot/Forbs/Grasses. |
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Patit
Creek experimental plot in 1941 [#2]. USDA, Forest
Service, Umatilla National Forest. Locality: Patit Creek
Exp. Plot, Sec. 21, T. 10 N., R. 40 E., north side of road.
Size:
3" x 4".
Abstract: The quality of this
black and white print is moderate; most of the foreground and
background views are in sharp focus. Date of this photograph:
April 30, 1941. Location: Patit Creek Exp. Plot, Sec. 21,
T. 10 N., R. 40 E.,
north side of road. Picture: Plot closed in 1940. Density -
.20, Grasses 40%, P 10%, A 30%. Weeds 60%, P 57%, A 3%. Grasses:
Agropyron spicatum, poa secunda, bromus tectorum. Weeds: Balsamorhiza
saggitata, balsamorhiza hookeri, cogswellia, lupine, fritillaria,
collinsia, draba, quamasia, cryptantha, astragalus, hookera,
achillea, crepis.
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Photo 2_patit_cr_exper_plot_1941.jpg (246
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watershed/Patit Creek experimental plot/Forbs/Grasses. |
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Patit Creek experimental
plot in 1941 [#3]. U.S.
Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Umatilla National
Forest.
Abstract: The quality of
this black and white print is moderate; most of the foreground
and
background views are in sharp focus. Date of this photograph:
April 30, 1941. Location: Patit Cr. Exp. Plot, Sec. 21, T.
10 N., R. 40 E.,
north side of road. Picture: Plot established 1936. Density – .35;
Grasses 55%, P 50%, A 5%; Weeds 45%, P 43%, A 2%. Grasses:
Agropyron spicatum, poa secunda, bromus tectorum. Weeds: Plectritus,
balsamorhiza sagitatta, balsamorhiza hookeri, cogswellia, lupine,
fritillaria, collinsia, draba, quamasia, agoseris, cryptantha,
astragalus, hookera, achillea, crepis.
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Photo 3_patit_cr_exper_plot_1941.jpg (280
kb) | Keywords: Walla Walla RD/Walla Walla
watershed/Patit Creek experimental plot/Forbs/Grasses. |
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Allen
- Brillhart