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Umatilla National Forest
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Historic Photos - OARD - PIPER
Oard, Al. 1965.
Bridge at Bull Prairie. USDA Forest Service, Umatilla National Forest,
Heppner Ranger District. Size: 4 1/2 x 3 1/4.
Abstract: This black and white photo show District Ranger
Sam Miller standing on a small bridge built across the inlet
at Bull Prairie.
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Oard, Al. 1965.
Wineland Lake. USDA Forest Service, Umatilla National
Forest, Heppner Ranger District. Locality: T7S R24E. Size:
4 x 3 1/4
Abstract: This black and white photo was
taken in 1965 of Wineland lake. A boat and a couple of docks,
and a building
are shown in the picture. Wineland Lake was once owned by Kinzua
and used as a log pond.
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Pardee,
J. T. [Date unknown]. Geological Survey camp in pine forest
near Whitney,
OR. 268. USDA, Forest Service,
Wallowa-Whitman National Forest. Locality: Whitney,
Oregon. Size: 8" x 10". Biography of Joseph T. Pardee
Abstract:
Photographer was assigned to the U. S. Geological Survey. The
print quality is good; both the foreground and background portions
are in moderate to sharp focus. The picture is a black and
white photograph showing a Geological Survey camp in a pine
forest near Whitney, Oregon, which is a small townsite east
of Austin and west of Sumpter. The vegetation is comprised
of medium to large diameter ponderosa pine. Ground cover appears
to be dominated mostly by grass and forbs. In addition, it
appears that some Douglas-fir is intermixed with the ponderosa
pine.
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Pardee, J. T. [Date
unknown]. Glaciated valley at head of Crawfish Creek.
21. USDA, Forest Service, Wallowa-Whitman
National Forest. Locality: T.
7 S., R. 36 E. Size: 8" x 10".
Abstract:
Photographer was assigned the U. S. Geological Survey. The
print quality is good to moderate; both the foreground and
background portions are in moderate to sharp focus. The picture
is a black and white photograph of a glaciated valley. The
vegetation in the foreground and middleground appears to be
subalpine fir and Engelmann spruce. The middleground contains
two meadows and rocky slopes. There appears to be a large valley
in the far distance (background). A quick perusal of the Wallowa-Whitman's
recreation visitor's map showed a Crawfish Creek draining into
the North Fork of the John Day River, with its headwaters being
approximately one mile from Anthony Lakes. Crawfish Lake, in
the North Fork John Day Wilderness, is also located in the
headwaters area.
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fir/Engelmann spruce/Malheur NF/Mountain meadows/Crawfish
Creek/Crawfish Lake/North Fork John Day Wilderness/Anthony Lakes. |
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Pardee, J. T. [Date
unknown]. Government trail through lodgepole pine forest. 290.
Size: 8" x 10".
Abstract: Photographer was assigned to the
U. S. Geological Survey. The picture is a black and white photograph
showing a trail going through an extremely dense lodgepole
pine stand. The stand is in the stem exclusion stage, with
no tree regeneration in evidence and absolutely no ground cover
other than woody debris and litter/duff. Print quality is moderate
to good, with most portions of the foreground and background
views in sharp focus.
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Pardee, J. T. [Date
unknown]. Hydraulic mining, North Fork placer mine.
284. USDA, Forest Service, Wallowa-Whitman
National Forest. Locality: North Fork of Trail Creek, near
North Fork John Day River? Size: 8" x
10".
Abstract:
Photographer was assigned to the U. S. Geological Survey. This
picture is a black and white photograph showing a hydraulic
mining operation, possibly on the North Fork of Trail Creek
near its junction with the North Fork of the John Day River.
The print quality is good; both the foreground and background
portions are in moderate to sharp focus. A nozzle was operating
when this image was acquired, and a sluiceway is shown in the
middleground, with water coursing through it and out one end.
Most of the foreground and middleground depicts large cobbles
and rocks as one would expect from the tailings produced by
a hydraulic operation. Much of the background shows steep-sided
slopes of bare soil that were apparently exposed by previous
dredging operations. In the left middleground is a pile of
pipe that was related to the dredging operation. The far background
depicts a dense conifer stand that consists primarily of lodgepole
pine, possibly with intermixed western larch and other species.
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larch/Trail Creek/Placer mining/Hydraulic mining/North Fork
John Day River. |
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Pardee, J. T. [Date
unknown]. A lodgepole pine forest. 264. USDA, Forest
Service, Wallowa-Whitman National Forest. Locality: Sumpter
quadrangle. Size: 8" x 10".
Abstract:
Photographer was assigned to the U. S. Geological Survey. Print
quality is poor, with most of the image at least slightly out
of focus. It is likely that the focus problem is associated
with the negative from which the print was made. The picture
is a black and white photograph showing a lodgepole pine stand
with a native-surface road located in the center of the foreground
area. The road has low to moderate ruts associated apparently
with wagon use. The lodgepole stand is apparently in the understory
reinitiation stage, with some portions being very dense and
others beginning to degenerate, which was allowing shade-tolerant
species such as grand fir to get established in the understory.
Downed logs and woody debris can also be distinguished on the
forest floor. Old, heavily-diseased western larches can also
be discerned in the background; they have dead tops, sparse
crowns, and are probably infected with dwarf mistletoe.
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pine/Plant succession. |
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Pardee, J. T. [Date
unknown]. Logged-off land near Whitney, OR. 269. USDA,
Forest Service, Wallowa-Whitman National Forest. Locality:
Whitney OR. Size: 8" x 10".
Abstract:
Photographer was assigned to the U. S. Geological Survey. Print
quality is moderate, with most of the image at least slightly
out of focus. It is likely that the focus problem is associated
with the negative from which the print was made. The picture
is a black and white photograph showing a logged area on private
land (outside of the Whitman National Forest) near Whitney,
Oregon. The vegetation in the photograph is composed of grass,
small shrubs, and ponderosa pine. The area within the photo
had been harvested within the relatively recent past; a large
component of down logs remained after the harvest. The area
depicted is relatively broad and flat. [Note: logging on the
Whitman National Forest, most of which was selective or partial
cuttings in the ponderosa pine type, began about 1910 and by
1915, about 6,000 acres of yellow (ponderosa) pine forest had
been cut-over using selection cutting.]
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NF/Cutover areas/Selection cutting/Timber harvesting. |
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Pardee, J. T. [Date
unknown]. Logged-off lands near Austin, OR. 261. USDA,
Forest Service, Malheur National Forest. Locality: Austin,
Oregon. Size: 8" x 10".
Abstract:
Photographer was assigned to the U. S. Geological Survey. Print
quality is moderate, with most of the image at least slightly
out of focus. It is likely that the focus problem is associated
with the negative from which the print was made. This picture
is a black and white photograph of a logged area on national
forest lands near Austin, Oregon. It appears that much of the
ponderosa pine volume was harvested from the area depicted
in this photograph, although some of the larger trees were
left as a seed source. Vegetation in the foreground includes
young ponderosa pine seedlings in addition to grasses, forbs,
and low shrubs. The middleground contains scattered medium
size ponderosa pine and Douglas-fir. In the distant background,
an apparently untreated forest area contains an uneven-aged
mixed-conifer stand with a predominance of grand fir, ponderosa
pine, and Douglas-fir. [Note: logging on the Whitman National
Forest (at the time this photograph was acquired, the portion
of the Malheur NF adjoining Austin was included within the
Whitman NF), most of which was selective or partial cuttings
in the ponderosa pine type, began about 1910 and by 1915, about
6,000 acres of yellow (ponderosa) pine forest had been cut-over
using selection cutting.]
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NF/Cutover areas/Selection cutting/Timber harvesting. |
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Pardee, J. T. [Date
unknown]. North Fork placer mine in glacial moraine.
283. USDA, Forest Service, Wallowa-Whitman
National Forest. Locality: North Fork of Trail Creek, near
North Fork John Day River? Size: 8" x 10".
Abstract:
Photographer was assigned to the U. S. Geological Survey. This
picture is a black and white photograph showing the North Fork
placer mine, which was operating in a glacial moraine. The
photograph graphically displays the effects of a hydraulic
mining operation, possibly one located on the North Fork of
Trail Creek near its junction with the North Fork of the John
Day River. The print quality is moderate to good; most of the
foreground and background portions are in moderate to sharp
focus. Very little undisturbed area is visible in the foreground
or middleground portions of this scene. Many areas consist
of either cobble-type rubble or sandy, exposed areas that constitute
the stream channel, such as it was at the time. A scattering
of young, "bushy" lodgepole pines are established
in a zone across the middleground portion. Evidence of hydraulic
mining activity, including exposed, apparently eroding hillsides,
is also obvious in background portions of this photograph.
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Pardee, J. T. [Date
unknown]. South slope of Greenhorn Mountain. 267.
USDA, Forest Service, Umatilla and Wallowa-Whitman National
Forests. Locality:
Greenhorn Mountain. Size: 8" x 10".
Abstract:
Photographer was assigned to the U. S. Geological Survey. The
picture is a black and white photograph showing the south slope
of Greenhorn Mountain. The print quality is good; both the
foreground and background portions are in moderate to sharp
focus. Most of the foreground shows forbs and grasses on a
high-elevation site that is either an alpine environment, or
a subalpine-zone meadow. Some of the floristic composition
in the foreground area may include green fescue. The middleground
depicts a typical subalpine environment, with variable-density
stands of Engelmann spruce and subalpine fir intermixed with
mountain meadows. Although crown silhouettes are not always
clear enough to discriminate individual species, it is possible
that whitebark pine also occurs somewhere in this scene. The
background shows several mountain summits and additional alpine
sites, including talus slopes. A summit in the upper left background
may be Greenhorn Mountain itself.
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pine/Engelmann spruce/Green fescue/Subalpine
fir. |
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Pardee, J. T. [Date
unknown]. Spruce forest, 1 mile east of Greenhorn.
262. USDA, Forest Service, Wallowa-Whitman
National Forest. Locality: T. 10 S.,
R. 35 E., sec. 10. Size: 8" x 10".
Abstract:
Photographer was assigned to the U. S. Geological Survey. This
picture is a black and white photograph showing a spruce forest
approximately one mile east of the mining district of Greenhorn.
The print quality is good; both the foreground and background
portions are in sharp focus. The foreground shows a native-surface
road with two ruts and several high stumps from the road right-of-way
clearing; one of the stumps is charred, indicating that slash
from the clearing operation was probably burned on-site. Several
subalpine fir seedlings can be discerned in the foreground
and middleground. Shrubs, possibly Ribes, are also apparent.
The middleground and background shows a dense, multi-layered
forest comprised of Douglas-fir, Engelmann spruce, grand fir,
western larch and subalpine fir. There are several large-diameter
snags present, most of which are broken off approximately 15
feet above the ground. In the mature forest portion of the
photograph, a large amount of downed wood is present on the
ground.
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fir/Engelmann spruce/Western larch/Rocky
Mountain Douglas-fir/Grand fir/Ribes/Snags. |
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Pardee, J. T. [Date
unknown]. Yellow pine forest. 256. USDA, Forest Service,
Wallowa-Whitman National Forest. Locality: Sumpter quadrangle.
Size: 8" x 10".
Abstract:
Photographer was assigned the U. S. Geological Survey. This
picture is a black and white photograph showing a yellow (ponderosa)
pine forest. The print quality is good; both the foreground
and background portions are in moderate to sharp focus. Although
the photographer states that a yellow pine forest is depicted,
the area is actually a mix of various conifers. Overstory vegetation
is comprised of western larch, ponderosa pine, and grand fir.
The understory is primarily shrubs and grass. At the time this
photograph was acquired, there was a mid-height shrub in flower,
possibly snowbrush ceanothus. Several large pieces of downed
wood are on the ground in the foreground; one of them seems
to be from Douglas-fir or lodgepole pine. A mature western
larch in the middleground appears to have a severe infection
of dwarf mistletoe based on a large number of brooms present
in the crown.
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larch/Rocky Mountain Douglas-fir/Snowbrush ceanothus/Grand
fir. |
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Parke,
W. M. 1947. Tollgate Winter Sports Area. 443258,
443260, 443261. USDA Forest Service, Umatilla National Forest,
Walla Walla Ranger District. Date: February 12, 1947. Size:
5 1/2
x 3 1/4
Abstract: These black and white photos are of excellent quality.
Photo 443258 show a temporary warming hut erected by Tollgate
Recreation Council at Spout Springs, Tollgate Winter Sports
Area. Photo 443260 shows a long line of cars and trucks
parked along side the road against a bank of plowed snow.
Skiiers
are
shown getting ready to pack their gear to the ski hill.
Photo 443261 shows Forest officers removing snow from roof
of woodshed at Tollgate Ranger Station. (L to R) District
Ranger Willis W. Ward, Harley Allen, President Tollgate Recreation
Council, and District Guard Beaver on top of roof.
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Keywords: Recreation, Skiing, vehicles,
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Parke, W. N. 1950.
Olive Lake. 464344. USDA Forest Service, Umatilla National Forest,
Dale Ranger District. July 1950.
Abstract: This black and white photo is of excellent quality.
Ranger Avery Berry in foreground on the bank of Olive Lake.
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Piper,
A. M. 1928. Piedmont plain at north flank of Blue Mountains. 122.
Size: 8" x 10".
Abstract: Photographer was assigned to the
U. S. Geological Survey. This picture is a black and white
photograph showing the plains (valley) area near the foothills
of the northern Blue Mountains. The print quality is good;
both the foreground and background portions are in sharp
focus. The vegetation in the foreground is mostly grass and
rabbitbrush. The middleground changes to grass, shrubs, and
hardwood trees along the riparian area. The hardwoods are
most likely cottonwood, while the shrubs are probably willow.
Cattle are grazing in a low-lying field adjacent to the riparian
zone. In the distant background, the foothills of the northern
Blues are shown. What is particularly interesting about the
background scene is that apparently the forests (ponderosa
pine?) came all the way down to the valley floor, at least
on the cooler, north- or east-facing aspects. That is a much
lower elevational distribution for the forests than the current
situation, where agriculture is the dominant land use on
those sites.
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grazing/Black cottonwood. |
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- Brillhart