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Heavy marking of balsam fir, 7-12 inches before cutting, in MU13, photo point #4 on July 5 1956
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU13
Compartment Management Study
diameter-limit cut
marking
personnel
photo point
Organisms: balsam fir
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Heavy marking of balsam fir, 7-12 inches before cutting, in MU13, photo point #4 on July 5 1956
Date: 7/5/1956

8 and 10 inch dbh balsam fir marked, leaving 8 inch dbh eastern hemlock and a clump of 4 inch dbh spruce in MU14 on July 5 1956
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU14
Compartment Management Study
selection system
marking
photo point
Organisms: balsam fir
eastern hemlock
spruce
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: 8 and 10 inch dbh balsam fir marked, leaving 8 inch dbh eastern hemlock and a clump of 4 inch dbh spruce in MU14 on July 5 1956
Date: 7/5/1956

Large opening made about 12 years ago, bracken fern and raspberry with few spruce, balsam fir, or eastern hemlock seedlings, photo point #1 (near permanent sample plot 3/1) in MU14 on July 5 1956
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU14
Compartment Management Study
selection system
regeneration
plot
photo point
Organisms: spruce
balsam fir
eastern hemlock
raspberry
bracken fern
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Large opening made about 12 years ago, bracken fern and raspberry with few spruce, balsam fir, or eastern hemlock seedlings, photo point #1 (near permanent sample plot 3/1) in MU14 on July 5 1956
Date: 7/5/1956

Opening seeding in to balsam fir, eastern hemlock, red maple, and American beech, photo point #4 (between old woods road and MU14 boundary) in MU15 on July 5 1956
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU15
Compartment Management Study
diameter-limit cut
personnel
regeneration
photo point
Organisms: balsam fir
eastern hemlock
red maple
American beech
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Opening seeding in to balsam fir, eastern hemlock, red maple, and American beech, photo point #4 (between old woods road and MU14 boundary) in MU15 on July 5 1956
Date: 7/5/1956

Balsam fir saplings in foreground, 10-inch dbh spruce and eastern hemlock in background, photo point #2 (permanent sample plot 2/2, west of gravel road, south of woods road looking north) in MU4 on July 5 1956
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU4
Compartment Management Study
diameter-limit cut
personnel
plot
photo point
Organisms: balsam fir
spruce
eastern hemlock
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Balsam fir saplings in foreground, 10-inch dbh spruce and eastern hemlock in background, photo point #2 (permanent sample plot 2/2, west of gravel road, south of woods road looking north) in MU4 on July 5 1956
Date: 7/5/1956

Patch of raspberry with a few spruce and balsam fir seedlings, photo point #6 (permanent sample plot 2/1) in MU23 on May 24 1955
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU23
Compartment Management Study
shelterwood system
regeneration
plot
photo point
Organisms: spruce
balsam fir
raspberry
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Patch of raspberry with a few spruce and balsam fir seedlings, photo point #6 (permanent sample plot 2/1) in MU23 on May 24 1955
Date: 5/24/1955

Eastern hemlock - hardwood stand before cutting, 9-inch dbh red maple and 12-inch dbh American beech marked for cutting, 14-inch dbh hemlock kept as future sawlog tree, balsam fir and beech regeneration, photo point #2 (on MU boundary behind permanent sample plot 1/1) in MU24 on May 24 1955
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU24
Compartment Management Study
diameter-limit cut
marking
plot
release
regeneration
photo point
Organisms: eastern hemlock
red maple
American beech
balsam fir
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Eastern hemlock - hardwood stand before cutting, 9-inch dbh red maple and 12-inch dbh American beech marked for cutting, 14-inch dbh hemlock kept as future sawlog tree, balsam fir and beech regeneration, photo point #2 (on MU boundary behind permanent sample plot 1/1) in MU24 on May 24 1955
Date: 5/24/1955

Pre cut balsam fir, 7-11 inches marked, in MU23 on March 31 1955
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU23
Compartment Management Study
shelterwood system
marking
photo point
Organisms: balsam fir
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Pre cut balsam fir, 7-11 inches marked, in MU23 on March 31 1955
Date: 3/31/1955

Pre cut balsam fir and red spruce stand. Fir are dying from top. Marked 8-11" fir, leaving 5-7" spruce, in MU23 on March 31 1955
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU23
Compartment Management Study
shelterwood system
marking
photo point
Organisms: balsam fir
red spruce
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Pre cut balsam fir and red spruce stand. Fir are dying from top. Marked 8-11" fir, leaving 5-7" spruce, in MU23 on March 31 1955
Date: 3/31/1955

Before cutting in mixed stand. Balsam fir 7 inches, American beech 9 inches, red maple 10 inches, in MU23 on March 31 1955
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU23
Compartment Management Study
shelterwood system
personnel
photo point
Organisms: balsam fir
American beech
red maple
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Before cutting in mixed stand. Balsam fir 7 inches, American beech 9 inches, red maple 10 inches, in MU23 on March 31 1955
Date: 3/31/1955

Pre cut, balsam fir, paper birch, red maple, beech, photo point #2 in MU23 on March 21 1955
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU23
Compartment Management Study
shelterwood system
photo point
Organisms: balsam fir
paper birch
red maple
beech
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Pre cut, balsam fir, paper birch, red maple, beech, photo point #2 in MU23 on March 21 1955
Date: 3/21/1955

Before cutting in 55-year old balsam fir stand. Trees range in size up to 11 inches dbh, in MU23 on March 21 1955
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU23
Compartment Management Study
shelterwood system
photo point
Organisms: balsam fir
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Before cutting in 55-year old balsam fir stand. Trees range in size up to 11 inches dbh, in MU23 on March 21 1955
Date: 3/21/1955

Before cutting in balsam fir stand, photo point #6 (near corner of MUs 1, 8, 11, and 12, looking southeast) in MU12 on July 16 1954
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU12
Compartment Management Study
selection system
photo point
Organisms: balsam fir
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Before cutting in balsam fir stand, photo point #6 (near corner of MUs 1, 8, 11, and 12, looking southeast) in MU12 on July 16 1954
Date: 7/16/1954

Pre-cut, spruce 6-8 inches dbh, balsam fir 4-12 inches dbh, eastern white pine 12 inches dbh by axe, seedlings of pine, eastern hemlock, spruce, and fir, photo point #1 (looking east) in MU12 on July 16 1954
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU12
Compartment Management Study
selection system
regeneration
photo point
Organisms: spruce
balsam fir
eastern white pine
eastern hemlock
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Pre-cut, spruce 6-8 inches dbh, balsam fir 4-12 inches dbh, eastern white pine 12 inches dbh by axe, seedlings of pine, eastern hemlock, spruce, and fir, photo point #1 (looking east) in MU12 on July 16 1954
Date: 7/16/1954

Spruce and balsam fir regeneration in opening, trees in center are 15 feet tall, photo point #1 (looking southwest) in MU12 on July 16 1954
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU12
Compartment Management Study
selection system
regeneration
photo point
Organisms: spruce
balsam fir
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Spruce and balsam fir regeneration in opening, trees in center are 15 feet tall, photo point #1 (looking southwest) in MU12 on July 16 1954
Date: 7/16/1954

Aspen marked for cutting to release balsam fir and spruce, photo point #4 in MU2 on July 16 1954
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU2
Farm Woodlot Study
selection system
marking
release
photo point
Organisms: aspen
balsam fir
spruce
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Aspen marked for cutting to release balsam fir and spruce, photo point #4 in MU2 on July 16 1954
Date: 7/16/1954

Seedlings of balsam fir, eastern white pine, and white spruce in an opening made about 12 years ago, photo point #4 in MU9 on May 18 1954
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU9
Compartment Management Study
selection system
regeneration
photo point
Organisms: balsam fir
white spruce
eastern white pine
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Seedlings of balsam fir, eastern white pine, and white spruce in an opening made about 12 years ago, photo point #4 in MU9 on May 18 1954
Date: 5/18/1954

Balsam fir regeneration 12 feet tall and 2 inches dbh in opening made about 12 years ago, photo point #2 (about 2 chains south of permanent sample plot 4/3) in MU10 on May 17 1954
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU10
Compartment Management Study
selection system
plot
regeneration
photo point
Organisms: balsam fir
red spruce
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Balsam fir regeneration 12 feet tall and 2 inches dbh in opening made about 12 years ago, photo point #2 (about 2 chains south of permanent sample plot 4/3) in MU10 on May 17 1954
Date: 5/17/1954

Before cutting, larger balsam fir marked for cutting, eastern white pine and white spruce left, photo point #4 in MU6 on June 1953
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU6
Compartment Management Study
selection system
marking
photo point
Organisms: balsam fir
white spruce
eastern white pine
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Before cutting, larger balsam fir marked for cutting, eastern white pine and white spruce left, photo point #4 in MU6 on June 1953
Date: Jun-53

After selection cutting, three 7-inch dbh balsam fir removed (see S-3-1 for stand before cut), photo point #3 in MU3 on October 21 1952
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU3
Compartment Management Study
selection system
photo point
Organisms: balsam fir
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: After selection cutting, three 7-inch dbh balsam fir removed (see S-3-1 for stand before cut), photo point #3 in MU3 on October 21 1952
Date: 10/21/1952