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Two years after fourth selection cut, in MU3 on 1983
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU3
Compartment Management Study
selection system
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Two years after fourth selection cut, in MU3 on 1983
Date: 1983

Spruce sapling in a selection stand with a 5-year cutting cycle, in MU9 on October 4 1978
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU9
Compartment Management Study
selection system
Organisms: spruce
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Spruce sapling in a selection stand with a 5-year cutting cycle, in MU9 on October 4 1978
Date: 10/4/1978

Frank Roy preparing to skid logs with his horse in MU14, in May 1968
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU14
Compartment Management Study
selection system
equipment
logging
personnel
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Frank Roy preparing to skid logs with his horse in MU14, in May 1968
Date: May-68

Aerial photograph of MU12 (left foreground), MU8 (center background), and MU6 (beyond) in March 1959
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU6
MU8
MU12
Compartment Management Study
aerial photo
commercial clearcut
selection system
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Aerial photograph of MU12 (left foreground), MU8 (center background), and MU6 (beyond) in March 1959
Date: Mar-59

Aerial photograph of MU8 (foreground) and MU6 (beyond) in March 1959
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU6
MU8
Compartment Management Study
selection system
commercial clearcut
aerial photo
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Aerial photograph of MU8 (foreground) and MU6 (beyond) in March 1959
Date: Mar-59

Harold Tuttle bucking paper birch bolts in MU31 in March 1957
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU31
Compartment Management Study
selection system
personnel
logging
Organisms: paper birch
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Harold Tuttle bucking paper birch bolts in MU31 in March 1957
Date: Mar-57

13-inch dbh eastern hemlock chemically debarked, 9-inch dbh spruce left, photo point #2 (permanent sample plot 2/1) in MU14 on July 5 1956
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU14
Compartment Management Study
selection system
personnel
plot
photo point
Organisms: eastern hemlock
spruce
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: 13-inch dbh eastern hemlock chemically debarked, 9-inch dbh spruce left, photo point #2 (permanent sample plot 2/1) in MU14 on July 5 1956
Date: 7/5/1956

Spruce regeneration 3-5 feet tall, photo point #6 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
personnel
photo point
Organisms: spruce
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Spruce regeneration 3-5 feet tall, photo point #6 in MU14 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

14-inch dbh paper birch in MU14 on July 5 1956
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU14
Compartment Management Study
selection system
personnel
photo point
Organisms: paper birch
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: 14-inch dbh paper birch in MU14 on July 5 1956
Date: 7/5/1956

Northern white-cedar and hardwood marked for removal, 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
personnel
photo point
Organisms: northern white-cedar
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Northern white-cedar and hardwood marked for removal, 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

Balsam fir saplings in an opening, photo point #2 (one-half chain from southwest boundary between cruise lines 1 and 2, tripod legs half extended) in MU17 on May 6 1955
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU17
Compartment Management Study
selection system
regeneration
photo point
Organisms: balsam fir
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Balsam fir saplings in an opening, photo point #2 (one-half chain from southwest boundary between cruise lines 1 and 2, tripod legs half extended) in MU17 on May 6 1955
Date: 5/6/1955

Old clearing with balsam fir and eastern hemlock regeneration, one cull hemlock treated and two hemlock to be removed in a selection cutting, four pole-size spruce trees, photo point #5 (along the road 2.3 chains beyond permanent sample plot center post) in MU17 on May 6 1955
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU17
Compartment Management Study
selection system
regeneration
plot
photo point
Organisms: balsam fir
eastern hemlock
spruce
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Old clearing with balsam fir and eastern hemlock regeneration, one cull hemlock treated and two hemlock to be removed in a selection cutting, four pole-size spruce trees, photo point #5 (along the road 2.3 chains beyond permanent sample plot center post) in MU17 on May 6 1955
Date: 5/6/1955

Northern white-cedar stand on low ground with balsam fir regeneration, a red maple and a paper birch are marked for removal in a selection cutting, photo point #1 (south 60 degrees west, 1.8 chains from center of permanent sample plot 1/3) in MU17 on May 6 1955
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU17
Compartment Management Study
selection system
marking
regeneration
plot
photo point
Organisms: northern white-cedar
red maple
paper birch
balsam fir
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Northern white-cedar stand on low ground with balsam fir regeneration, a red maple and a paper birch are marked for removal in a selection cutting, photo point #1 (south 60 degrees west, 1.8 chains from center of permanent sample plot 1/3) in MU17 on May 6 1955
Date: 5/6/1955

Spruce - eastern hemlock stand, some hemlock to be cut, cull maple, balsam fir thicket behind two hemlock marked for removal in a selection cutting, photo point #4 (near permanent sample plot 2/1) in MU17 on May 6 1955
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU17
Compartment Management Study
selection system
marking
plot
photo point
Organisms: eastern hemlock
spruce
maple
balsam fir
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Spruce - eastern hemlock stand, some hemlock to be cut, cull maple, balsam fir thicket behind two hemlock marked for removal in a selection cutting, photo point #4 (near permanent sample plot 2/1) in MU17 on May 6 1955
Date: 5/6/1955

After cutting, the large eastern white pine marked for cutting was missed by the logging crew, photo point #2 in MU6 on May 2 1955
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU6
Compartment Management Study
selection system
marking
photo point
Organisms: eastern white pine
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: After cutting, the large eastern white pine marked for cutting was missed by the logging crew, photo point #2 in MU6 on May 2 1955
Date: 5/2/1955

Conifer stand in MU17 in 1955
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU17
Compartment Management Study
selection system
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Conifer stand in MU17 in 1955
Date: 1955

Post-cut, 15-inch dbh eastern hemlock and 8-9 inch dbh red maple marked, leaving red spruce 4-11 inches dbh, photo point #1 (in permanent sample plot 2/4) in MU10 on August 2, 1954
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU10
Compartment Management Study
selection system
marking
plot
photo point
Organisms: eastern hemlock
red maple
red spruce
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Post-cut, 15-inch dbh eastern hemlock and 8-9 inch dbh red maple marked, leaving red spruce 4-11 inches dbh, photo point #1 (in permanent sample plot 2/4) in MU10 on August 2, 1954
Date: 8/2/1954

Seed trap for seedbed study (plot #6) in fully stocked softwood stand, in MU5 on August 2 1954
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU5
Compartment Management Study
selection system
personnel
regeneration
plot
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Seed trap for seedbed study (plot #6) in fully stocked softwood stand, in MU5 on August 2 1954
Date: 8/2/1954