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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

Before cutting, poorly formed red maple treated for chemical debarking, photo point #1 in MU6 in June 1953
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU6
Compartment Management Study
selection system
photo point
Organisms: red maple
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Before cutting, poorly formed red maple treated for chemical debarking, photo point #1 in MU6 in June 1953
Date: Jun-53

Hand loading of log truck from log yard along winter haul road, in MU5 in November 1952
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU5
Compartment Management Study
selection system
personnel
equipment
logging
vehicle
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Hand loading of log truck from log yard along winter haul road, in MU5 in November 1952
Date: Nov-52

Hand loading of log truck from log yard along winter haul road, in MU5 in November 1952
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU5
Compartment Management Study
selection system
personnel
equipment
logging
vehicle
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Hand loading of log truck from log yard along winter haul road, in MU5 in November 1952
Date: Nov-52

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

Eastern hemlock - balsam fir stand after cutting (see photo S-3-5 for stand before cutting), photo point #5 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: eastern hemlock
balsam fir
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Eastern hemlock - balsam fir stand after cutting (see photo S-3-5 for stand before cutting), photo point #5 in MU3 on October 21 1952
Date: 10/21/1952

Deck of pine, red spruce, and eastern hemlock logs from first harvest cut, "good" cutting practice, in MU5 on October 21 1952
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU5
Compartment Management Study
selection system
logging
Organisms: pine
red spruce
eastern hemlock
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Deck of pine, red spruce, and eastern hemlock logs from first harvest cut, "good" cutting practice, in MU5 on October 21 1952
Date: 10/21/1952

Eastern hemlock tree pruned by porcupines, in MU6 on October 21 1952
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU6
Compartment Management Study
selection system
damage
wildlife
Organisms: eastern hemlock
porcupine
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Eastern hemlock tree pruned by porcupines, in MU6 on October 21 1952
Date: 10/21/1952

High-order cutting practice (selection cutting) in the Cutting Practice Level Study, in MU1 on September 29 1952
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU1
Cutting Practice Level Study
selection system
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: High-order cutting practice (selection cutting) in the Cutting Practice Level Study, in MU1 on September 29 1952
Date: 9/29/1952

Mature balsam fir stand after cutting, photo point #4 in MU5 on August 14 1952
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU5
Compartment Management Study
selection system
photo point
Organisms: balsam fir
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Mature balsam fir stand after cutting, photo point #4 in MU5 on August 14 1952
Date: 8/14/1952

Spruce - balsam fir stand after cutting, 7-9 inch dbh spruce left, photo point #3 (looking across road) in MU5 on August 14 1952
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU5
Compartment Management Study
selection system
photo point
Organisms: spruce
balsam fir
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Spruce - balsam fir stand after cutting, 7-9 inch dbh spruce left, photo point #3 (looking across road) in MU5 on August 14 1952
Date: 8/14/1952

Pre-cut black spruce, eastern white pine, and balsam fir in wet flat to swamp, looking south 20 degrees west from knoll in woods road in MU5 on August 14 1952
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU5
Compartment Management Study
selection system
road
Organisms: black spruce
eastern white pine
balsam fir
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Pre-cut black spruce, eastern white pine, and balsam fir in wet flat to swamp, looking south 20 degrees west from knoll in woods road in MU5 on August 14 1952
Date: 8/14/1952

11-inch dbh aspen girdled at base for chemical debarking in MU6 on August 14 1952
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU6
Compartment Management Study
selection system
timber stand improvement
Organisms: aspen
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: 11-inch dbh aspen girdled at base for chemical debarking in MU6 on August 14 1952
Date: 8/14/1952

5-7 inch dbh balsam fir, trees rotted at butts weakened so that they were easily broken off by wind, photo point #6 (looking north 25 degrees east) in MU7 on August 14 1952
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU7
Farm Woodlot Study
selection system
damage
photo point
Organisms: balsam fir
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: 5-7 inch dbh balsam fir, trees rotted at butts weakened so that they were easily broken off by wind, photo point #6 (looking north 25 degrees east) in MU7 on August 14 1952
Date: 8/14/1952

Opening about 10 years old in mixed-species stand, slash has disintegrated enough for regeneration to come in under ferns, stump is 4 feet tall, small balsam fir is 6 feet tall, photo point #3 (looking north 60 degrees east) in MU7 on August 14 1952
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU7
Farm Woodlot Study
selection system
regeneration
photo point
Organisms: balsam fir
fern
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Opening about 10 years old in mixed-species stand, slash has disintegrated enough for regeneration to come in under ferns, stump is 4 feet tall, small balsam fir is 6 feet tall, photo point #3 (looking north 60 degrees east) in MU7 on August 14 1952
Date: 8/14/1952

Mixed stand of eastern hemlock, red spruce, red maple, balsam fir, paper birch, and northern white-cedar, photo point #2 (looking north 55 degrees east across road) in MU7 on August 14 1952
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU7
Farm Woodlot Study
selection system
photo point
Organisms: eastern hemlock
red spruce
red maple
balsam fir
paper birch
northern white-cedar
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Mixed stand of eastern hemlock, red spruce, red maple, balsam fir, paper birch, and northern white-cedar, photo point #2 (looking north 55 degrees east across road) in MU7 on August 14 1952
Date: 8/14/1952

Chance for timber stand improvement by removing cull 14-inch dbh maple to release 3-inch dbh eastern hemlock, photo point #5 (looking north 50 degrees east) in MU7 on August 14 1952
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU7
Farm Woodlot Study
selection system
timber stand improvement
release
photo point
Organisms: eastern hemlock
maple
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Chance for timber stand improvement by removing cull 14-inch dbh maple to release 3-inch dbh eastern hemlock, photo point #5 (looking north 50 degrees east) in MU7 on August 14 1952
Date: 8/14/1952

Pulpwood ricks, in MU2 on October 18 1951
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU2
Farm Woodlot Study
selection system
logging
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Pulpwood ricks, in MU2 on October 18 1951
Date: 10/18/1951

Timber stand improvement work thinning red maple sprout clumps to best stem of each clump, in MU2 on October 18 1951
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU2
Farm Woodlot Study
selection system
logging
timber stand improvement
Organisms: red maple
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Timber stand improvement work thinning red maple sprout clumps to best stem of each clump, in MU2 on October 18 1951
Date: 10/18/1951

Yard of tree-length wood from 1951 salvage cutting, in MU2 on October 18 1951
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU2
Farm Woodlot Study
selection system
logging
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Yard of tree-length wood from 1951 salvage cutting, in MU2 on October 18 1951
Date: 10/18/1951

Opening caused by dying balsam fir. Fir seeding in (up to 3 feet tall), some eastern white pine and spruce, photo point #7 (north 38 degrees east) in MU2 on August 16 1951
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU2
Farm Woodlot Study
selection system
regeneration
photo point
Organisms: balsam fir
eastern white pine
spruce
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Opening caused by dying balsam fir. Fir seeding in (up to 3 feet tall), some eastern white pine and spruce, photo point #7 (north 38 degrees east) in MU2 on August 16 1951
Date: 8/22/1951

White spruce and balsam fir regeneration under red maple, red oak, and paper birch. Older fir have died out, photo point #8 (north 12 degrees east) in MU2 on August 22 1951
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU2
Farm Woodlot Study
selection system
regeneration
photo point
Organisms: white spruce
balsam fir
red maple
red oak
paper birch
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: White spruce and balsam fir regeneration under red maple, red oak, and paper birch. Older fir have died out, photo point #8 (north 12 degrees east) in MU2 on August 22 1951
Date: 8/22/1951

Mature balsam fir stand before cutting, heavy marking, photo point #4 (north 67 degrees east) in MU3 on August 22 1951
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU3
Compartment Management Study
selection system
marking
photo point
Organisms: balsam fir
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Mature balsam fir stand before cutting, heavy marking, photo point #4 (north 67 degrees east) in MU3 on August 22 1951
Date: 8/22/1951

Pre-cut stand, three 7-inch dbh balsam fir marked for removal, in MU3 on August 21 1951
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU3
Compartment Management Study
selection system
marking
Organisms: balsam fir
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Pre-cut stand, three 7-inch dbh balsam fir marked for removal, in MU3 on August 21 1951
Date: 8/21/1951

High-order cutting practice (selection cutting) in the Cutting Practice Level Study, post cut, photo point #2 in MU1 on August 20 1951
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU1
Cutting Practice Level Study
selection system
photo point
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: High-order cutting practice (selection cutting) in the Cutting Practice Level Study, post cut, photo point #2 in MU1 on August 20 1951
Date: 8/20/1951

Eastern white pine stand with balsam fir understory, many pine seedlings of 1950 seed crop have germinated, photo point #2 in MU2 on August 16 1951
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU2
Farm Woodlot Study
selection system
regeneration
photo point
Organisms: eastern white pine
balsam fir
regeneration
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Eastern white pine stand with balsam fir understory, many pine seedlings of 1950 seed crop have germinated, photo point #2 in MU2 on August 16 1951
Date: 8/16/1951

Mixed stand of balsam fir, poplar, red maple, spruce, and northern white-cedar, in MU2 on August 16 1951
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU2
Farm Woodlot Study
selection system
Organisms: balsam fir
poplar
red maple
spruce
northern white-cedar
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Mixed stand of balsam fir, poplar, red maple, spruce, and northern white-cedar, in MU2 on August 16 1951
Date: 8/16/1951

Red maple sprout clumps before thinning, on moist site along intermittent stream, balsam fir and white spruce regeneration, photo point #3 in MU2 on August 16 1951
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU2
Farm Woodlot Study
selection system
regeneration
photo point
Organisms: red maple
balsam fir
white spruce
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Red maple sprout clumps before thinning, on moist site along intermittent stream, balsam fir and white spruce regeneration, photo point #3 in MU2 on August 16 1951
Date: 8/16/1951

Balsam fir, eastern white pine, red maple, and spruce in MU2 on March 28 1951
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU2
Farm Woodlot Study
selection system
Organisms: balsam fir
eastern white pine
red maple
spruce
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Balsam fir, eastern white pine, red maple, and spruce in MU2 on March 28 1951
Date: 3/28/1951

Balsam fir reproduction under eastern white pine in MU2 on March 28 1951
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU2
Farm Woodlot Study
selection system
regeneration
Organisms: balsam fir
eastern white pine
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Balsam fir reproduction under eastern white pine in MU2 on March 28 1951
Date: 3/28/1951

Two balsam fir marked for cutting due to "fir bark disease," in MU2 on March 28 1951
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU2
Farm Woodlot Study
selection system
damage
marking
Organisms: balsam fir
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Two balsam fir marked for cutting due to "fir bark disease," in MU2 on March 28 1951
Date: 3/28/1951

Red maple swamp type, in MU2 on March 28 1951
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU2
Farm Woodlot Study
selection system
Organisms: red maple
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Red maple swamp type, in MU2 on March 28 1951
Date: 3/28/1951

Balsam fir, eastern white pine, red maple, and spruce in MU2 on March 28 1951
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU2
Farm Woodlot Study
selection system
Organisms: balsam fir
eastern white pine
red maple
spruce
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Balsam fir, eastern white pine, red maple, and spruce in MU2 on March 28 1951
Date: 3/28/1951

MU 26 in 1950's
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU26
Compartment Management Study
selection system
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: MU 26 in 1950's
Date: 1950s

MU 26 in 1950's
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU26
Compartment Management Study
selection system
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: MU 26 in 1950's
Date: 1950s

MU 26 in 1950's
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU26
Compartment Management Study
selection system
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: MU 26 in 1950's
Date: 1950s

Regeneration, in MU26
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU26
Compartment Management Study
selection system
regeneration
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Regeneration, in MU26
Date: 1950s

Pre-cut stand with patch of trees blown down in December 1950, balsam fir marked, in MU3, about 1950
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU3
Compartment Management Study
selection system
damage
marking
Organisms: balsam fir
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Pre-cut stand with patch of trees blown down in December 1950, balsam fir marked, in MU3, about 1950
Date: 1950s

Large red spruce and eastern hemlock with a sapling understory of balsam fir in a selection stand, in MU16
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU16
Compartment Management Study
selection system
regeneration
Organisms: red spruce
eastern hemlock
balsam fir
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Large red spruce and eastern hemlock with a sapling understory of balsam fir in a selection stand, in MU16
Date:

Prolific balsam fir reproduction and some red spruce in a forest opening in a selection stand, in MU16
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU16
Compartment Management Study
selection system
regeneration
Organisms: balsam fir
red spruce
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Prolific balsam fir reproduction and some red spruce in a forest opening in a selection stand, in MU16
Date:

White spruce 10 inches dbh, balsam fir coming in opening, larger fir are 6 feet tall, in MU2
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU2
Farm Woodlot Study
selection system
regeneration
Organisms: white spruce
balsam fir
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: White spruce 10 inches dbh, balsam fir coming in opening, larger fir are 6 feet tall, in MU2
Date:

Red spruce in MU20
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU20
Compartment Management Study
selection system
Organisms: red spruce
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Red spruce in MU20
Date:

Black spruce and balsam fir, in MU5
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU5
Compartment Management Study
selection system
Organisms: black spruce
balsam fir
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Black spruce and balsam fir, in MU5
Date:

Selection stand, in MU 90
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU90
Cutting Practice Level Study
selection system
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Selection stand, in MU 90
Date: