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Eastern white pine from commercial clearcut stacked along the road in MU22,  December 1988
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU22
Compartment Management Study
commercial clearcut
equipment
logging
road
Organisms: eastern white pine
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Eastern white pine from commercial clearcut stacked along the road in MU22, December 1988
Date: Dec-88

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

Stand before second commercial clearcut, in MU8 in 1983
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU8
Compartment Management Study
commercial clearcut
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Stand before second commercial clearcut, in MU8 in 1983
Date: 1983

Stand before second commercial clearcut, in MU8 in 1983
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU8
Compartment Management Study
commercial clearcut
Organisms: spruce
balsam Fir
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Stand before second commercial clearcut, in MU8 in 1983
Date: 1983

Stand before second commercial clearcut, in MU8 in 1983
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU8
Compartment Management Study
commercial clearcut
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Stand before second commercial clearcut, in MU8 in 1983
Date: 1983

Stand before second commercial clearcut, in MU8 in 1983
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU8
Compartment Management Study
commercial clearcut
Organisms: balsam Fir
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Stand before second commercial clearcut, in MU8 in 1983
Date: 1983

Stand before second commercial clearcut, in MU8 in 1983
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU8
Compartment Management Study
commercial clearcut
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Stand before second commercial clearcut, in MU8 in 1983
Date: 1983

Regenerating stand 14 years after second cut in two-stage overstory removal in shelterwood stand, MU21 on March 29 1982
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU21
Compartment Management Study
shelterwood system
regeneration
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Regenerating stand 14 years after second cut in two-stage overstory removal in shelterwood stand, MU21 on March 29 1982
Date: 3/29/1982

Management unit sign and stand data - unthinned uniform shelterwood stand in MU23 on March 29 1982
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU23
Compartment Management Study
shelterwood system
sign
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Management unit sign and stand data - unthinned uniform shelterwood stand in MU23 on March 29 1982
Date: 3/29/1982

Completed spacing favoring spruce, uniform shelterwood stand, in MU23 on March 29 1982
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU23
Compartment Management Study
shelterwood system
thinning
release
Organisms: spruce
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Completed spacing favoring spruce, uniform shelterwood stand, in MU23 on March 29 1982
Date: 3/29/1982

Completed uniform shelterwood spacing job favoring spruce with a few hardwoods in MU23 on March 29 1982
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU23
Compartment Management Study
shelterwood system
personnel
thinning
release
Organisms: spruce
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Completed uniform shelterwood spacing job favoring spruce with a few hardwoods in MU23 on March 29 1982
Date: 3/29/1982

Two-meter-wide corridor-only spacing (row thinning) in an uniform shelterwood stand on a somewhat poorly to poorly drained site, in MU23 on March 29 1982
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU23
Compartment Management Study
shelterwood system
thinning
Organisms: spruce
balsam fir
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Two-meter-wide corridor-only spacing (row thinning) in an uniform shelterwood stand on a somewhat poorly to poorly drained site, in MU23 on March 29 1982
Date: 3/29/1982

Looking across two-meter-wide corridor-only spacing (row thinning) in an uniform shelterwood stand in MU23 on March 29 1982
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU23
Compartment Management Study
shelterwood system
thinning
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Looking across two-meter-wide corridor-only spacing (row thinning) in an uniform shelterwood stand in MU23 on March 29 1982
Date: 3/29/1982

Close-up of corridor-only spacing (row thinning) in an uniform shelterwood stand, in MU23 on March 29 1982
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU23
Compartment Management Study
shelterwood system
thinning
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Close-up of corridor-only spacing (row thinning) in an uniform shelterwood stand, in MU23 on March 29 1982
Date: 3/29/1982

Management unit sign, unspaced trees behind and trees spaced 2-by-3-meters across the road on the right, in MU23 on March 29 1982
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU23
Compartment Management Study
shelterwood system
thinning
sign
Organisms: spruce
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Management unit sign, unspaced trees behind and trees spaced 2-by-3-meters across the road on the right, in MU23 on March 29 1982
Date: 3/29/1982

Spruce sapling next to a range pole in a stand regenerated with uniform shelterwood, in MU23 in March 1981
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU23
Compartment Management Study
shelterwood system
regeneration
Organisms: spruce
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Spruce sapling next to a range pole in a stand regenerated with uniform shelterwood, in MU23 in March 1981
Date: Mar-81

Sign for MU23 showing years of harvest entries, photo taken in 1980s
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU23
Compartment Management Study
shelterwood system
sign
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Sign for MU23 showing years of harvest entries, photo taken in 1980s
Date: 1980s

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

Regeneration three years after final overstory removal in uniform shelterwood, in MU23 in 1975
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU23
Compartment Management Study
shelterwood system
regeneration
Organisms: spruce
balsam fir
eastern white pine
red maple
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Regeneration three years after final overstory removal in uniform shelterwood, in MU23 in 1975
Date: 1975

Regeneration three years after final overstory removal in uniform shelterwood, person with snow machine, in MU23 in 1975
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU23
Compartment Management Study
shelterwood system
equipment
regeneration
personnel
Organisms: spruce
balsam fir
eastern white pine
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Regeneration three years after final overstory removal in uniform shelterwood, person with snow machine, in MU23 in 1975
Date: 1975

Regeneration three years after final overstory removal in uniform shelterwood, snow machine, in MU23 in 1975
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU23
Compartment Management Study
shelterwood system
equipment
regeneration
Organisms: spruce
balsam fir
eastern white pine
red maple
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Regeneration three years after final overstory removal in uniform shelterwood, snow machine, in MU23 in 1975
Date: 1975

A person standing with regeneration three years after final overstory removal in uniform shelterwood, in MU23 in 1975
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU23
Compartment Management Study
shelterwood system
personnel
regeneration
Organisms: spruce
balsam fir
eastern white pine
red maple
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: A person standing with regeneration three years after final overstory removal in uniform shelterwood, in MU23 in 1975
Date: 1975

Regeneration three years after final overstory removal in uniform shelterwood, person with snow machine, in MU23 in 1975
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU23
Compartment Management Study
shelterwood system
personnel
regeneration
equipment
Organisms: spruce
balsam fir
eastern white pine
red maple
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Regeneration three years after final overstory removal in uniform shelterwood, person with snow machine, in MU23 in 1975
Date: 1975

Regeneration three years after final overstory removal in uniform shelterwood, in MU23 in 1975
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU23
Compartment Management Study
shelterwood system
regeneration
Organisms: spruce
balsam fir
eastern white pine
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Regeneration three years after final overstory removal in uniform shelterwood, in MU23 in 1975
Date: 1975

Snow machine on a forest road driving through a pine and spruce stand near in MU23 in 1975
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU23
Compartment Management Study
shelterwood system
equipment
road
Organisms: pine
spruce
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Snow machine on a forest road driving through a pine and spruce stand near in MU23 in 1975
Date: 1975

After second cut in a two-stage shelterwood, in MU21 on October 1968
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU21
Compartment Management Study
shelterwood system
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: After second cut in a two-stage shelterwood, in MU21 on October 1968
Date: Oct-68

Immediately after second cut in two-stage shelterwood with incomplete overstory removal, in MU21 on October 1968
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU21
Compartment Management Study
shelterwood system
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Immediately after second cut in two-stage shelterwood with incomplete overstory removal, in MU21 on October 1968
Date: Oct-68

Results of the second cut of three-stage uniform shelterwood treatment, in MU29 in October 1968
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU29
Compartment Management Study
shelterwood system
personnel
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Results of the second cut of three-stage uniform shelterwood treatment, in MU29 in October 1968
Date: Oct-68

Eastern hemlock in selection stand, in MU3 in September 1968
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU3
Compartment Management Study
selection system
Organisms: eastern hemlock
Location:
Description: Eastern hemlock in selection stand, in MU3 in September 1968
Date: Sep-68

View from permanent sample plot 4/3 while second cut of three-stage uniform shelterwood was progressing, in MU29 on July 24 1968
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU29
Compartment Management Study
shelterwood system
logging
plot
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: View from permanent sample plot 4/3 while second cut of three-stage uniform shelterwood was progressing, in MU29 on July 24 1968
Date: 7/24/1968

Uniform shelterwood with three-stage overstory removal, view from plot 5/2 before second cut, in MU29 on July 24, 1968
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU29
Compartment Management Study
shelterwood system
plot
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Uniform shelterwood with three-stage overstory removal, view from plot 5/2 before second cut, in MU29 on July 24, 1968
Date: 7/24/1968

Before the second cut in a uniform shelterwood with three-stage overstory removal, in MU29 on July 24 1968
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU29
Compartment Management Study
shelterwood system
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Before the second cut in a uniform shelterwood with three-stage overstory removal, in MU29 on July 24 1968
Date: 7/24/1968

Uniform shelterwood with three-stage overstory removal, photo taken before cut was completed, in MU29 on July 23 1968
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU29
Compartment Management Study
shelterwood system
personnel
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Uniform shelterwood with three-stage overstory removal, photo taken before cut was completed, in MU29 on July 23 1968
Date: 7/23/1968

View on and from plot 1/2 before 2nd cut completed, in MU 29 on July 23, 1968
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU29
Compartment Management Study
shelterwood system
plot
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: View on and from plot 1/2 before 2nd cut completed, in MU 29 on July 23, 1968
Date: 7/23/1968

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

Opening made 12 years ago, with balsam fir, eastern hemlock, and white pine seedlings up to 1 foot tall, in MU13 on July 5 1956
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU13
Compartment Management Study
diameter-limit cut
regeneration
Organisms: balsam fir
eastern hemlock
eastern white pine
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Opening made 12 years ago, with balsam fir, eastern hemlock, and white pine seedlings up to 1 foot tall, in MU13 on July 5 1956
Date: 7/5/1956

11-inch dbh red maple and 23-inch dbh eastern hemlock marked to release 11-inch dbh red spruce, photo point #5 (permanent sample plot 6/1) in MU13 on July 5 1956
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU13
Compartment Management Study
diameter-limit cut
marking
release
plot
photo point
Organisms: red maple
eastern hemlock
red spruce
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: 11-inch dbh red maple and 23-inch dbh eastern hemlock marked to release 11-inch dbh red spruce, photo point #5 (permanent sample plot 6/1) in MU13 on July 5 1956
Date: 7/5/1956

Pre-cut balsam fir stand with 8-9 inch dbh fir marked, photo point #1 in MU13 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: Pre-cut balsam fir stand with 8-9 inch dbh fir marked, photo point #1 in MU13 on July 5 1956
Date: 7/5/1956

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

Eastern hemlock marked for cutting, in MU13 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
Organisms: eastern hemlock
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Eastern hemlock marked for cutting, in MU13 on July 5 1956
Date: 7/5/1956

Eastern hemlock stand before cutting, two 14-inch dbh trees marked, in MU13 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: eastern hemlock
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Eastern hemlock stand before cutting, two 14-inch dbh trees marked, in MU13 on July 5 1956
Date: 7/5/1956

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