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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

Group visiting the Penobscot Experimental Forest from the World Forestry Center in front of tour bus near the U.S. Forest Service building, on October 6 1987
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: personnel
vehicle
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Group visiting the Penobscot Experimental Forest from the World Forestry Center in front of tour bus near the U.S. Forest Service building, on October 6 1987
Date: 10/6/1987

Group visiting Penobscot Experimental Forest from the World Forestry Center in front of tour bus near the U.S. Forest Service building, on October 6, 1987
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: personnel
vehicle
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Group visiting Penobscot Experimental Forest from the World Forestry Center in front of tour bus near the U.S. Forest Service building, on October 6, 1987
Date: 10/6/1987

Logging truck loading sawlogs at the landing in the Logging Study, in MU2 in 1984
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU2
Logging Study
shelterwood system
equipment
logging
road
vehicle
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Logging truck loading sawlogs at the landing in the Logging Study, in MU2 in 1984
Date: 1984

Truck being loaded with chips at the landing in the Logging Study, in MU2 in 1984
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU2
Logging Study
shelterwood system
equipment
logging
road
vehicle
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Truck being loaded with chips at the landing in the Logging Study, in MU2 in 1984
Date: 1984

Equipment used for cutting conifers along the road in the Logging Study, in MU2 in 1984
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU2
Logging Study
shelterwood system
equipment
logging
road
Organisms: balsam fir
spruce
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Equipment used for cutting conifers along the road in the Logging Study, in MU2 in 1984
Date: 1984

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

Regenerating stand 14 years after second cut in two-stage overstory removal in shelterwood stand, in Study 58 on March 29 1982
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: Study 58
thinning
regeneration
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Regenerating stand 14 years after second cut in two-stage overstory removal in shelterwood stand, in Study 58 on March 29 1982
Date: 3/29/1982

"Row Spacing Only, Unfertilized" sign, 5.5 growing seasons after precommercial thinning in plot 21, in Study 58 on March 29 1982
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: Study 58
thinning
sign
plot
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: "Row Spacing Only, Unfertilized" sign, 5.5 growing seasons after precommercial thinning in plot 21, in Study 58 on March 29 1982
Date: 3/29/1982

"Row Spacing Only, Unfertilized" sign, 5.5 growing seasons after precommercial thinning in plot 23, in Study 58 on March 29 1982
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU58
thinning
sign
plot
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: "Row Spacing Only, Unfertilized" sign, 5.5 growing seasons after precommercial thinning in plot 23, in Study 58 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

Young eastern white pine provenance test, in EP1 in the 1980s
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: EP1
White Pine Provenance Study
planting
regeneration
Organisms: eastern white pine
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Young eastern white pine provenance test, in EP1 in the 1980s
Date: 1980s

Eastern white pine provenance test, sign with information, in EP1 in the 1980s
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: EP1
White Pine Provenance Study
planting
regeneration
sign
Organisms: eastern white pine
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Eastern white pine provenance test, sign with information, in EP1 in the 1980s
Date: 1980s

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

Mike Shewokis with the 10-year spacing results display model in Study 58 in the 1980s
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: Study 58
thinning
personnel
study results
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Mike Shewokis with the 10-year spacing results display model in Study 58 in the 1980s
Date: 1980s

"Early Release and Fertilization Study in Spruce-Fir" sign and spruce saplings in Study 58 in the 1980s
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: Study 58
thinning
regeneration
sign
Organisms: spruce
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: "Early Release and Fertilization Study in Spruce-Fir" sign and spruce saplings in Study 58 in the 1980s
Date: 1980s

People near the 10-year spacing study results display model in Study 58 in the 1980s
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: Study 58
thinning
personnel
study results
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: People near the 10-year spacing study results display model in Study 58 in the 1980s
Date: 1980s

A field tour visiting the 10-year spacing study results display model in Study 58 in the 1980s
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: Study 58
thinning
personnel
study results
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: A field tour visiting the 10-year spacing study results display model in Study 58 in the 1980s
Date: 1980s

People unloading a vehicle in a spruce stand in Study 58 in the 1980s
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: Study 58
thinning
personnel
vehicle
sign
Organisms: spruce
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: People unloading a vehicle in a spruce stand in Study 58 in the 1980s
Date: 1980s

Part of the 10-year spacing study results display model in Study 58 in the 1980s
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: Study 58
thinning
study results
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Part of the 10-year spacing study results display model in Study 58 in the 1980s
Date: 1980s

Fran Lawlor with the snow machine in the 1980s
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: personnel
equipment
road
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Fran Lawlor with the snow machine in the 1980s
Date: 1980s

U.S. Forest Service building on the Penobscot Experimental Forest after renovations were complete
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: infrastructure
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: U.S. Forest Service building on the Penobscot Experimental Forest after renovations were complete
Date: 1980s

A graph depicting 30-year net production in MUs 90 through 93 after different treatments applied in the Cutting Practice Level Study
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU90
MU91
MU92
MU93
Cutting Practice Level Study
selection system
commercial clearcut
diameter-limit cut
study results
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: A graph depicting 30-year net production in MUs 90 through 93 after different treatments applied in the Cutting Practice Level Study
Date: 1980

A tour group visiting the Penobscot Experimental Forest posing in front of a bus with U.S. Forest Service personnel at the Administrative site, Robert M. Frank second from right, 1970s or 1980s
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: personnel
vehicle
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: A tour group visiting the Penobscot Experimental Forest posing in front of a bus with U.S. Forest Service personnel at the Administrative site, Robert M. Frank second from right, 1970s or 1980s
Date: 1970s or 1980s

A forester outside the old U.S. Forest Service building at the Penobscot Experimental Forest Administrative site, 1970s or 1980s
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: infrastructure
personnel
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: A forester outside the old U.S. Forest Service building at the Penobscot Experimental Forest Administrative site, 1970s or 1980s
Date: 1970s or 1980s

U.S. Forest Service vehicle on road, chainsaw, 1970s or 1980s
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: vehicle
road
equipment
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: U.S. Forest Service vehicle on road, chainsaw, 1970s or 1980s
Date: 1970s or 1980s

University of Maine students from Ralph Griffin's class, PEF tour with U.S. Forest Service staff, 1970s or 1980s
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: vehicle
road
personnel
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: University of Maine students from Ralph Griffin's class, PEF tour with U.S. Forest Service staff, 1970s or 1980s
Date: 1970s or 1980s

Gate across the road near Blackman Stream, vehicle, 1970s or 1980s
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: road
vehicle
infrastructure
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Gate across the road near Blackman Stream, vehicle, 1970s or 1980s
Date: 1970s or 1980s

Soil damage caused by skidder during selection cutting, in MU90 in October 1979
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU90
Cutting Practice Level Study
damage
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Soil damage caused by skidder during selection cutting, in MU90 in October 1979
Date: Oct-79

Root damage to eastern hemlock caused by skidder during selection cutting, in MU90 in October 1979
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU90
Cutting Practice Level Study
damage
Organisms: eastern hemlock
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Root damage to eastern hemlock caused by skidder during selection cutting, in MU90 in October 1979
Date: Oct-79

Marking to remove competition and release spruce in a selection cut, in MU91 in October 1979
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU91
Cutting Practice Level Study
selection system
marking
release
Organisms: spruce
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Marking to remove competition and release spruce in a selection cut, in MU91 in October 1979
Date: Oct-79

Stand after density reduction to 55 square feet of basal area in shelterwood cut (CU, CV), in MU33 in June 1979
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU33
shelterwood system
Organisms: balsam fir
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Stand after density reduction to 55 square feet of basal area in shelterwood cut (CU, CV), in MU33 in June 1979
Date: Jun-79

Regeneration plots starting from east line (BU, BV), in MU 33 in June 1979
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU33
shelterwood system
regeneration
Organisms: balsam fir
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Regeneration plots starting from east line (BU, BV), in MU 33 in June 1979
Date: Jun-79

Regeneration plots starting from east line (BU, BV), in MU33 in June 1979
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU33
shelterwood system
regeneration
plot
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Regeneration plots starting from east line (BU, BV), in MU33 in June 1979
Date: Jun-79

Regeneration plots starting from east line (BU, BV), Dan Keddell conducting inventory, in MU33 in June 1979
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU33
shelterwood system
personnel
plot
regeneration
Organisms: balsam fir
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Regeneration plots starting from east line (BU, BV), Dan Keddell conducting inventory, in MU33 in June 1979
Date: Jun-79

Regeneration plots starting from east line (BU, BV), in MU33 in June 1979
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU33
shelterwood system
plot
regeneration
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Regeneration plots starting from east line (BU, BV), in MU33 in June 1979
Date: Jun-79

10 feet from the road in a strip clearcut in the Biomass Harvesting Study (BI, BJ), in MU33 in June 1979
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU33
Biomass Harvesting Study
strip clearcut
regeneration
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: 10 feet from the road in a strip clearcut in the Biomass Harvesting Study (BI, BJ), in MU33 in June 1979
Date: Jun-79