| imageID: | 22830 |
| Description: | Erosion by smelter smoke |
| Keywords: | erosion |
| Photographer: | C. L. Forsling |
| Original collection id: | 48712 |
| Media: | Black and white print |
| Collection: | Sierra Ancha Historical Images |
| Quality: | 3 |
| Location: | Prescott N.F.; AZ; USA |
| Date(yyyy): | 1920 |
| Comments: | Mountain above Jerome, AZ. Erosion killing of vegetation by smelter smoke. Areas are covered with dense stand of bromegrass, pinon and juniper. Spanish dagger and cactus were the last to go and Russian thistle the first to come in. The smelter was around about 1915. |
| Citation: | Use of this image is governed by Creative Commons CC BY. If you use the image, please include the following citation: Olberding, Susan D.; Huebner, Daniel P.; Edminster, Carleton B. 2007. Sierra Ancha Experimental Forest historical photographs. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2007-0006 |
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