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Caption reads:

imageID: 28735
Description: Caption reads: "Stand of shortleaf pine timber on private land adjacent to the Ouachita National Forest. Man boring into tree 67 years old, d.b.h. 11.2 inches, height 61 feet. Irons Creek. Some such stands as this are being added to the National Forest in the present program of acquisition. However, much of the land being acquired is less fully stocked because of frequent fires and long abuse." Plate #12 in W.G. Wahlenberg, "Report on a trip for the tentative location of an experimental forest within the Ouachita National Forest, Arkansas." Unpublished USFS report dated April 25, 1931, on file with SRS.
Keywords: private land
Organisms: shortleaf pine
Photographer: W.G. Wahlenberg
Media: black/white print
Collection: Southern Research Station Historical Documents and Images
Location: Ouachita National Forest, Arkansas
Date(yyyy): 1931
Citation: Use of this image is governed by Creative Commons CC BY. If you use the image, please include the following citation:

Bragg, Don C. 2020. A century of Forest Service research and development in the southern United States: Historical documents and images. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2020-0047


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