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Headwaters of Luna Creek where clearcutting of spruce is taking place

imageID: 9964
Description: Headwaters of Luna Creek where clearcutting of spruce is taking place
Keywords: logging
wildlife ecology and conservation
insects
Organisms: spruce
Photographer: H.G. Reynolds
Original collection id: 2.1-51
Media: 35mm slide
Collection: RMRS Archive Images
Quality: 3
Location: Carson N.F.; NM; United States
Date(mm/yyyy): 10/1962
Comments: Clearcutting is being practiced to salvage trees killed by the Engelmann spruce-beetle. Note the old fire scar immediately above the clearcutting.
Citation: Use of this image is governed by Creative Commons CC BY. If you use the image, please include the following citation:

USDA Forest Service. 2007. Forest Service Research Image Library. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://www.fs.usda.gov/rds/imagedb


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