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No initial photo taken of this picture. Photo taken facing N42E from a point 0.1 chains due north of stake 16-71.
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Collection: Paul Smith Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: post-harvest
slash
Organisms: spruce
hemlock
yellow birch
Location: Paul Smith Experimental Forest; Compartment 51
Description: No initial photo taken of this picture. Photo taken facing N42E from a point 0.1 chains due north of stake 16-71.
Date: 5/13/1959

Not much change in foreground, spruce cut heavy in background. Initial stand photo is number 386. Taken acing N25E from a point 0.26 chains N25E of stake 73-17.
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Collection: Paul Smith Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: post-harvest
slash
Organisms: spruce
yellow birch
Location: Paul Smith Experimental Forest; Compartment 51
Description: Not much change in foreground, spruce cut heavy in background. Initial stand photo is number 386. Taken acing N25E from a point 0.26 chains N25E of stake 73-17.
Date: 5/13/1959

Taken N11E from point 0.45 chains S27W of plot stake 30-62.
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Collection: Paul Smith Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: slash
post-harvest
Organisms: spruce
Location: Paul Smith Experimental Forest; Compartment 30
Description: Taken N11E from point 0.45 chains S27W of plot stake 30-62.
Date: 5/18/1955

This shelterwood can remain 10-15 years, but some of the best pines will be permitted to remain for quality production.
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Collection: Paul Smith Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: shelterwood
post-harvest
slash
Organisms: white pine
Location: Paul Smith Experimental Forest
Description: This shelterwood can remain 10-15 years, but some of the best pines will be permitted to remain for quality production.
Date: 1950

Commercial "clearcutting" of all merchantable trees. This is 2 years later. There was not much advance reproduction in this spot.
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Collection: Paul Smith Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: slash
gap
clearcut
post-harvest
Location: Paul Smith Experimental Forest
Description: Commercial "clearcutting" of all merchantable trees. This is 2 years later. There was not much advance reproduction in this spot.
Date: 1950

After the pulpwood cutting. Cutters were authorized to take all merchantable trees except 30 per acre, 6"-10" d.b.h. They left these white pines because there were too few to warrant moving in logging equipment.
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Collection: Paul Smith Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: post-harvest
pulpwood
slash
Organisms: white pine
Location: Paul Smith Experimental Forest
Description: After the pulpwood cutting. Cutters were authorized to take all merchantable trees except 30 per acre, 6"-10" d.b.h. They left these white pines because there were too few to warrant moving in logging equipment.
Date: 1950

Cutting helped open this dense stand of small spruce.
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Collection: Paul Smith Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: slash
gap
post-harvest
personnel
Organisms: spruce
Location: Paul Smith Experimental Forest
Description: Cutting helped open this dense stand of small spruce.
Date: 1950

After cutting.
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Collection: Paul Smith Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: personnel
post-harvest
slash
Organisms: spruce
birch
Location: Paul Smith Experimental Forest
Description: After cutting.
Date: 1950

After cutting, in October 1950.
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Collection: Paul Smith Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: personnel
equipment
slash
post-harvest
Organisms: maple
Location: Paul Smith Experimental Forest; Compartment 29
Description: After cutting, in October 1950.
Date: 1950

After cutting, in October 1950.
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Collection: Paul Smith Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: post-harvest
stump
slash
Location: Paul Smith Experimental Forest; Compartment 29
Description: After cutting, in October 1950.
Date: 1950

After cutting, in October 1950.
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Collection: Paul Smith Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: personnel
post-harvest
stump
slash
Organisms: maple
Location: Paul Smith Experimental Forest; Compartment 29
Description: After cutting, in October 1950.
Date: 1950