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First-year twitch trail that may be improved into a sled road and eventually into a truck road for hauling wood, in MU2 on October 18 1951
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU2
Farm Woodlot Study
road
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: First-year twitch trail that may be improved into a sled road and eventually into a truck road for hauling wood, in MU2 on October 18 1951
Date: 10/18/1951

Pulpwood ricks, in MU2 on October 18 1951
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU2
Farm Woodlot Study
selection system
logging
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Pulpwood ricks, in MU2 on October 18 1951
Date: 10/18/1951

Timber stand improvement work thinning red maple sprout clumps to best stem of each clump, in MU2 on October 18 1951
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU2
Farm Woodlot Study
selection system
logging
timber stand improvement
Organisms: red maple
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Timber stand improvement work thinning red maple sprout clumps to best stem of each clump, in MU2 on October 18 1951
Date: 10/18/1951

Yard of tree-length wood from 1951 salvage cutting, in MU2 on October 18 1951
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU2
Farm Woodlot Study
selection system
logging
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Yard of tree-length wood from 1951 salvage cutting, in MU2 on October 18 1951
Date: 10/18/1951

View of muddy portion of new road south of garage, on September 12 1951
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: road
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: View of muddy portion of new road south of garage, on September 12 1951
Date: 9/12/1951

Chemo Road straightening, widening, and ditching (photo shows preliminary clearing by D7), on September 6 1951
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: road
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Chemo Road straightening, widening, and ditching (photo shows preliminary clearing by D7), on September 6 1951
Date: 9/6/1951

New Chemo Road after smoothing with D7, looking northwest from forest boundary near Boyton campsite on September 6 1951
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: road
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: New Chemo Road after smoothing with D7, looking northwest from forest boundary near Boyton campsite on September 6 1951
Date: 9/6/1951

Old Chemo Road (curves, narrow, no drainage), on September 6 1951
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: road
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Old Chemo Road (curves, narrow, no drainage), on September 6 1951
Date: 9/6/1951

Water hole on main road extension south of Chemo Road, on September 6 1951
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: road
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Water hole on main road extension south of Chemo Road, on September 6 1951
Date: 9/6/1951

Opening caused by dying balsam fir. Fir seeding in (up to 3 feet tall), some eastern white pine and spruce, photo point #7 (north 38 degrees east) in MU2 on August 16 1951
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU2
Farm Woodlot Study
selection system
regeneration
photo point
Organisms: balsam fir
eastern white pine
spruce
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Opening caused by dying balsam fir. Fir seeding in (up to 3 feet tall), some eastern white pine and spruce, photo point #7 (north 38 degrees east) in MU2 on August 16 1951
Date: 8/22/1951

White spruce and balsam fir regeneration under red maple, red oak, and paper birch. Older fir have died out, photo point #8 (north 12 degrees east) in MU2 on August 22 1951
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU2
Farm Woodlot Study
selection system
regeneration
photo point
Organisms: white spruce
balsam fir
red maple
red oak
paper birch
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: White spruce and balsam fir regeneration under red maple, red oak, and paper birch. Older fir have died out, photo point #8 (north 12 degrees east) in MU2 on August 22 1951
Date: 8/22/1951

Mature balsam fir stand before cutting, heavy marking, photo point #4 (north 67 degrees east) in MU3 on August 22 1951
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU3
Compartment Management Study
selection system
marking
photo point
Organisms: balsam fir
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Mature balsam fir stand before cutting, heavy marking, photo point #4 (north 67 degrees east) in MU3 on August 22 1951
Date: 8/22/1951

Test hole in gravel bank along Blackman Stream on August 22 1951
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: road
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Test hole in gravel bank along Blackman Stream on August 22 1951
Date: 8/22/1951

Pre-cut stand, three 7-inch dbh balsam fir marked for removal, in MU3 on August 21 1951
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU3
Compartment Management Study
selection system
marking
Organisms: balsam fir
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Pre-cut stand, three 7-inch dbh balsam fir marked for removal, in MU3 on August 21 1951
Date: 8/21/1951

High-order cutting practice (selection cutting) in the Cutting Practice Level Study, post cut, photo point #2 in MU1 on August 20 1951
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU1
Cutting Practice Level Study
selection system
photo point
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: High-order cutting practice (selection cutting) in the Cutting Practice Level Study, post cut, photo point #2 in MU1 on August 20 1951
Date: 8/20/1951

Fair cutting practice (diameter-limit cutting) before cutting, in the Cutting Practice Level Study, in MU1 on August 20 1951
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU1
Cutting Practice Level Study
diameter-limit cut
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Fair cutting practice (diameter-limit cutting) before cutting, in the Cutting Practice Level Study, in MU1 on August 20 1951
Date: 8/20/1951

Eastern white pine stand with balsam fir understory, many pine seedlings of 1950 seed crop have germinated, photo point #2 in MU2 on August 16 1951
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU2
Farm Woodlot Study
selection system
regeneration
photo point
Organisms: eastern white pine
balsam fir
regeneration
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Eastern white pine stand with balsam fir understory, many pine seedlings of 1950 seed crop have germinated, photo point #2 in MU2 on August 16 1951
Date: 8/16/1951

Mixed stand of balsam fir, poplar, red maple, spruce, and northern white-cedar, in MU2 on August 16 1951
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU2
Farm Woodlot Study
selection system
Organisms: balsam fir
poplar
red maple
spruce
northern white-cedar
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Mixed stand of balsam fir, poplar, red maple, spruce, and northern white-cedar, in MU2 on August 16 1951
Date: 8/16/1951

Red maple sprout clumps before thinning, on moist site along intermittent stream, balsam fir and white spruce regeneration, photo point #3 in MU2 on August 16 1951
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU2
Farm Woodlot Study
selection system
regeneration
photo point
Organisms: red maple
balsam fir
white spruce
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Red maple sprout clumps before thinning, on moist site along intermittent stream, balsam fir and white spruce regeneration, photo point #3 in MU2 on August 16 1951
Date: 8/16/1951

Balsam fir, eastern white pine, red maple, and spruce in MU2 on March 28 1951
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU2
Farm Woodlot Study
selection system
Organisms: balsam fir
eastern white pine
red maple
spruce
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Balsam fir, eastern white pine, red maple, and spruce in MU2 on March 28 1951
Date: 3/28/1951