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Tall flames from burning crib extending into the stack
Tall flames from burning crib extending into the stack
(Credit: Kristine Lee)
FFS Program Manager Colin Hardy removes debris from the Pack Creek flume at the Tenderfoot Creek Experimental Forest, Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest, Montana. 2015
FFS Program Manager Colin Hardy removes debris from the Pack Creek flume at the Tenderfoot Creek Experimental Forest, Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest, Montana. 2015
(Credit: Duncan Lutes)
Onion Park Research Natural Area, Tenderfoot Creek Experimental Forest, Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest, Montana. 1998.
Onion Park Research Natural Area, Tenderfoot Creek Experimental Forest, Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest, Montana. 1998.
(Credit: Duncan Lutes)
Google Earth image of the Tenderfoot Creek Experimental Forest. Experimental shelterwood harvests are visible in the Spring Park sub-watershed (top right) and the Sun Creek sub-watershed (bottom right).
Google Earth image of the Tenderfoot Creek Experimental Forest. Experimental shelterwood harvests are visible in the Spring Park sub-watershed (top right) and the Sun Creek sub-watershed (bottom right).
Looking south over the Tenderfoot Creek Experimental Forest.
Looking south over the Tenderfoot Creek Experimental Forest.
(Credit: Lance Glasgow)
Residual snow drifts in June create challenges for accessing Tenderfoot Creek Experimental Forest. ATVs with snow track are often required.
Residual snow drifts in June create challenges for accessing Tenderfoot Creek Experimental Forest. ATVs with snow track are often required.
(Credit: Lance Glasgow)
Great gray owl, a rare sighting at the Tenderfoot Creek Experimental Forest.
Great gray owl, a rare sighting at the Tenderfoot Creek Experimental Forest.
(Credit: Lance Glasgow)
Puffing flame behavior of burning crib
Puffing flame behavior of burning crib
(Credit: Kristine Lee)
Crib just after ignition
Crib just after ignition
(Credit: Kristine Lee)
Dousing crib with alcohol prior to ignition
Dousing crib with alcohol prior to ignition
(Credit: Kristine Lee)
Missoula Fire Lab Native Prairie Landscape Tour
Missoula Fire Lab Native Prairie Landscape Tour
Missoula Fire Lab Native Prairie Landscape Tour
Missoula Fire Lab Native Prairie Landscape Tour
Missoula Fire Lab Native Prairie Landscape Tour
Missoula Fire Lab Native Prairie Landscape Tour
Missoula Fire Lab Native Prairie Landscape Tour
Missoula Fire Lab Native Prairie Landscape Tour
1962 White Cap Fire
1962 White Cap Fire
1962 White Cap Fire
1962 White Cap Fire
1962 White Cap Fire
1962 White Cap Fire
The measured percent mortality of large and small ponderosa pine trees over the course of the study.
The measured percent mortality of large and small ponderosa pine trees over the course of the study.
(Credit: Bob Keane)
Steve Arno stands near a large ponderosa pine that contains a Native American scar.
Steve Arno stands near a large ponderosa pine that contains a Native American scar.
(Credit: Bob Keane)
A Native American scar on a ponderosa pine tree near White River Park in the Bob Marshall Wilderness Area and the heavy duff and litter accumulation is shown at the base of the tree.
A Native American scar on a ponderosa pine tree near White River Park in the Bob Marshall Wilderness Area and the heavy duff and litter accumulation is shown at the base of the tree.
(Credit: Bob Keane)
Steve and son Matt Arno measure the diameter of large ponderosa pines in the Bob Marshall Wilderness Area.
Steve and son Matt Arno measure the diameter of large ponderosa pines in the Bob Marshall Wilderness Area.
(Credit: Bob Keane)
Laurie Dickenson Lee stands inside a fire-scarred ponderosa pine tree near Big Prairie in the Bob Marshall Wilderness Area.
Laurie Dickenson Lee stands inside a fire-scarred ponderosa pine tree near Big Prairie in the Bob Marshall Wilderness Area.
(Credit: Bob Keane)
A Native American scarred ponderosa pine tree in the Big Prairie area of the Bob Marshall Wilderness area with encroaching Douglas-fir and lodgepole pine trees behind the pine.
A Native American scarred ponderosa pine tree in the Big Prairie area of the Bob Marshall Wilderness area with encroaching Douglas-fir and lodgepole pine trees behind the pine.
(Credit: Bob Keane)
Monitoring streamflow in September on the Upper Sun Creek open channel gauging station, Tenderfoot Creek Experimental Forest.
Monitoring streamflow in September on the Upper Sun Creek open channel gauging station, Tenderfoot Creek Experimental Forest.
(Credit: Lance Glasgow)