Historic Watershed Management

Photographs capture historical watershed management practices, showcasing landscapes and resource management efforts in various locations related to forestry and conservation.

Homesteads - New York. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History
Homesteads - New York. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History
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Flood Effects - Iowa. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History
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Steep eroded slope on a California State highway. Original caption: Steep eroded slope on a California State highway. Planted ice plant was not effective. Experience of this kind showed the need for flattening, rounding and mulch. Photograph from the California State Highway Department. State: California.
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Recreation: General. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History
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Mulching of back slopes by the maintenance department in Mississippi. Original caption: 38-3438 - WPGH 71-G - Mulching of back slopes by the maintenance department. The State Division Engineer at Hattiesburg makes a practice of covering bare back slopes with grass mulch as soon as a job is completed and taken over for maintenance. Original caption: 38-3439 - NRH 184-1 - Kudzu, 1 year old, on ½;1 back slope in loess soil near Vicksburg. State: Mississippi.
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Mining - Virginia. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History
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Floods - Effects. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History
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Forest Mensuration - Georgia. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History
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Flood Effects - Iowa. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History
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Recreation Abuses - All States. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History
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Historical: General. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History
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Description: Soil reclamation works at Lerotholi Technical School, Maseru, showing distribution of water. Location: Lerotholi Description: Road side anti-erosion work. africa
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Erosion Effect - General. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History
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Injured Trees: General. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History
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Visitor Information Services - Virginia. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History
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Stream Improvement - South Dakota. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History
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Description: SOP.GSR. 4363. Lagos town. 6-11-29. 1000. F10" 1500' Location: Lagos town, Nigeria Date: 06-Nov-29 africa
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Flood Effects - Iowa. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History
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CFFP Program Posters - All States. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History
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Artificial Regeneration - General. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History
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Range Improvement - Seeding - General. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History
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Watering a Sodded Embankment on the Natches Trace Parkway. State: Tennessee.
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Range Improvement - Seeding - General. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History
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Reconstruction contract on U.S. Route 101 north of King City. Original caption: Reconstruction contract on U.S. Route 101 north of King City. Entire hillside to line of excavation shown will be excavation to furnish selected soil for subgrade material. Type of soil, and surface indications make a serious earth slide probable here in the years following construction. Excessive scars of construction like this might well be avoided in the future. State: California.
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Fire Suppression: Aerial Slurry Drops - Minnesota. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History
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Wood Utilization. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History
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Recreation: General. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History
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Miscellaneous Wood Products - General. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History
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Flood Effects - Iowa. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History
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Fire Suppression - General. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History
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Signs - Utah. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History
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Timber Management: Types - Kansas. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History
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Range Improvement - Seeding - General. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History
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Administrative Site - General. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History
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Administrative Structures - Arkansas. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History
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Erosion control work along U.S. Route 101 north of Santa Monica. Original caption: Erosion control ·work along US Route 101 north of Santa Monica. Note failure of retaining walls right above. Control of storm water from upper slopes is important requirement of successful landscape development of such roadside areas. Ice plant growing on these slopes. State: California.
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Crude Products: Christmas Greens - California. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History
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Forest Fire Equipment: Tool Caches - All States. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History
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Water Use: Irrigation - Arizona. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History
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Fire Suppression: Ground - All States. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History
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Administrative Site - General. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History
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Fire Suppression: Aerial Slurry Drops - Washington. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History
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Flood Effects - Iowa. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History
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Artificial Regeneration - General. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History
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Fish Planting - Wyoming. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History
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Erosion damage along Shirley Highway at Four Mile Run in Virginia. Original caption: Erosion damage Four Mile Run due to excavation of stream channel for bridge construction up stream on Shirley Memorial Highway. State: Virginia.
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Instrumentation: Climatic - Tennessee. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History
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Historical Trees - District of Columbia. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History
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General view along Administration Road, for vista clearing, Quabbin Reservoir, Mass., Sept. 15, 1941 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, general views, landscape architecture discipline
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Active Fires - California. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History
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Erosion control using crushed stone on Baltimore-Washington Road. Original caption: Using crushed stone to prevent erosion of side ditch Washington, Baltimore road. C.A. Moorefield 4/22/15. State: Maryland. Place: Savage.
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Foresters at Work - Texas. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History
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Recreation Improvements - California. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History
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Public Relations - Arkansas. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History
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Crude Products: Christmas Greens - District of Columbia. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History
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Scenery: Landscapes. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History
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Shingle bar. Alaska Task Force Photographs
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Cut and mulched slopes, Port Gibson, Mississippi. State: Mississippi. Place: Port Gibson.
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CFFP Program Posters - All States. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History
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Recreation Abuses - All States. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History
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Miscellaneous Wood Products - General. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History
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Fire Suppression - General. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History
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Bank protection on north shore of Rio Grande River at Reinosa. Original caption: Bank protection on north shore of Rio Grande River at Reinosa. Taken April. 1939. State: Texas. Place: Hidalgo County.
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Willow stakes and brush wattle slope Watsonville cut-off. Original caption: Willow stakes and brush wattle slope Watsonville cut-off. Slope also mulched over wattles with straw and manure and seeded. Photograph ·from the California State Highway Department. State: California.
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Smokejumping - General. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History
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Fire Prevention - All States. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History
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NJ - Deep Water Point. Deep Water Point Range Lights, New Jersey. Deep Water Point Ranges, 1/2 mile from front light.
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Results of Deforestation. Original caption: Results of deforestation. State: China.
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Sod ditch checks, Montgomery Alabama. Original caption: Alabama NRM 216, sod ditch checks. State: Alabama. Place: Montgomery.
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Water Use: Electricity - California. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History
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Presuppression - Fuel Breaks, General. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History
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Planting to stop erosion on the Santa Monica (U.S. 101) bluffs. Original caption: Planting to stop erosion on the Santa Monica (U.S. 101) bluffs completed before the war. Generally very successful due to excellent selection of plant materials. Slide left foreground was caused by heavy run-off from storm sewers discharge along the top of the slope above. State: California.
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Historical Trees - District of Columbia. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History
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Recreation Abuses - All States. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History
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Trash dump for Chitina. Alaska Task Force Photographs
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Recreation Abuses - All States. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History
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Recreation Improvements - Arizona. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History
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Results of Deforestation. Original caption: Results of deforestation. State: China.
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Floods - Mississippi River Flood, Aerial Photograph.
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Espenberg Peninsula. Alaska Task Force Photographs