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Description: Forest development in a Ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa) stand in the Bitterroot National Forest in Montana. Photographs from 1909, 1948 and 1989, the increase in vegetation density was attributed to fire prevention efforts since 1895.
Title: Forest Development in Bitterroot
Credit: U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service: Science Basis for Changing Forest Structure to Modify Wildfire Behavior and Severity. Editors: Russell T. Graham, Sarah McCaffrey, Theresa B. Jain, April 2004, p.4
Author: U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service; formatted by MrBell using Paint
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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