Photograph looking north of junction in road to Cut-throat Cap and Sugar Creek Spring. During drought period of 1953-56 this area was dominated by short grasses. Note the present vegetation containing a high percentage of little bluestem resulting from good management coupled with favorable climatic period. Taken during annual Soil Conservation Service cooperative grazing use check.

Photograph of the Bould Ridge Range Site in excellent condition. Light utilization. Hilly stoney land site in background.

Photograph of buffalo on area o concentration just north of Mt. Scott pasture gate. Buffalo over-use this area attempting to move to other pasture that they have used or grazed in the past.

Photograph of a close up view of an UNIDENTIFIED person next to a common Cherry plant on the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge Mount Pinchot Pasture. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Close up of common cherry (Prunus virginiana) that has been heavily browsed by deer and elk in the past. In is growing on the north slope of peak just west of Mt. Pinchot above the old gold mine."

Photograph of Elm Sp. Showing use and hedging at base of tree primarily by deer. Just east of Fulingim Flat at Goodin Spring. Arthur F. Halloran, Wildlife Mgt. Biologist.

Photograph of roadside stabilization and beautification. Wall is honeysuckle ot control erosion highway interchange.

Photograph of the Graham Flat Enclosure on the west end of Graham Flat in the east part of the Big Game Pasture. Flats site (loamy bottom in excellent condition, light utilization). Flattened appearance of vegetation near enclosure is largely due to characteristic lodging of big bluestem, plus some trampling and bedding damage by buffalo.

Photograph of Boggy Flats, near Cache, OK. Looking north of the junction in the road to Cut-throat Gap and Sugar Creek Spring. During the drought period of 1953-1956 this area was dominated by short grasses. Note the present vegetation containing a high percentage of little bluestem resulting from good management coupled with favorable climatic period. Taken during annual Soil Conservation Service cooperative grazing use check. OK-1583-7.

Photograph of a hilly stony range site that has been protected from grazing by deer for 7 years. Hatchery and Mt. Scott in background.

Photograph of Longhorn cows and calfs grazing at Grama Lake, Wichita Mts. Wildlife Refuge. OK-4167-15.

Photograph of cows and calves grazing south of Grama Lake, Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge.

Photograph of Longhorn cow and steer.

Photograph of a Prairie Dog (Cynomys ludovicianus)

Photograph of Charles Crimes, Neil Stidham, and Gordon Folzenlogen knelling in native grasses in the Wichita Mt. Wildlife Refuge near Mount Pinchot Pasture. The photograph does not indicate the left to right position of the three mentioned men. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Follow up of Ok-2509-12, 921-6. Loamy bottomland site in excellent condition. Lobo flat. Area in the foreground was protected from grazing by the annual exclosure [sic]."

Photograph of a hilly stony range site, close utilization, at the Wichita Mount Wildlife Refuge west of Grama Lake. The back of the photograph proclaims, “Hilly story range site. Close utilization.”

Photograph of a fence line contrasting the west side and east side of Fullingim flat near Mount Pinchot pasture. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Fence line contrast at west side of Fullingim flat. Area on the left is outside the refuge. Follow up of Ok-2511-16."

Photographic follow-up of OK-941-12. Grass gauge on ridge top at the west end of Mt. Scott pasture. This is located 1/4 mile north of the scenic highway. The enclosure is photographed before clipping. Heavy concentration area for game. Clipped plots showed 80% use. Taken during annual Soil Conservation Service cooperative grazing use check. OK_1583-1.

Photographic follow-up of OK-1105-7. Fullingim Flat in Mt. Pinchot Pasture. This area is principally hardland range site. Vegetation during the 1940's and early 1950's was dominated by short grasses. Buffalo is concentrated in this locality. Management adjustments, including changes in salt location and mesquite control, have resulted in range improvements shown on return of miscellaneous grasses and moderate use. Note scattered stand of vigorous little bluestem plants. Taken during annual Soil Conservation Service cooperative grazing use check. OK-1583-9.

Photographic follow-up of OK-921-6. Loamy Bottomland Site. Excellent range condition. Grass gauge showing 1961 growth of Eastern Gama grass. Merle Bennett, assistant refuge manager, US Fish and Wildlife Service, in the foreground. This is in the Lobo Flat in Mt. Pinchot pasture. Taken during annual Soil Conservation Service cooperative grazing-use check. OK-1583-5.