Conservation, Environmental & Safety Education

Photograph of preparation for a water skiing demonstration, Jake Wright's boat. OK-2135.
Date: July 19, 1964
Creator: Ottinger, A.P
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Conservation, Environmental & Safety Education

Photograph of a water skiing demonstration. OK-2135-11. (Repeat of record at 395).
Date: July 19, 1964
Creator: Ottinger, A.P
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Woodland Conservation Applied

Photograph of John Bateman tree farm within Ouachita National Forest. Complete woodland conservation applied to his 140 acre tract.
Date: May 25, 1960
Creator: Bryan, Hugo
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Irrigation, Transcrete Pipe

Photograph of Transcrete pipe being laid for irrigation on bottomland soil unit 9. Gated pipe will be used from risers on 660' runs.
Date: July 15, 1961
Creator: Ball, Lemuel
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Boggy Flats

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.
Date: April 11, 1962
Creator: Whittington, Fred
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Enclosure West of Grama Lake

Photograph of an enclosure west of Grama Lake in hilly stoney site. Big bluestem dominant with hairy grama and puffsheeth dropseed.
Date: October 14, 1959
Creator: Fry, Chester
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Deep Mud Cracks

Photograph of deep mud cracks in recent deposition on Salt Creek lood plain.
Date: July 17, 1957
Creator: Henbest, O. J.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Far Reaching Gullies

Photograph of three main arteries of gullies which are so far-reaching and damaging that the whole quarter section of land has been abandonded for some time. The gullies are from three to fifteen feet deep and were caused by improper cultivation without terraces.
Date: September 30, 1936
Creator: Slack
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Oklahoma State Fish Hatchery No 1

Photograph of in the background is the Okla. State fish hatchery. In the foregroundis Mrs. Jones and Mr. Hollander of SCS. Photo was submitted for possible use in the Water for America Exhibit.
Date: October 3, 1960
Creator: Bryan, Hugo
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass Guage in Eastern Gama

Photograph of a grass guage in eastern Gama. Arthur F. Holloran, Biologist, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, left. Mr. Joe B. Morris, Range Conservationist and student trainees from Texas.
Date: August 11, 1959
Creator: Fry, Chester
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Cover Crop Broomcorn

Photograph of snow in Broomcorn stalks, soil unit (12-AB) Dalhart loamy fine sand; stubble had limited pasturing.
Date: January 7, 1957
Creator: Murphy, Ralph
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Fescue Lodino Clover Pasture

Photograph of a Fescue-Ladino clover pasture planted in fall of 1956. Upland soil-5% slope, has produces and still producing excellent pasture. Lime-fertilized-managed.
Date: November 4, 1959
Creator: Bryan, Hugo
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Combining Cheyenne Indian Grass

Photograph of combining Cheyenne Indiangrass seed.Seeded in 1958. Seed for this planting furnished by Plant Material Center.
Date: September 18, 1959
Creator: Bryan, Hugo
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Harvesting Native Grass

Photograph of a native grass harvest. Approximately 2000 acres of this 5000 acre ranch is being harvested for native grass seed. Picture shows loading seed from combine to truck. C.E. Dilley, of Pawnee, is the contractor.
Date: October 28, 1957
Creator: Chance, R. J.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Land Clearance, Cultivation & Brush and Weed Control

Photograph of very extensive Land Clearance, Cultivation & Brush and Weed Control growing into and competing with grass, Clint Walcott farm.
Date: October 1965
Creator: Murrell, Ray
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of sideoats grama grass that was seeded in the Spring of 1942 in 36" rows by oil Conservation Services Nursery, Woodward, Oklahoma. Has been cultivated and was mowed for weed control while young. Seed ware combined in 1944 and 1945. OK-9079.
Date: August 28, 1945
Creator: Jenkins, Elvin W.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of Cutting alfalfa with a swather. Swather mows and swaths in a single operation. Alfalfa was irrigated with sprinkllers and will make 60 bales per acre from this second cutting. Class I land, 1% slope. Soil unit 8 & 9. OK-92-5.
Date: July 21, 1955
Creator: McConnell, John
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Boy Scout Conservation Efforts

Photograph of Roger Beecham, left, and C.C. Wheeler, III; Boy Scouts stocking Boy Scout Camp lake at Dripping Springs with fish. The pond was cleaned out by the use of rotenone under the supervision of the State Fish and Game Service prior to stocking. [OK-ID no. crossed out: 1169-9].
Date: Autumn 1954
Creator: Ottinger, A. P.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Photograph of quinlan soils severely eroded. Former cropland re-established to native vegetation. Erosion continues between grass plants. No litter is present.
Date: June 1959
Creator: Brugess, D. L.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Erosion Control

Photograph of northwest corner of Jefferson School ground with erosion caused by heavy traffic and overhead water.
Date: July 28, 1972
Creator: Vaughan, Keith
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Erosion Control

Photograph of diversion terrace on Jefferson School ground empties into road ditch. Lack of proper installation and vegetation resulted in this severe erosion problem.
Date: July 28, 1972
Creator: Vaughan, Keith
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Erosion Control

Photograph of erosion along west edge of Jefferson School ground. Note here tree roots due to erosion.
Date: July 28, 1972
Creator: Vaughan, Keith
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Farming Equipment and Methods

Photograph of shelterbelts or windbreaks. A group of SCS technicians from the Great Plains states studying shelterbelts in Greer County, Oklahoma. This shelterbelt was planted in 1936 and was the first shelterbelt planted in the Plains area. OK-224-11.
Date: March 26, 1956
Creator: Bailey, O. P.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Trees, Tree Farms, Woodlands, and Forests

Photograph of a forestry tree farm. First member tree farm. This farm is registered with the American Tree Farm System. It consists of 30 acres of pine trees released by girding undesireable hardwoods in 1953. A selective cut was made in 1957. Excellent natural reproduction is evident froma good seed crop in 1957. OK-629-5.
Date: July 22, 1958
Creator: McConnell, John
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History