Waterway Construction

Photograph of Waterway under construction on the Margaret Shuman land in the Ditch Valley community. This waterway will carry water from 1,000 acres of drainage.
Date: January 12, 1972
Creator: Stith, C. E.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Watershed Maintenance

Photograph of Upper Black Bear watershed, site # 47. Growth of a sandbar willow and wave action damage. OK-4218-7.
Date: May 12, 1972
Creator: Millen, Glen L.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Conservation Planning

Photograph of Jim Hodge, McAlester Naval Ammunition Depot [NAD], Natural Resources Manager (left) checks the growth of annual zyegrass sown on the right-of-way of railroad track on the Naval ammunition Depot. OK-4219-6.
Date: July 12, 1972
Creator: Croom, Dan
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Land Use Orchard

Photograph of DC Marvin (Buck) Wright, Jr., looks at a peach not quite ready for the eating. Orchard production is a land use on many soils in Adair County.
Date: July 12, 1972
Creator: Ball, Lemuel F., Jr.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Roadside erosion

Photograph of a concrete channel liner installed to control roadside erosion. Compare with photo No, OK-4532-13, OK-4792-5, OK 4792-6 and OK-4792-16. This is photo OK-4869-1.
Date: July 12, 1972
Creator: Meinders, Hadley
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Photograph featuring roadside erosion control. A concrete channel liner to control roadside erosion. OK-4869-1. Compare with phot No. OK-4532-13, OK-4792-5, OK-4792-8 and OK-4792-16.
Date: July 12, 1972
Creator: Meinders, Hadley
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History