Grass Guage in Graham Flat

Photograph of the grass guage in Graham Flat Big Game Pasture. Loamy bottom site, excellent condition. Arthur F. Halloran, Wildlife Management Biologist
Date: September 15, 1959
Creator: Fry, Chester
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge

Photograph of open stand of oak trees in south side of big game pasture. West of Lake Quanah Parker. Native grass is dominately little bluestem. Browse line caused by deer. OK-935-10.
Date: September 16, 1959
Creator: Fry, Chester
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge

Photograph of the wildlife refuge. Right: excellent range conditin with little bluestem dominant on Loamy Prairie Site, Lawton loam. Left: Area with restrictive layer in the subsoil (Might be mapped Ford--if area is large enough). Dominant grass is blue grama with western ragweed, cool season annuals, buffalograss and sideoats grama.grass. OK-808-2.
Date: January 8, 1959
Creator: Fry, Chester
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge

Photograph of Arthur F. Halloran, Wildlife Management biologist with grass guage in Graham Flat, Big Game Pasture. Loamy bottom site. Excellent condition. OK-935-7.
Date: September 15, 1959
Creator: Fry, Chester
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge, US Fish and Wildlife Service,

Photograph of enclosure in flat below Cutthroat dam in northwest corner of Big Game Pasture. OK-946-4.
Date: October 14, 1959
Creator: Fry, Chester
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge, US Fish and Wildlife Service,

Photograph of a pasture enclosure at the wildlife refuge. OK-941-12.
Date: October 14, 1959
Creator: Fry, Chester
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge, US Fish and Wildlife Service,

Photograph of C.E. Kingery, Range Conservationist and Arthur F. Halloran, Wildlife Management biologist enclosure at Gurley Gate, Big Game Pasture. OK-946-3.
Date: November 14, 1959
Creator: Fry, Chester
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Loamy Prairie Site

Photograph of a loamy prairie site on right in excellent condition. Hilly stony site on left. West of Grama Lake in Big Game pasture.
Date: September 15, 1959
Creator: Fry, Chester
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Buffalo Grazing on Shortgrass

Photograph of Buffalo grazing on shortgrass. Blue grama dominant showing winter preference to native tall grasses. Flats Range site. Restrictive layer in subsoil prevents growth of tall grasses. Ford soils.
Date: January 8, 1959
Creator: Fry, Chester
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Open Stand of Oaks

Photograph of an open stand of oak trees in sough side of big game pasture. West of Lake Quannah Parker. Native grass is dominataly little Bluestem. Browse line is caused by deer.
Date: September 16, 1959
Creator: Fry, Chester
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge

Photograph of west of Grama Lake, big game pasture. Loamy prairie site on right in excellent condition. Hilly, stony site on left. OK-935-8.
Date: September 15, 1959
Creator: Fry, Chester
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge, US Fish and Wildlife Service,

Photograph of enclosure west of Grama Lake in hilly, stony site. Big bluestem dominant with hairy grama and puffsheeth dropseed. OK-946-2.
Date: October 14, 1959
Creator: Fry, Chester
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge

Photograph of Arthur F. Halloran, US Fish and Wildlife services (left) and Joe B. Morris, Range Conservationist (right) with student trainees from Texas by a grass gauge in the eastern part of the refuge. Ok-981-6.
Date: August 11, 1959
Creator: Fry, Chester
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Proper Use of an Enclosure

Photograph of the proper use of an enclosure.
Date: October 14, 1959
Creator: Fry, Chester
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Wildlife Refuge Range Conditions

Photograph of Right side of photo: excellent rang3e condition with little bluestem dominant on Loamy Prairie Site, Lawton loam. Left side of photo: area with restrictive layer in the subsoil. (Might be mapped Ford-if area is large enough). Dominant grass is blue grama with western ragweed, cool season annuals, buffalograss and sideoats grama.
Date: January 8, 1959
Creator: Fry, Chester
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History