Trees, Tree Farms, Woodlands, and Forests

Photograph of burned off hardwood in Adair County. OK-3378-15.
Date: March 1969
Creator: Moss, Allen R.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Range Animals

Photograph of buffalo grazing on Boulder Ridge range site in excellent condition. The animals do not receive any feed. Photo taken about three miles west of headquarters, south of road, looking to the east.
Date: March 28, 1968
Creator: Fry, Chester
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Range Refuge Entrance

Photograph of Wichita Mtns. Wildlife Refuge entrance sign at Cache Gate. Note sign at bottom refering to Comanche County SWCD.
Date: March 28, 1968
Creator: Fry, Chester
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Photograph of a deep gully where a diversion empties into Beef Creek just north of Apache Indian cemetary. Hubert Murray is pointing to the end of the pipe that brings the water under the road. OK-3011-13.
Date: March 27, 1968
Creator: Fry, Chester
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Photograph of an eroded roadside on the south side of Elgin Road east of Frisco Creek looking northeast. Vernon-like soils* with slick spots. OK-423-6. Vernon soils: consists of moderately deep over claystone bedrock, well drained, very slowly permeable soils that formed in residuum derived from noncemented claystone bedrock or dense clay of Permian age. https://soilseries.sc.egov.usda.gov/OSD_Docs/V/VERNON.html
Date: March 27, 1968
Creator: Fry, Chester
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Photograph of soil slip on a roadside with a cut slope on Chatto Road north of the golf course. OK-3011-12.
Date: March 27, 1968
Creator: Fry, Chester
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Floodwater South of Stigler

Photograph of floodwater across Highway 82 on Sans Bois creek south of Stigler, Okla.
Date: March 21, 1968
Creator: Brinlee, R. C.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Agronomy, Sorghum Stubble

Photograph of Sorghum stubble held 9 inches of snow in field in spite of high witnds, very little drifting.
Date: March 13, 1968
Creator: Allen, Charles
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Multiflora Rose Planting

Photograph of Olen Parker examining a multiflora Rose planted for wildlife cover along back toe of flood control structure.
Date: March 6, 1968
Creator: Meinders, Hadley C.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Multiflora Rose Planting

Photograph of Olen Parker examining a multiflora Rose planted for wildlife cover along back toe of flood control structure.
Date: March 6, 1968
Creator: Meinders, Hadley C.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Old Squaw Creek

Photograph of Old Squaw Creek. This area used to be a good country road until Squaw Creek started using it for a channel. OK-3005-6.
Date: March 1968
Creator: Murray, Hubert J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Conservation Planning

Photograph of a 280-ton electrically operated dredging machine operated by the Garland Coal Co., 7 miles northeast of Stigler, Oklahoma. The dredging machne bucket holds 34 cubic yards of material. The machine can strip on over-burden to a depth of 90 feet.
Date: March 30, 1967
Creator: Gamble, M. D.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Land Clearance, Cultivation & Brush and Weed Control

Photograph of mesquite roots extending into cultivated fields illustrating the great distances their roots extend and how severely this woody species competes with grasses. Photo taken after a severe rain storm in October, 1965. OK-2727.
Date: March 14, 1967
Creator: Murrell, Ray C.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Channel Improvements

Photograph of channel running through the city of Lindsay after construction. OK-2801-4.
Date: March 1967
Creator: Dowling, Leo E.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Watersheds, Channel Improvements

Photograph of channel running through the city of Lindsay after construction. OK-2801-2.
Date: March 1967
Creator: Dowling, Leo E.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Watersheds, Channel Improvements

Photograph of a channel running through the city of Lindsay after construction. OK-2801-7.
Date: March 1967
Creator: Dowling, Leo E.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Watersheds, Channel Improvements

Photograph of a channel running through the city of Lindsay after construction. OK-2801-3.
Date: March 1967
Creator: Dowling, Leo E.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Watersheds, Channel Improvements

Photograph of a channel running through the city of Lindsay after construction. OK-2801-5.
Date: March 1967
Creator: Dowling, Leo E.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Erosion

Photograph of splash erosion on side of "E" Citch on Whiting Field NAAS. Impact of rain-drop caused displacement of sandy material not protected by cover, in this rocks and other hard material. Complete ground cover would prevent this erosion.
Date: March 30, 1966
Creator: Holcombe, Ed
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Tree Planting

Photograph of J.L. Miller; Dan Issacs; Lewis Brown; Jerry Hicks; Dean Osborne; Ralph Guy; Ronnie Miller, Neighborhood Youth Corp enrollees, under direction of their supervisor, Dan Issacs and the landwoner Lewis Brown, planting white pine seedlings on very steep Class VIIe land. Ashe fine sandy loam.
Date: March 30, 1966
Creator: Greene, E. D.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Photograph of rain-induced splash erosion on the side of "E" Ditch on Naval Air Station [NAS}, Whiting Field, near Milton, Florida. Impact of raindrops caused displacement of sandy material not protected by cover in this rocky and other hard material. Complete ground cover would prevent this erosion. F-932-12.
Date: March 30, 1966
Creator: Holcombe, Ed.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Tree Planting

Photograph of Neighborhood Youth Corp enrollees planting white pine seedlings on idle Clase Vie land of Perkinsville loam. District Cooperator, John W. Ward. Shown are J.L. Miller; Cecil Osborne; Ronnie Miller; Jerry Hicks; Dan Isaacs; and Cecil Combs.
Date: March 29, 1966
Creator: Greene, E. D.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Fire Damage

Photograph of G.L. Harmon inspecting a seven year old stand of Loblolly pine on the T.R. Pusser farm, virtually destroyed by fire originating on highway right-of-way.
Date: March 28, 1966
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Ponds: Filamentous Algae

Photograph of Filamentous Algae growing abundantly in shallow area creating a problem for fishing.
Date: March 28, 1966
Creator: Wood, J. B.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History