Trees, Tree Farms, Woodlands, and Forests

Photograph of Soil Conservation Service [SCS] technician Lemuel Ball standing beside a culled hardwood stump on LeFlore County Soil and Water Conservation District [SWCD] cooperator W. A. Amis's farm. Had culled hardwood not been removed, the young pine would be supressed and much smaller. OK-1538-12.
Date: February 21, 1962
Creator: Smola, Norman
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Fish and Wildlife Management

Photograph of Soil Conservation Service [SCS] technician Norman Smola observes how excellent wildlife food and cover provided by a living fence of multiflora arose. Wildlife have a place in today's agriculture and are planned for in conservation planning of land use and treatment. This usage serves as a fence as well as the food, shelter and rest area for song birds and quail. OK-1538-6.
Date: February 21, 1962
Creator: Ball, Lemuel
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Photograph of a Soil and Water Conservation District [SWCD] operator is trying to get an early seedbed prepared to plant spinach. 5 tons per acre can be produced on the land if not for the lack of adequate drainage limiting it to 1 crop in 5 to 8 years. Seedbed preparation is costly. When the Cache 566 Project is completed this land will be drained with a good rotation followed. OK-1541-11.
Date: February 28, 1962
Creator: Ball, Lemuel
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Livestock (and Grasses)

Photograph of livestock water. Commercial hereford cattle watering from a stock pond. Slope in the background is former cropland that has been reinvigorated with native bluestem and weeping love grass. OK-1559-9.
Date: February 7, 1962
Creator: Fry, Chester
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Watershed Protection Upper Black Bear Site

Photograph of the principal spillway and dam of H.S. Diem property who gave one of the two necessary easments to permit construction. Shown is Daryl Bond, employee with Ben Haskins Construction Company, contractor on this site.
Date: February 23, 1962
Creator: Morris, David
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Fourche Maline Creek Watershed

Photograph of the Fourche Maline Creek Watershed Site No. 1. Contractor J. L. Putnam and Construction Inspector Wm. Milano standing on structure center line in emergency spillway area of site looking north into cleared sediment and conservation pool. Disturbed area halfway up slope in right center of photo is on centerline of dam and is site of core drill foundation sounding east end of dam site. Excavated material at base of slope delineates diversion channel constructed to drain and facilitate foundation preparation and coring prior to placing horizontal barrel in principal spillway structure.
Date: February 15, 1962
Creator: Fountain, William T.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Follow up of OK-1317-9 as dated 04/25/61. The main ditch has been constructed between Glynn Hickman and Robert Kerr so both may have an outlet for their field drains. OK-1541-6.
Date: February 28, 1962
Creator: Sturgeon, Fines
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History