Lowder Ranch
1902
2006
Description:
Plate 1360X. Lowder Ranch 1902 – 2006 Viewed west-southwest to the old cabins on Lowder Creek. Many of the spruce have recently been killed by insects and disease. The area behind the cabins has been salvaged logged. The large spruce with the missing top behind the cabins has died but is still standing in the retake. Boy Scouts were camped around the cabins when the retake was made. Conifers have increased and aspen has declined since 1902.
Photo Information:
U.S. Forest Service photograph (34380) taken by Albert Potter in November 1902; retake by Charles E. Kay on August 3, 2006 - - Photo No. 5702-9. Original photograph held by the Forest Service Regional Office, Ogden, UT - - see Prevedel and Johnson (2005).
Vegetative Community:
Conifer, Aspen
Location:
South West: Section 19, Range 8 West, Township 36 South; UTM 342300 E, 4170600 N; elevation 10,280 ft.