Whiteman Bench Exclosure
1957
2006
Description:
Plate 1273X. Whiteman Bench Exclosure 1957 – 2006 Viewed west to the Whiteman Bench Exclosure in Bryce Canyon National Park. The exclosure was built by the Park Service in 1957 as part of a mule deer study. The fence is 8 feet tall. Ponderosa pine, Douglas fir, juniper, snowberry, and bitterbrush have increased inside the fenced area. The meadow has been and is being lost to conifer invasion.
Photo Information:
Original photograph (color slide) taken in 1957; retake by Charles E. Kay on June 24, 2006 - - Photo No. 5668-6. Original photograph held by the National Park Service in a report titled “Bryce Canyon National Park, Deer Studies, Photo Transects,” Bryce Canyon National Park, Bryce Canyon, UT.
Vegetative Community:
Conifer, Mountain Brush
Location:
South West: Section 20, Range 4 West, Township 37 South; UTM 391100 E, 4159500 N; elevation 8,560 ft.