Upper Sevenmile and Lost Creek Valleys
1930
1999
Description:
Plate 90. UPPER SEVENMILE AND LOST CREEK VALLEYS: ca. 1930 - 1999 The Mount Terrill Guard Station is in the grove of spruce (Picea sp.) in left-center of photos. The vegetation is very lush despite yearly cattle grazing, and was nearly waist high at the time of the 1999 photo in August. Elderberry (Sambucus sp.) and silver sage (Artemisia cana) appear more abundant in the 1999 photo, but willow (Salix sp.) appears unchanged. Conifers on the distant mountain sides appear to have increased over time while aspen (Populus tremuloides) has declined. The mature spruce (Picea sp.) in the 1999 photo are being killed by bark beetle.
Photo Information:
1930 photo is U.S. Forest Service #205173 taken about 1930; 1999 photo is Kay #4467-14, taken on Aug. 12. Forest Service photo [2200 Fishlake-9] held by the Forest Service Regional Office Photographic Collection housed at Weber State Univ., Ogden, UT
Vegetative Community:
Conifer, Sagebrush, Riparian
Location:
South Central: Fishlake National Forest, Richfield Ranger District, T24S, R2E, Sect. 22, UTM 4284800 N, 441100 E; elevation 9,980 ft., viewed to west.