Upper Strawberry Creek
1940
2004
Description:
Plate 578X. Upper Strawberry Creek 1940 – 2004 Viewed south-southwest up Strawberry Valley just below Lars Fork. The area was being root-plowed in the 1940 image. It was later reseeded with smooth brome, Kentucky bluegrass, and crested wheatgrass. The road has been realigned. Conifers, primarily spruce, white fir, and ponderosa pine have increased, while aspen has declined. Green rabbitbrush and currant have invaded the seeding. Some aspen stands successfully regenerated when mule deer numbers were low during the 1970’s, but those saplings have since been highlined by increasing numbers of deer and elk (Kay and Bartos 2000).
Photo Information:
U.S. Forest Service photograph taken in September 1940; retake by Charles E. Kay on August 8, 2004 - - Photo No. 5374-11A. Original photograph held by Southern Utah University Archives and Special Collections, Cedar City, UT.
Vegetative Community:
Mountain Brush, Conifer, Aspen
Location:
South West: Section 31, Range 6 West, Township 38 South; UTM 351850 E, 4147850 N; elevation 8,250 ft.