Forest Service

A forester stands beside a selective cutting of hardwood in a mixed growth area of Wayne National Forest in Ohio. Photos 2009-3080-01 through 2009-3080-107 were originally mounted in a leather bound binder with the gold embossed title, "Picture Memories of Region Nine." Region Nine, based in Milwaukee, WI, covered twenty states in the Eastern Region: Maine, Illinois, Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, Indiana, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Maryland, New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire, Delaware, and New Jersey. Mr.

Aerial view of looking north across Boulder Bay to the eastern portion of Lac LaCroix showing virgin Red and White Pine capable of yielding 325,000 board feet of lumber per acre.

An unidentified forester is proud of the three year growth of Lespedeza and Black Locust Trees to control erosion at Wayne National Forest in Ohio.

Locust and Pine planted by the U.S. Forest Service and a stock and wildlife pond created to control erosion at Wayne National Forest.

Fireplace and picnic table at Soldier Lake Campground in Upper Michigan National Forest. Michigan National Forest (1918-1962) became Hiawatha National Forest and Huron National Forest in 1962.

Killpecker Spring in Upper Michigan National Forest is a popular recreational area in what is now Hiawatha National Forest. Hiawatha National Forest with Huron National Forest was administered as Michigan National Forest from 1918 to 1962.

Roadbuilding in Munising Ranger District in Upper Michigan National Forest which became Hiawatha National Forest later in 1962. Photos 2009-3080-01 through 2009-3080-107 were originally mounted in a leather bound binder with the gold embossed title, "Picture Memories of Region Nine." Region Nine, based in Milwaukee, WI, covered twenty states in the Eastern Region: Maine, Illinois, Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, Indiana, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Maryland, New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire, Delaware, and New Jersey. Mr.

Almost invisible, Forester Burkett shows the scale of a large Black Walnut. The tree is 36 inches dbh. Dbh is the diameter at breast height. Breast height is 4.5 feet. It is 63 feet to the first limb of this massive tree in the Indiana Pioneer Mothers' Memorial Forest, part of the Hoosier National Forest.