Forests and forestry

Part of the audience at the dedication of H. J. Andrews Experimental Forest. It is located in Oregon.

Unidentified forest which has been partly cut. Lyle Watt's notes read, "R.3 [Region 3] Gus Pearson's work. Clear Cut Years Ago."

Unidentified group of men outside an unidentified building, probably having something to do with the U.S. Forest Service.

Lyle Watts, left, and an unidentified man at the U.S. Forest Service sale area near the Little Weiser River adjacent to the Idaho state sale area.

Collage of photos of a forester's picnic. Notice the men in suits and ties. Clockwise from lower left: Men sporting bibs in line to eat. Men with paper plates. Cooks having a beer. Picnic scene with firepit. Car came at the table. Lyle Watts, far right, salting his food. Men finishing the food line. Three unidentified men chatting.

U.S. Forest Service sale area near the Little Weiser River immediately adjacent to the Idaho state sale area.

Idaho state sale area on the Little Weiser River in the Payette National Forest. In this area, trees are culled, but four are left per acre. The trees are marked by the purchaser's foresters. Mr. Watts says this was a better than average sales area. The man in the photo is unidentified.

Photo of the charred remains of one of a series of four or more forest fires known as the Tillamook Burn, which occurred between 1933 and 1951, in the Northern Oregon Coastal Range. Three hundred fifty-five thousand acres of old growth timber were destroyed.

Wintertime scene at the Office-Laboratory Building at the Priest River Experimental Forest in Idaho. The Priest River Experimental Forest, established in 1911, was one of the first experimental forests. In 1930 it became a part of the Northern Rocky Mountain Forest and Range Experiment Station.

Unidentified group of men possibly associated with the U.S. Forest Service. They are posing outside a building.