Trees

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.

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.

White Pine seed trees in Superior National Forest, Minnesota. 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. Watts was Regional Forester of Region Nine 1936-1943.

Red Pines 140 years old growing in Ottawa National Forest, Michigan. The average DBH (diameter at breast height) is 14 inches. Three logs have an estimated volume of 15 to 18 MBbFt (merchantable board foot) per acre.

Women's Club plantation of three-year-old shortleaf pine in Shawnee National Forest, Illinois. Wildflowers bloom among the trees. 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.

Birch Lake Plantation of 24-year old Red and White Pine in Superior National Forest in the Arrowhead Region of Minnesota. 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.

The three lumbermen give scale to Nicolet National Forest's largest white pine (in Wisconsin). The measurements are: circumference 16 ft. 8 in. at 4 ft. 6 in. above ground level, height 140 ft., volume 8,000 board feet. It is estimated to be about 400 years old.

Natural Stand of White Pine in a National Forest in Lower Michigan. These trees are sixty years old. 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.

Trees show ten year growth in the Consumers Power Company plantation near Jackson, Michigan. A ranger standing in the left of the photo gives scale to the height of the trees.