Forest History Society Photograph Collection Sample Images: Clear Cutting -- Blocks / FHS1228th

Image ID:  FHS1228
Image Date:  1938
Image Title:  Timber Management -- Cut-over Areas, Improper, Idaho.
Image Caption:  Caption 1: The St. Joe River at the mouth of Gold Creek. Result of private operation on private land.

Caption 2: This photograph, made at the mouth of Gold Creek on the St. Joe River in Idaho, shows how improper cutting can damage an area. This land was burned over after it was logged, destroying second growth trees. Erosion has resulted from rapid run-off of water from the nearby treeless hills.
Photographer:  Swan, K. D., for the U.S. Forest Service
Use Restrictions:  Permission from the Forest History Society required for any use of this image.
Repository Contact Information:  Forest History Society, Inc.; 701 William Vickers Ave., Durham, NC 27701; Tel.: (919) 682-9319; Fax: (919) 682-2349.