Forest History Society Photograph Collection Sample Images: Clear Cutting -- Blocks / FHS1251th

Image ID:  FHS1251
Image Date:  07/13/1949
Image Title:  [Block cut in an Oregon Douglas-fir forest.]
Image Caption:  Harvest Pattern -- Seed trees on ridge, delayed setting below illustrate how modern timber harvesting methods in Douglas fir region are planned to leave plentiful seed sources to reforest the land. Lower center, yarding spar tree, engine platform gouged out of steep mountainside. From base of this tree a "swing" engine (above, right, not shown in picture) hauling from base of own spar tree brings the legs up to the landing for loading on trailer-trucks for the ride to the mill. (Scene, Gate Creek operation, Giustina Bros. Lbr. Co., 30 miles east of Eugene, Oregon, July 13, 1949.)
Photographer:  [unknown]
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.