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I am going to keep the new one indoors where it won't weather. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b378c3d2b8577c9619fe79/1477882177390-JH1OQ1D7CF8O6BP8JOG3/image-asset.jpeg Articles Comparing two elk antlers- the one on the left is from an animal that is at least six years of age, and has maximized its antler size. The antler on the right is probably from an animal approaching three years old when it was shed. The concave shape of the area known as the "seal" indicates the animal will grow larger antlers the following year. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b378c3d2b8577c9619fe79/1477882603088-FRY5B3FW51BNMTAGX19U/image-asset.jpeg Articles A bull elk in velvet rests among yearlings, and two calves near Boundary Butte off of Blewett Pass Highway on the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest, Washington. I did a long sneak on my belly to get this picture. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b378c3d2b8577c9619fe79/1479434650938-BUG5AYGBOWLFLM4LUFH7/image-asset.jpeg Articles Small Douglas-fir trees that were cut in a thinning project fifteen years earlier show little sign of decay. In dry forests dead wood does not quickly disappear. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b378c3d2b8577c9619fe79/1479437227402-R1XY67L35DY4DB3RVQU5/image-asset.jpeg Articles Although to the uninitiated the forest appears to have suffered damage, in actuality most of the trees will survive, but with canopies that are higher off of the ground. The shrubs will vigorously re-sprout from the roots, and provide succulent feed for mule deer which live there. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b378c3d2b8577c9619fe79/1479435473517-75RTMBK7R0UVRRZIRU9W/image-asset.jpeg Articles Although at first glance all seems well in this scene, many of the Douglas-fir trees are infected with dwarf mistletoe a parasitic plant that causes odd growth forms. The shrubs in this photograph are almost entirely shiny-leaf ceanothus which has a high content of volatile oils, and burns hot when ignited. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b378c3d2b8577c9619fe79/1479437454053-76XRJEUN1Z2VPTK5QV5A/image-asset.jpeg Articles Burn boss, Chelan R.D. Assistant Fire Management Officer (AFMO) Jeff Bouschor. The clothing, tools and techniques of prescribed fire overlap what is used for fire suppression. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b378c3d2b8577c9619fe79/1479434858315-3EW3QRBGGKAKS0MU91P1/image-asset.jpeg Articles Reduced to ash, the dead wood in the previous picture has been removed as a fire threat. Because of the amount of wood on the ground this microsite received intense heat. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b378c3d2b8577c9619fe79/1479434063775-WISQXF3J0LVTD30ZZYKD/image-asset.jpeg Articles A backing fire of very low intensity consumes ponderosa pine needles. Historically such fires were common and had the effect of recycling nutrients. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b378c3d2b8577c9619fe79/1479434203872-QIKNF90QM8I0ZZZ3DR5E/image-asset.jpeg Articles A Douglas-fir tree infected with dwarf mistletoe torches. Mistletoe causes trees to grow bizarre wads of foliage, known as "witches brooms" that are quite flammable. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b378c3d2b8577c9619fe79/1479435036951-L5VJD9S6E8MPEUJSCKW5/image-asset.jpeg Articles A tree killed many years ago is about to be consumed in fire. Periodic fires clean up the woods and prevent worse fires. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b378c3d2b8577c9619fe79/1479433422542-1Z8RVC39TEQ88J6Y1MN9/image-asset.jpeg Articles A late September prescribed fire on the Chelan Ranger District of the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest, on a north aspect at about 4,000 feet elevation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b378c3d2b8577c9619fe79/1479433746900-BVJTE83HSXQ6LZUBCMZU/image-asset.jpeg Articles A member of the Chelan Initial Attack team traverses the hillside carrying a drip torch. What burns most easily will be consumed, and prevent a more serious fire later. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b378c3d2b8577c9619fe79/1479435139485-HV2PEZGUFWHJD6SR7MDV/image-asset.jpeg Articles Grasses and shrubs have been top-killed. In the spring new greenery will sprout from the roots. The two Douglas-fir trees at center and left have not been harmed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b378c3d2b8577c9619fe79/1479745116312-G8WDNENY37N0RFIJBBVP/image-asset.jpeg Articles Mountain pine beetle attack on lodgepole pine. Although always present, beetle attacks reach epidemic proportions in some years. At the "red" stage trees are highly flammable and continue to be so, until the needles fall which takes two to three years. Naches R.D., Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest, WA. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b378c3d2b8577c9619fe79/1479747395717-N7PTUYQ7YUYCQ617WYCA/image-asset.jpeg Articles A male black-backed woodpecker delivers a larvae from a wood-boring beetle to it's nestlings within a cavity excavated in a living lodgepole pine tree. Wood borers are far larger than bark beetles. Borers feed on dead wood, seldom killing live trees. Fires and bark beetles set up feeding and nesting opportunities for woodpeckers. Black-backed woodpeckers seek out recent burns in the higher elevation forests for the foraging opportunity. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b378c3d2b8577c9619fe79/1479745572305-KU33629VZ98LCHWJUAW2/image-asset.jpeg Articles Lodgepole pine is able to grow in both well drained soils, and swampy ground. The yellow-green trees seen here are lodgepole pines growing besides willow, and Engelmann-spruce at Summit Meadows on the Mt. Hood National Forest, Oregon. Photograph taken in late fall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b378c3d2b8577c9619fe79/1479745327222-NPCUMGIJQ3W90YY2AYSX/image-asset.jpeg Articles A subalpine fir tree occupies an opening in an aging lodgepole pine stand. Subalpine fir is tolerant of shade and can establish beneath the pines. This tree has a chance of surviving the next fire, whenever it happens as the energy release will be most pronounced high in the canopy. Pasayten Wilderness, Washington. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b378c3d2b8577c9619fe79/1479743731319-F7VN6PL16N392PYZA2WI/image-asset.jpeg Articles Lodgepole pine thrives on fire, because of it's ability to readily recolonize burned areas. Wolverine Fire 2015, Entiat R.D. of Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest, WA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b378c3d2b8577c9619fe79/1479743972902-FMTYQFZZEMJPZDAM0TMG/image-asset.jpeg Articles High intensity, stand replacing fire is typical of lodgepole pine forests. Tree seedlings appeared the following summer. Table Mountain Burn, Cle Elum R.D., Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest, WA. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b378c3d2b8577c9619fe79/1479744767300-752QRT2RDZXCE7M9J26A/image-asset.jpeg Articles Serotinous cones stay closed until enough heat is applied to melt the resin that binds the cone scales together- a fire adaptation. This characteristic is not universal within lodgepole pine. Within an individual tree some cones may open normally, while others are serotinous. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b378c3d2b8577c9619fe79/1479744584509-XT1POHFGHCO7O2HMI6YK/image-asset.jpeg Articles Although lodgepole pine has very thin bark and little protection against fire, it can survive low intensity fires as evidenced by scarring seen here. The ground cover is kinikinik, a shrub that does not readily burn. Middle Fork of Toat's Coulee, Pasayten Wilderness, Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest, WA. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b378c3d2b8577c9619fe79/1479746203938-8I82ZN603HL9H4Q80JXM/image-asset.jpeg Articles Western gall rust, Peridermium harknessii, causes galls and cankers to form on the branches and boles of lodgepole pine. The fungal disease is spread from tree to tree by wind-borne spores, with major infections happening every five to ten years. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b378c3d2b8577c9619fe79/1479742823818-1PUUYGXK73VJPFB15J6R/image-asset.jpeg Articles Freshly opened cone of lodgepole pine tree. Image was taken during a prescribed burn on the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest, Washington. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b378c3d2b8577c9619fe79/1479744268280-UP0PAPREZJ45APAH68IQ/image-asset.jpeg Articles Four years after the Table Mountain Fire, lodgepole pine seedlings carpet the forest floor in the Naneum Meadows area on the Cle Elum R.D. of the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest, WA. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b378c3d2b8577c9619fe79/1479743545730-LS9LF9KYBN1FRW4ENJEA/image-asset.jpeg Articles Dense young lodgepole pine stand in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. This stand was established following the fires of 1988. 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The area at left has a lot of native fescue grass, while the area on the right where the apricot trees grow has very little grass and much in the way of sagebrush and bitterbrush. When ground is chronically grazed hard, the plants favored by cattle tend to disappear, and the ones they don't like to eat increase. Apparently cattle don't like the taste of apricot trees or the trees would not have survived here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b378c3d2b8577c9619fe79/1476229085940-QN3M4KGENO89A1BKAARH/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Naturalized Apricot Trees in Toat's Coulee I have never seen an apricot tree so red before. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b378c3d2b8577c9619fe79/1476236311442-5D02SH7RTWG2DAAZU23Y/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Naturalized Apricot Trees in Toat's Coulee The shift in vegetation from primarily grass to shrubs may actually be of benefit to the mule deer that live at the mouth of Toat's Coulee. Mule deer prefer to eat shrubs rather than grass, and bitterbrush is one of their favorites. Mule deer even eat sagebrush occasionally. I found this shed antler while scoping out the apricot trees. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b378c3d2b8577c9619fe79/1476230292842-K245PMD2U484HOL0P8MX/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Naturalized Apricot Trees in Toat's Coulee There were shriveled apricots and pits under this tree. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b378c3d2b8577c9619fe79/1476229140082-YAJCJB89M6QRCFAKAN3Y/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Naturalized Apricot Trees in Toat's Coulee The apricot trees are scattered along a southeast facing slope for a mile. The red plant in the foreground is smooth sumac, Rhus glabra, a native. https://www.wildlandnw.net/blog/2016/10/2/end-of-september-hike-to-buck-creek-fire monthly 0.5 2016-10-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b378c3d2b8577c9619fe79/1475429455270-C8ID36OWOSBSU0VXVAMZ/image-asset.jpeg Blog - End of September Hike to Buck Creek Fire Area Black mixed with green is the norm for the Buck Creek Fire. The trail can be seen at right. The orange-brown bushes are huckleberry. They will send new shoots up next summer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b378c3d2b8577c9619fe79/1475429663231-DPIQJ8GKCEBCUJ49R3NL/image-asset.jpeg Blog - End of September Hike to Buck Creek Fire Area The white ash marks areas where the fire burned deep into the soil. Mixed in are pockets that were only lightly touched. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b378c3d2b8577c9619fe79/1475429912249-J8FF1BJMFBQ2DF8HXMX7/image-asset.jpeg Blog - End of September Hike to Buck Creek Fire Area The fire is still going, and could potentially burn beneath the snow over winter. Here the fire is creeping slowly and mainly burning underground in humus and logs. Dr. Paul Hessburg would call this a "skunking around fire". https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b378c3d2b8577c9619fe79/1475430437447-52DPV7HWWW1NZODFQIZM/image-asset.jpeg Blog - End of September Hike to Buck Creek Fire Area This hole in the ground is big enough to bury a volkswagen beetle. The trail can be seen at right. The ground was very loose and ready to cave in. As to the origin of the hole, my only theory is that this section of trail is an old mining road, and the miners used stumps for fill. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b378c3d2b8577c9619fe79/1475429557787-32E1BJGGYLXWTTL1XUO2/image-asset.jpeg Blog - End of September Hike to Buck Creek Fire Area Most of the fire was mixed severity. I think the scorched trees seen here are pacific silver firs. I saw quite a few woodpeckers. The dead trees will turn into beautiful silvered snags. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b378c3d2b8577c9619fe79/1475430027972-N3GPLJ9F6J73AKJHKGN0/image-asset.jpeg Blog - End of September Hike to Buck Creek Fire Area I photographed this western toad right in the trail, in an area not burned. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b378c3d2b8577c9619fe79/1475429298642-AI32SULYZZUFNWMYEP31/image-asset.jpeg Blog - End of September Hike to Buck Creek Fire Area Fire and avalanche have both left their mark on Phelps Ridge. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b378c3d2b8577c9619fe79/1475429371088-21ZUL6L16HT9B7M0XFSY/image-asset.jpeg Blog - End of September Hike to Buck Creek Fire Area Bridge over the Chiwawa River wrapped for protection. This material is much heavier than ordinary aluminum foil. https://www.wildlandnw.net/blog/2016/9/29/fall-prescribed-burning-on-the-okanogan-wenatchee-national-forest monthly 0.5 2016-09-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b378c3d2b8577c9619fe79/1475180388011-M27JZGANRLSO92RK5N7P/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Fall Prescribed Burning on the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest A member of the Chelan Initial Attack Crew putting fire on the ground. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b378c3d2b8577c9619fe79/1475179988063-3U3E7R7EFPH79ZE10B9S/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Fall Prescribed Burning on the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest Prescribed Fire along U.S. 97. When someone throws out a cigarette next summer, it will be easier to contain the fire. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b378c3d2b8577c9619fe79/1475180275019-G2P5CRG30T8K2P8URUP4/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Fall Prescribed Burning on the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest I felt conspicuous with a brand new yellow shirt! In this crowd it is much more cool to have a faded shirt with a few tears in it! The Briefing https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b378c3d2b8577c9619fe79/1475180921555-ETG9LT3KFUJV463MKFF7/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Fall Prescribed Burning on the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest Another fire scar for this Douglas- fir! The tree will likely survive, but with a higher crown base. The lower limbs will be scorched and fall off, putting the tree at less risk in future fires. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b378c3d2b8577c9619fe79/1475180526709-XTB9E1C6I2P48JSXA98N/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Fall Prescribed Burning on the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest Fire is taking apart what photosynthesis put together. Fire intensity does not get any lower than what is shown in this picture. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b378c3d2b8577c9619fe79/1475180462507-WQVMA5D1NHXW227ONION/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Fall Prescribed Burning on the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest This stand was thinned fifteen years ago, but the thinned trees were never burned. Now they are!! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b378c3d2b8577c9619fe79/1475180120855-Z2RIHB5NOUOS9XFG6IA0/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Fall Prescribed Burning on the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest The fire is getting with it. What readily burns, will burn up. These are ponderosa pines, and they can take it! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b378c3d2b8577c9619fe79/1475180204455-KXHX40F4N4VZOFM5YEED/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Fall Prescribed Burning on the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest Believe it or not, most of these trees will emerge from the inferno alive. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b378c3d2b8577c9619fe79/1475181025301-LBY1M8I6HANIRSPBP083/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Fall Prescribed Burning on the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest It has been a wet summer, and the green fuels did not readily burn. The crew had to work real hard to get the forest to burn! https://www.wildlandnw.net/blog/2016/9/21/fall-trip-to-mills-canyon-and-keystone-point monthly 0.5 2016-09-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b378c3d2b8577c9619fe79/1474481063660-91K9EPRTX948PRL1WXHF/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Fall trip to Mills Canyon and Keystone Point Whittled away by the fire of 2014, a Douglas-fir snag creates a halloween-like appearance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b378c3d2b8577c9619fe79/1474481219604-9HOAVT21EOSJY3JB9DTJ/_MG_9523.jpg Blog - Fall trip to Mills Canyon and Keystone Point The berries of bitter cherry must appeal to robins, as there was a flock of them feeding. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b378c3d2b8577c9619fe79/1474481467943-GCTCR82AUDZDTPQUP2YF/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Fall trip to Mills Canyon and Keystone Point The willows behind me have grown tremendously in the two years since the Mills Canyon Fire of 2014. Behind me are some of the few remaining large ponderosa pines. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b378c3d2b8577c9619fe79/1474481305904-K5TA2PLJO8GKLCV7XX0D/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Fall trip to Mills Canyon and Keystone Point The road on the ridgeline separating Mills Canyon from Spencer Canyon leading to Keystone Point. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b378c3d2b8577c9619fe79/1474480835897-94CVEI1GT8RMWQXLNBTU/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Fall trip to Mills Canyon and Keystone Point The foliage of wild rose, spiraea and fireweed paints the slopes orange in Mills Canyon . Bitter cherry and Douglas-maple supply a nice contrasting yellow. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b378c3d2b8577c9619fe79/1474480266690-8PFOUJSTWEE8K9YXOZ0M/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Fall trip to Mills Canyon and Keystone Point Comparison set of photographs from Keystone Point overlooking Mills Canyon https://www.wildlandnw.net/blog/2016/9/12/naneum-meadows-revisited-09072016 monthly 0.5 2016-09-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b378c3d2b8577c9619fe79/1473715682510-6JG2SYGX41YUD4YDXUOQ/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Naneum Meadows Revisited 09/07/2016 NNMW-7-1 September 7, 2016. The scorched sapling subalpine firs have surprised me with their resilience. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b378c3d2b8577c9619fe79/1473714448913-GCUMZHME0R0MACFWK5GG/NNMW-6+Composite.jpg Blog - Naneum Meadows Revisited 09/07/2016 NNMW-6 was taken as a composite panorama using a 45mm Tilt/Shift lens. Here you can compare the image I took on June 18, 2013 with the one I did on September 7, 2016. The log is Engelmann spruce. The predominant plant in the 2016 photo is a species of willow. Fireweed is also abundant. There are many lodgepole pine seedlings hidden among the taller plants. This is a wet area where the fire did not burn real hot. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b378c3d2b8577c9619fe79/1473714784755-ER2PVN7U1Z8HILLVWY9M/NNMW-4.jpg Blog - Naneum Meadows Revisited 09/07/2016 NNMW-4 June 8, 2013 The curved sticks in this photo were subalpine fir saplings, bent over by the wind generated by the fire, and dried in place. The duff layer of the soil has been retained, indicating that the fire did not burn here for long. June 18, 2013 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b378c3d2b8577c9619fe79/1473715174972-48OKPKXFRG0S7CW2V77Q/NNMW-8.jpg Blog - Naneum Meadows Revisited 09/07/2016 NNMW-8 June 8, 2013 This is a site that burned long and hot. The duff layer has all been burned away and there is nothing left but ash and mineral soil. Nutrients have been lost.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b378c3d2b8577c9619fe79/1473715370968-6R8IPB9I5N418Y5XXFEV/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Naneum Meadows Revisited 09/07/2016 NNMW-8 September 7, 2016. This site is showing surprising resilience. Plants besides the lodgepole pine seedlings include pearly everlasting, willow, gooseberry, fireweed, and canadian thistle. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b378c3d2b8577c9619fe79/1473714963342-QYXV2HK21ZAWZY31WHM0/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Naneum Meadows Revisited 09/07/2016 NNMW-4 September 7, 2016. Fireweed and willow are abundant. Lodgepole pine seedlings can be seen, as a darker shade of green. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b378c3d2b8577c9619fe79/1473715534772-UQNKYT3TO4ZHS02HZDH4/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Naneum Meadows Revisited 09/07/2016 NNMW-7-1 June 18, 2013. Sometimes the heat of a fire is largely in the crowns of the trees and at ground level there is light burning. Seen here are scorched subalpine fir saplings. The dead trees are all lodgepole pine.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b378c3d2b8577c9619fe79/1473715906344-CNJYVVC552ER3PTDNVMT/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Naneum Meadows Revisited 09/07/2016 Lodgepole pine seedlings were established from seed dropped from serotinous cones at the time of the fire in 2013. Lodgepole pine has cones that open the year they are formed, and others held together by resins and referred to as serotinous. Serotinous cones open when there is enough heat to melt the resins, spilling seeds on to the ground. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b378c3d2b8577c9619fe79/1473716234797-ZRWS2EE68U7H76O3APGN/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Naneum Meadows Revisited 09/07/2016 Scattered mature western larch trees survived Table Mountain Fire in 2012. I was hoping to see larch seedlings, but found none even under the trees. Apparently larch does not reliably produce cones every year. The larch has been outdone by lodgepole pine. If a re-burn occurs before the lodgepole pines have produced a significant number of cones, then larch has a chance at being the predominant tree in the area. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b378c3d2b8577c9619fe79/1473716104280-54DUE4ZBL3PGB6LPR2IG/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Naneum Meadows Revisited 09/07/2016 Four years have passed since the Naneum Meadows area burned. The progeny from years of stored up lodgepole pine cones can be seen here. I did not see seedlings of any other tree species. Lodgepole pine stands are known to produce up to 320,000 seeds per acre! https://www.wildlandnw.net/blog/2016/9/12/north-side-of-mt-hood-july-28-29-2016 monthly 0.5 2016-09-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b378c3d2b8577c9619fe79/1473708050127-CBPML8TT77PC55U046N7/image-asset.jpeg Blog - North side of Mt. Hood July 28-29 2016 Oberon, our Catahoula Hound Dog puppy was a great addition to the trip. Nine months old in this picture he carried a light load. He did great at negotiating all of the logs in the trail. He was very willing to put on the pack, and did not try to take it off. Good Boy!! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b378c3d2b8577c9619fe79/1473709799502-1916BU944J7XNEZ4QUJD/image-asset.jpeg Blog - North side of Mt. Hood July 28-29 2016 A typical stretch of the trail. Willow, fireweed, and beargrass are the predominant plants. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b378c3d2b8577c9619fe79/1473708970130-X05DGFNUMHRN85M0AFHO/image-asset.jpeg Blog - North side of Mt. Hood July 28-29 2016 There were lots of huckleberry bushes, but almost no berries. On the south side of Mt. Hood there was excellent picking this year. Perhaps the plants are putting their energy into growth? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b378c3d2b8577c9619fe79/1473709600277-48HB5MR46BHWNO66A18G/image-asset.jpeg Blog - North side of Mt. Hood July 28-29 2016 Now that I see the fruits of this plant, there is no mistaking it for rhododendron. There are nuts inside of these burs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b378c3d2b8577c9619fe79/1473708427807-NKT2M7NZFHE606GBCV1M/image-asset.jpeg Blog - North side of Mt. Hood July 28-29 2016 At about three miles there is a great viewpoint into the Coe Branch of the East Fork of Hood River. My 2012 photo shows needles clinging to the fire-killed trees. August 15, 2012 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b378c3d2b8577c9619fe79/1473708599847-RF7FHBSNXX7FXHPJO22K/image-asset.jpeg Blog - North side of Mt. Hood July 28-29 2016 Five years have passed since the fire, and four years since my last photo. The trees are gray now and are starting to shed their fine branches. It has greened up on the forest floor. July 28, 2016 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b378c3d2b8577c9619fe79/1473709116156-OY7S0Y4H5VU8415Q9XO6/_MG_8964.jpg Blog - North side of Mt. Hood July 28-29 2016 Pearly everlasting was an abundant flower in drier areas. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b378c3d2b8577c9619fe79/1473709196121-H34BZ6KNHDPAP13SG2VN/image-asset.jpeg Blog - North side of Mt. Hood July 28-29 2016 Golden chinquapin, Chrysolepis chrysophyllais is the champion shrub growing on aspects that tilt to the south. In 2012, I mistakenly indentified it as rhododendron, which has similar leaves and a similar growth form. These plants did not establish from seed, but rather grew back from roots that survived in the fire. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b378c3d2b8577c9619fe79/1473708827599-ASYUFPBHEPV5JT8BMFA6/image-asset.jpeg Blog - North side of Mt. Hood July 28-29 2016 Living at the edge of a meadow, these two Douglas-fir trees survived the fire. Remnant trees are important in re-seeding the forest. https://www.wildlandnw.net/blog/2016/9/17/buck-mountain-loup-loup-pass-june-22-2016 monthly 0.5 2016-09-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b378c3d2b8577c9619fe79/1474140911736-BBXE3J030Y09HBJ5PKNJ/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Buck Mountain, Loup Loup Pass June 14 and June 22, 2016 Here is the photo comparison. Thanks to Washington Department of Natural Resources and Wenatchee Forestry Sciences Lab for supporting this project! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b378c3d2b8577c9619fe79/1474142841079-3VFZAUI5SP8FPS8X1RBP/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Buck Mountain, Loup Loup Pass June 14 and June 22, 2016 Insects don't create art, or do they? Egg galleries made by Douglas-fir beetles (Dendroctonus pseudotsugae). I found these patterns on the underside of some bark from a large Douglas-fir tree. The tree was injured by the fire, and finished off by the bark beetles. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b378c3d2b8577c9619fe79/1474142739992-69FD9TB29OWGDWS4L8F0/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Buck Mountain, Loup Loup Pass June 14 and June 22, 2016 Fireweed blooms where floodwaters swept the summer before. Frazer Creek, west of Loup Loup Summit. Carlton Complex Fire 2014, 2016 Photo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b378c3d2b8577c9619fe79/1474141011457-KJRHN0HW4SY21BZVLG7Y/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Buck Mountain, Loup Loup Pass June 14 and June 22, 2016 It is pretty stark looking, but it won't stay that way. Beaver Lake Fire 2015. 2016 photo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b378c3d2b8577c9619fe79/1474141067096-JVNFOUZYTDI8EJWDQC0E/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Buck Mountain, Loup Loup Pass June 14 and June 22, 2016 Fire has much to do with weathering, I think. This granite boulder is exfoliating. The green-up of grass is inspirational. Beaver Lake Fire 2015, 2016 photo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b378c3d2b8577c9619fe79/1474140760713-BEHT80OOEZQVM9VPRI7B/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Buck Mountain, Loup Loup Pass June 14 and June 22, 2016 Fortunately fire-fighters were able to save this historic structure built in 1961. The fire burned really hot here as evidenced by the complete consumption of needles on the trees. Beaver Lake Fire 2015 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b378c3d2b8577c9619fe79/1474140458025-AUC7ET0QL82H8PFY7XH7/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Buck Mountain, Loup Loup Pass June 14 and June 22, 2016 Far from ruining this little lake, the fire added ecological diversity. The burned patch will support shrubs and grasses. I can visualize swallows nesting in the snags ten years from now and swooping over the lake to grab insects. This is what is called "mixed severity" fire where there is a mix of live and dead trees. Beaver Lake Fire 2015 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b378c3d2b8577c9619fe79/1474140864147-FW5T2H7Y4Z9XY1RJHM4S/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Buck Mountain, Loup Loup Pass June 14 and June 22, 2016 The fire almost got it............... Buck Mountain Lookout, Beaver Lake Fire 2015 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b378c3d2b8577c9619fe79/1474141179660-NO9IESTP93TJAOQ59V4R/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Buck Mountain, Loup Loup Pass June 14 and June 22, 2016 Photograph from west of Loup Loup Summit. This photograph was taken on June 14, at about 3,500 feet elevation. This area burned as part of Carlton Complex Fire in 2014. The dead trees are a mix of Douglas-fir and ponderosa pine. The flowers are a species of lupine. Carlton Complex Fire 2014, 2016 Photo https://www.wildlandnw.net/wa-osbornes daily 0.75 2017-02-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b378c3d2b8577c9619fe79/1486702916653-E2DY6IK0VQ33LTIFGFFE/image-asset.jpeg WA Osbornes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b378c3d2b8577c9619fe79/1486702801431-686D9EMJ6M8YJ9UC4OQ8/image-asset.jpeg WA Osbornes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b378c3d2b8577c9619fe79/1486748465296-E5NZ5IDJK8LID6QLFS5I/image-asset.jpeg WA Osbornes Mountain Goat nannys and kids in the vicinity of Devil's Slide. Naches Ranger District of Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest, WA. Photography funded by The Nature Conservancy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b378c3d2b8577c9619fe79/1486702436544-QG2V9ZRDGREH9TRLY0RJ/Bald+Mt+Supp+SW+Comparison.jpg WA Osbornes Top Image by George Clisby, from National Archives and Records Administration, Seattle, Wa. Bottom image by John F Marshall as funded by Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest and Wenatchee Forestry Sciences Lab of Pacific NW Research Station. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b378c3d2b8577c9619fe79/1486705689579-3ZFECK9PFIF4OTG96Q6V/image-asset.jpeg WA Osbornes The black and white comparison makes evident, just how much more varied the landscape was in 1936, than in 2012. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b378c3d2b8577c9619fe79/1486705391596-QZ5PBLUQNXGCGB8BBDU5/image-asset.jpeg WA Osbornes To the left is Rimrock lake, and Mt. Adams. The Goat Rocks are to the right of Adams. Mt. Ranier is on the right skyline. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b378c3d2b8577c9619fe79/1486705896879-XPC1W8ZFEJJL9AZZM8EQ/image-asset.jpeg WA Osbornes Funding for repeat image: Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest and Wenatchee Forestry Sciences Lab, of Pacific NW Research Station. 1934 image by George Clisby is from National Archives and Records Administration in Seattle, WA. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b378c3d2b8577c9619fe79/1486751579655-RL8LO5TEXRWTBN2JU0Y5/image-asset.jpeg WA Osbornes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b378c3d2b8577c9619fe79/1486751461612-IZGF04U7MJO0BGY91O7D/image-asset.jpeg WA Osbornes The brown color is due to defoliation by western spruce budworm caterpillars, which feeds on fir trees but not pines. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b378c3d2b8577c9619fe79/1486751286340-PB6PUF2K175KS4QXWJS4/image-asset.jpeg WA Osbornes 1934 by Reino R. Sarlin from National Archives and Records Administration, Seattle, WA. 2010 repeat photo by John F Marshall funded by Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest and Wenatchee Forestry Sciences Lab of Pacific NW Research Station. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b378c3d2b8577c9619fe79/1486751551537-G78S2IVW243JMGIW4ZDX/image-asset.jpeg WA Osbornes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b378c3d2b8577c9619fe79/1486857575123-YMG2U49QU2MJ8KINJLR7/image-asset.jpeg WA Osbornes Destruction from Carlton Complex Fire in the French Creek area of the Methow Valley, WA. Copyright 2014 John F Marshall https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b378c3d2b8577c9619fe79/1486855303446-JRDJLSC2RL5AK6F4CNKQ/image-asset.jpeg WA Osbornes 2015 Photo John F Marshall   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b378c3d2b8577c9619fe79/1486857753264-XIUMFDIEFO278T096CPG/image-asset.jpeg WA Osbornes Leecher Mountain Lookout in 2010. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b378c3d2b8577c9619fe79/1486854990936-VR4LQQZQWZGQLUUHE1C3/image-asset.jpeg WA Osbornes Top Photo Willam B. Osborne 1930, from National Archives and Records Administration, Seattle, WA. Middle Photo 2011 by John F Marshall funded by Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest and Wenatchee Forestry Sciences Lab of Pacific NW Research Station. Bottom Photo 2015 by John F Marshal, funded Washington Department of Natural Resources. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b378c3d2b8577c9619fe79/1486855241723-EUQTBCO46Y5GVN8T20NA/image-asset.jpeg WA Osbornes 1930 Photo from National Archives https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b378c3d2b8577c9619fe79/1486855271697-9YYVU363KDGBHQUAP4DI/image-asset.jpeg WA Osbornes 2011 Photo by John F Marshall https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b378c3d2b8577c9619fe79/1487088112571-ICRC6FXKK704SWZYAJXM/image-asset.jpeg WA Osbornes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b378c3d2b8577c9619fe79/1487087873586-OQJ9QIJDC0TDJ2H8JPN6/image-asset.jpeg WA Osbornes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b378c3d2b8577c9619fe79/1487087664903-AYRA5BPIHGLCZB3B6G54/image-asset.jpeg WA Osbornes Top photo Albert Arnst 1935 from National Archives and Records Administration, Seattle, WA. Bottom photo 2014 John F Marshall for the Umatilla National Forest. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b378c3d2b8577c9619fe79/1487088174693-X0EKBID4R8V7G97WZPJF/image-asset.jpeg WA Osbornes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b378c3d2b8577c9619fe79/1488230369793-S24US1FVSPVNB3G3MPHU/Smoothing+Iron+SW+Comp+Color.jpg WA Osbornes 1935 USFS photo from National Archives and Records Administration, Seattle, WA. 2014 photo by John F Marshall for Umatilla National Forest, WA. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b378c3d2b8577c9619fe79/1488230720150-KG9DLS7IHO2UF83EN4C8/image-asset.jpeg WA Osbornes South Fork of North Fork of Asotin Creek in 2014, John F Marshall https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b378c3d2b8577c9619fe79/1488230535108-AARNDGPOLO3H5BLEFPRC/image-asset.jpeg WA Osbornes South Fork of North Fork of Asotin Creek in 1935, Albert Arnst https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b378c3d2b8577c9619fe79/1488230498028-3FUG4ZAUWRPRMEYVGJA3/image-asset.jpeg WA Osbornes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b378c3d2b8577c9619fe79/1488233937060-PGFABTGHJM4IYRVX18QN/image-asset.jpeg WA Osbornes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b378c3d2b8577c9619fe79/1488236739555-NRUUHBBU9YIEGHAISDY9/W+Fk+Pasayten+1934.jpg WA Osbornes West Fork of Pasayten River drainage in 1934, as seen from Slate Peak https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b378c3d2b8577c9619fe79/1488236625223-YY6UA6U5GL3RRJH54L12/Slate+Peak+N+Comparison.jpg WA Osbornes View from Slate Peak into the West Fork of the Pasayten River. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b378c3d2b8577c9619fe79/1488236852865-5TUGK07253PWW2HLNKQE/image-asset.jpeg WA Osbornes West Fork of Pasayten River drainage in 2013, as seen from Slate Peak https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b378c3d2b8577c9619fe79/1488233438982-PDJCLTFFJYQ7IS4AU2V3/image-asset.jpeg WA Osbornes 1934 USFS Photo by George Clisby from National Archives and Records Administration, Seattle, WA. 2013 photo by John F Marshall for Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest and Wenatchee Forestry Sciences Lab. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b378c3d2b8577c9619fe79/1488299960138-1WN5OMCAZAETZ0EDQP4S/image-asset.jpeg WA Osbornes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b378c3d2b8577c9619fe79/1488302252887-E0L5E420ZQBAORBM1E5D/Windy+Peak+SE+Comparison.jpg WA Osbornes WINDY PEAK SE 1934 Photo- Albert Arnst from National Archives and Records Administration, Seattle, WA. 2014 Photo- John F Marshall for Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest and Wenatchee Forestry Sciences Lab. View looking from 60 degrees (east by northeast) to 180 degrees (south). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b378c3d2b8577c9619fe79/1488300036476-90XYFMNPN3OAFWZXFBJ4/image-asset.jpeg WA Osbornes WINDY PEAK SW 1934 Photo- Albert Arnst from National Archives and Records Administration, Seattle, Wa. 2014 Photo- John F Marshall for Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest and Wenatchee Forestry Sciences Lab. View looking from 180 degrees (south) to 300 degrees (west by northwest) Yellow line shows boundary of old fire scar. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b378c3d2b8577c9619fe79/1488304484347-W527Q3NT18SZ4RKRNJ5V/image-asset.jpeg WA Osbornes Eight years after the Tripod Fire of 2006, the ground is well covered by sun-loving plants including fireweed, grasses, and willow. Lodgepole pine seedlings are well established. Wildlife species that browse willow, feed on grouse berries, or eat seeds will find more to eat here in the summer than in the closed canopy forest. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b378c3d2b8577c9619fe79/1488302623515-UKW2MOWC5VFRYDU78LAM/image-asset.jpeg WA Osbornes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b378c3d2b8577c9619fe79/1488302587351-3532KXF0D7AGYQ6WVECN/image-asset.jpeg WA Osbornes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b378c3d2b8577c9619fe79/1488299879230-0BJURWCWSWB5L0ISHN2I/image-asset.jpeg WA Osbornes The way in to Windy Peak on Trail 342. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b378c3d2b8577c9619fe79/1488304081802-1HFPZ09NL0T40FPCLXKB/Edge.jpg WA Osbornes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b378c3d2b8577c9619fe79/1488304556708-AI0Z21UR19R94BKOF5X8/image-asset.jpeg WA Osbornes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b378c3d2b8577c9619fe79/1488304522645-NTGSS0SMTHNY4QW5JH73/image-asset.jpeg WA Osbornes An un-burned area close to the above photo of a burned area. Under the forest canopy, wildlife can find shade and cover. Shade loving plants thrive here. In winter subalpine fir trees provide subsistence forage for moose and mountain goats. https://www.wildlandnw.net/new-index daily 0.75 2017-03-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b378c3d2b8577c9619fe79/1488237521201-GWDI6HPME9GAG1TTRQ8C/image-asset.jpeg Oregon Osbornes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b378c3d2b8577c9619fe79/1486914570516-0AOFLHVEWYMC9C2FM0LU/image-asset.jpeg Oregon Osbornes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b378c3d2b8577c9619fe79/1486914294805-QVM7JZ7QHASSZZ58I6X9/image-asset.jpeg Oregon Osbornes Top Image- James D. Rittenhouse and Reino R. Sarlin 10/22/1933 from the National Archives and Records Administration in Seattle, WA Bottom Image-John F Marshall https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b378c3d2b8577c9619fe79/1486921762714-4OSCBUYAYAT2ZQ940VW3/image-asset.jpeg Oregon Osbornes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b378c3d2b8577c9619fe79/1486914460662-6SILJT4WC4KH0J0RN0ND/image-asset.jpeg Oregon Osbornes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b378c3d2b8577c9619fe79/1486914609268-RIOFJLGU03CZVDJ82AXG/image-asset.jpeg Oregon Osbornes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b378c3d2b8577c9619fe79/1489429093646-PIQB8Q5H4ZLU4S08ZXFV/image-asset.jpeg Oregon Osbornes Penstemon and yarrow growing on lithosol soils in the Blue Mountains, Umatilla National Forest. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b378c3d2b8577c9619fe79/1489427291750-OAIA1RFVSZIFEKDO81SC/High+Ridge-3.jpg Oregon Osbornes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b378c3d2b8577c9619fe79/1489427596546-ECEMQD3X2X28NB6Q1V6C/image-asset.jpeg Oregon Osbornes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b378c3d2b8577c9619fe79/1489427264162-DOF6U9DLHSHTGSK7Z8QE/image-asset.jpeg Oregon Osbornes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b378c3d2b8577c9619fe79/1489427075010-OLD0Z9CT9RJH8I56P9D5/image-asset.jpeg Oregon Osbornes 1935 USFS photo by Albert Arnst from the National Archives and Records Administration, Seattle, WA. Bottom photo by John F Marshall from 2014 funded by Umatilla National Forest through Wenatchee Forestry Sciences Lab. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b378c3d2b8577c9619fe79/1489427573266-595TJAO8HW1HRT972E85/image-asset.jpeg Oregon Osbornes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b378c3d2b8577c9619fe79/1489426598404-OX0EFWQ1U0TMBICCG49A/image-asset.jpeg Oregon Osbornes High Ridge Lookout Tower on the Umatilla National Forest, built in 1959 and still staffed at times. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b378c3d2b8577c9619fe79/1489427489373-H3ZFDA71YQ5SPTFYQ70C/image-asset.jpeg Oregon Osbornes https://www.wildlandnw.net/emily-london-montauk daily 0.75 2025-05-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56d73dbac2ea51af9150258f/1456949844215-73DP6IL6D57CPGUBXI6G/2.jpg Emily London https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56d73dbac2ea51af9150258f/1456949861984-D422UDQ75DFRGW99N1PK/1.jpg Emily London https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56d73dbac2ea51af9150258f/1456949889676-3W21LMQQXBZ9Z85GG6JV/2.jpg Emily London https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56d73dbac2ea51af9150258f/1456949898775-BPVRJVNYDUC8784HBZJ7/3.jpg Emily London https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56d73dbac2ea51af9150258f/1456949907162-ZADZDC8QSTRFIMWW546E/4.jpg Emily London https://www.wildlandnw.net/jonathan-miller-montauk daily 0.75 2025-05-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56d73dbac2ea51af9150258f/1456950111235-8CM0LIL0K96OK07GMZMM/1.jpg Jonathan Miller https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56d73dbac2ea51af9150258f/1456950111235-8CM0LIL0K96OK07GMZMM/1.jpg Jonathan Miller https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56d73dbac2ea51af9150258f/1456950117845-254MWK9VVWTGFZG8FSDO/2.jpg Jonathan Miller https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56d73dbac2ea51af9150258f/1456950126499-5ANZLJFVZ06QBEGJ32JT/3.jpg Jonathan Miller https://www.wildlandnw.net/charlotte-stowe-montauk daily 0.75 2025-05-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56d73dbac2ea51af9150258f/1456950758632-NAZO8MNX0YD4IEMV9UF6/1.jpg Charlotte Stowe https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56d73dbac2ea51af9150258f/1456950758632-NAZO8MNX0YD4IEMV9UF6/1.jpg Charlotte Stowe https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56d73dbac2ea51af9150258f/1456950766954-UI4WV1IUKWOCNOL9ZF16/2.jpg Charlotte Stowe https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56d73dbac2ea51af9150258f/1456950777774-TL5RQAKEN8OQB85HQ3Y7/3.jpg Charlotte Stowe https://www.wildlandnw.net/candice-whitman-montauk daily 0.75 2025-05-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56d73dbac2ea51af9150258f/1456950982714-2IXOYNN1M2KWJZKT0KF1/1.jpg Candice Whitman https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56d73dbac2ea51af9150258f/1456950982714-2IXOYNN1M2KWJZKT0KF1/1.jpg Candice Whitman https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56d73dbac2ea51af9150258f/1456951004114-4G2SOWUQL5Q42L5GELWK/2.jpg Candice Whitman https://www.wildlandnw.net/contact daily 0.75 2016-09-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b378c3d2b8577c9619fe79/1473721483019-FOZ2GD9171BYSF13E0WB/Taylor+Bridge.jpg CONTACT https://www.wildlandnw.net/john-f-marshall daily 0.75 2016-11-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b378c3d2b8577c9619fe79/1473723279978-NPQ8AEDYVPGIOOF27O66/Sodhouse+SchoolIMG_1272.jpg John F Marshall John Marshall with sister Janet at Sodhouse School in the nineteen fifties. We are among the few adults in the United States who attended a one-room country school. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b378c3d2b8577c9619fe79/1473723384063-IN7J150WC66G7JERRH2I/John+Marshall.jpg John F Marshall John F Marshall circa 1990. My focus at the time was 4x5 landscape photography. I loaded one sheet of film at a time in my closet, and hauled heavy equipment over many a mountain pass. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b378c3d2b8577c9619fe79/1473722915839-O4BKSSPP8620WMRZHNQZ/image-asset.jpeg John F Marshall David B. 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