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AUG19140 AUG 1914 1

Photo Archive No. 060.1.1914.08

Perm. No. Santa Rita. Temp. No. 1961. Photo Sta. #60. Looking along old Apache trail, approaching creek below McCleary's Camp. Looking N.E. Big mesquite to right and Huerfano Butte in distance. Photo by Forbes. 8/23/14. Forbes No. 410. Compare with 1860 (filed 104-C).

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JUL19350 JUL 1935 1

Photo Archive No. 060.1.1935.07

Perm. No. 328661. Temp. No. 1860. Photo Station #60. Approximately half mile southeast of Benson Well. Retake of (Forbes Photo No. 410) Santa Rita No. 1961. Original photo taken in August 1914 and showed fairly good growth of grasses. Present photograph shows approximately a similar density of grasses with a considerable amount of growth of calliandra. Photo by Cribbs. 1-f32-8"-K2-V. 7/1/35. 104-C.

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NOV19500 NOV 1950 1

Photo Archive No. 060.1.1950.11

11/50. R-220. Santa Rita Exp. Range, Ariz. Photo points. Photo Sta. 60. 10H(3)b. H.G. Reynolds.

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OCT19510 OCT 1951 1

Photo Archive No. 060.1.1951.10

PS 60. B-51-51. On open ridge between Benson Wells and Encl 10. Looking North. 75-22-13-3/4". Repeat of Forbes 410. Bohning, SRER. 5 Oct 1951.

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APR19840 APR 1984 1

Photo Archive No. 060.1.1984.04

PS 60. Azimuth 10. April 20, 1984. RFB. Honeywell Pentax 35mm camera. 35mm WA lens. f:11-16 1/125 20'. 1:30 P.M. Robert F. Buttery.

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APR19880 APR 1988 1

Photo Archive No. 060.1.1988.04

PS-60. Az 10. April 19, 1988. RFB. Canon AE-1 camera. 35mm WA lens. Robert F. Buttery.

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MAY20001 MAY 2000 1

Photo Archive No. 060.1.2000.05

PS 60. May 17, 2000, 12:15 p.m. Facing north. Azimuth 10. Pasture 4. ASA 135, Plus X film. 35mm lens focal length. Marked post north of exclosure. Eragrostis lehmanniana, calliandra; ocotillo in right foreground, 2 in left midground; trees are mesquite. M. McClaran.

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060_1_2007_04 APR 2007 1

Photo Archive No. 060.1.2007.04

PS. 060. 09 April 2007. Facing north, Azimuth 10. Pasture 4. Elevation 1189 m. ISO 100, 35mm focal length, Canon 5D Digital Camera. Witness present, camera above. Mesquite alive, ocotillo, Calliandra in flower, Krameria in leaf, catclaw and velvet pod mimosa are small shrubs scattered in wash and before wash. Fire burned lightly across view in 2005, small mimosa and catclaw now resprouting but large ocotillo burned dead. Lehmann lovegrass dominant with many small plants recruited recently, also find sprucetop grama, and in wash find sprangletop. The distant right large tree present in 1914 and which looked dead in 1950, is still present as a snag. It was a very large mesquite, and I have not seen any this size on the Santa Rita. Compared to 2000, less grass and less ocotillo. M. McClaran photographer, C. McMurtry assistant.

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060_1_2009_03 MAR 2009 1

Photo Archive No. 060.1.2009.03

PS. 060. 18 March 2009. Facing north, Azimuth 10. Pasture 4. Elevation 1188 m. ISO 100, 35mm focal length, Canon 5D Digital Camera. Witness present, camera above. Mesquite alive, Calliandra, Krameria in leaf, catclaw and velvet pod mimosa are small shrubs scattered in wash and before wash. Lehmann lovegrass dominant grass, also find sprucetop grama. The distant right large tree present in 1914 and which looked dead in 1950, is still present as a snag. Compared to 2007, small ocotillo at right is now dead, Calliandra not blooming, and found some hairy grama; and increase in number of Lehmann lovegrass plants. M. McClaran photographer, A. Peterson assistant.

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060_1_2015_03 MAR 2015 1

Photo Archive No. 060.1.2015.03

PS. 060. 17 March 2015. 11:13 am. Facing north, Azimuth 10. Pasture 4. Elevation 1188 m. ISO 125, 35mm focal length, Canon 5D Mark II Digital Camera. Witness present, camera above. Mesquite alive, and leaves emerging. Calliandra in leaf and flower, Krameria in leaf, catclaw and velvet pod mimosa are small shrubs scattered in wash and before wash. Very small agave in midground center. Cholla in midground left. Lehmann lovegrass dominant grass, also find sprucetop grama and sideoats grama. The distant right large tree present in 1914 and which looked dead in 1950, is still present as a snag. Compared to 2009, increase in number of Lehmann lovegrass plants. M. McClaran photographer, K. Hawkes assistant.

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060_1_2021_03 MAR 2021 1

Photo Archive No. 060.1.2021.03

PS. 061. 19 March 2021. 11:09 am. Facing north, Azimuth 10. Pasture 4. Elevation 1227 m. ISO 100, 35mm focal length, Canon 5D Mark II Digital Camera. Witness present, camera above. Mesquite alive. Ocotillo beginning to flower. Barrel cactus in far left is now dead. Desert spoon (Daslyirion) far right midground, the front plant is dead but plant behind is still alive. Jimmyweed (Ericameria larcifolia) in left foreground. Yerba Santa (Baccharis pteronioides) plants (n=4, three are new on right behind mimosa) and a new Zizyphus plant behind velvet pod mimosa on right. Lehmann lovegrass dominant, Boer’s lovegrass common; Setaria and sideoats grama scattered. Compared to 2015, following very dry and hot conditions between July 2020 and March 2021, very little grass production in summer 2020 and very little green grass present now; add Zizyphus, sideoats grama, three Baccharis plants; lost one Baccharis, prickly pear, cottontop, cane beardgrass, and barrel cactus. M. McClaran photographer, A. Gorlier assistant.

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