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SEP19320 SEP 1932 1

Photo Archive No. 116.1.1932.09

Temp. No. 1085. Permanent No. 276359. Photo Sta. #116. South side of Forest Station (No. 14) showing contrast between inside and outside grazed range - Sept. 1932 Santa Rita Exp. Range. Compare 1444 (104-D). (Encl #14).

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AUG19340 AUG 1934 1

Photo Archive No. 116.1.1934.08

Temp. No. 1444. Perm. No. 298675. View of the south side of Forest Station and showing relatively good growth under protection as compared to very short growth on the outside, although most of the summer growing season had passed. Taken August 15, 1934, by Santa Rita Experimental Range. Photo Sta #116. Compare 1885 (104-D). (Encl #14).

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JUN19480 JUN 1948 1

Photo Archive No. 116.1.1948.06

6-48. A48-85. P.S. 116 repeat photo. Grass density lower on both sides of the fence. Bch, Bfi, Bhi, Hbe and others present. Afr shows increase w/a filter 1/50:11. SRER. Culley. 10H(3)b. NOTE: Photos A48-83 and A48-84 also archived under this number but not included on the web page are the same view taken w/o filter 1/50:30 and w/k2 filter 1/50:27, respectively.

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NOV19500 NOV 1950 1

Photo Archive No. 116.1.1950.11

11/50. R-227. Santa Rita Exp. Range, Ariz. Repeat of Photo station 116. H.G. Reynolds. 10H(3)b.

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JUL19510 JUL 1951 1

Photo Archive No. 116.1.1951.07

7/28/51. R-305. S.R.E.R. Repeat of photo station 116 at end of grazing season. H.G. Reynolds. 10H(3)b.

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SEP19520 SEP 1952 1

Photo Archive No. 116.1.1952.09

P.S. 116. B-52-25. Looking west along S. side of Enc. 14. 50-45-13 3/4". Repeat of A-48-83. Bohning, SRER. 23 Sept. 1952.

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JUN19530 JUN 1953 1

Photo Archive No. 116.1.1953.06

P.S. 116. B-53-19. Past. 8 on So. side Encl. 14. Looking to West. 50-45-13 3/4". Repeat of 276359. Bohning, SRER. 6/15/53.

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SEP19530 SEP 1953 1

Photo Archive No. 116.1.1953.09

P.S. 116. B-53-37. Past. 8 on S. side Enc. 14. Looking West. 50-45-13 3/4". Repeat of 276359. Bohning, SRER. 9/15/53.

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JUN19540 JUN 1954 1

Photo Archive No. 116.1.1954.06

PS 116. B-54-1. Looking west. 50-45-13-3/4". Repeat of 276359. Bohning, SRER. 22 June 1954.

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SEP19540 SEP 1954 1

Photo Archive No. 116.1.1954.09

P.S. 116. B-54-39. Enc. 14. Looking to west. 35-45-13-3/4". Repeat of 276359. 9 Sept 1954.

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JUN19550 JUN 1955 1

Photo Archive No. 116.1.1955.06

PS 116. B-55-4. Past 8, next to Enc. 14, looking west. 1/40-f45-50'. Repeat of 276359. Bohning, SRER. 20 June 1955. NOTE: Photo B-55-3 also archived under this number but not included on the web page is the same view.

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SEP19550 SEP 1955 1

Photo Archive No. 116.1.1955.09

P.S. 116. B-55-80. Past. 8 on south side of Enc. 14. Looking west. 1/50-f45-25'. Repeat of 276359. Bohning, SRER. 21 Sept. 1955.

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JUN19560 JUN 1956 1

Photo Archive No. 116.1.1956.06

B-56-34. 6/26/56. SRER, P.S. 116 to west. Past. 8 and Forest Station. Repeat of 276359 (1/50-f.32-30').

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NOV19560 NOV 1956 1

Photo Archive No. 116.1.1956.11

B-56-159. 11/9/56. SRER, P.S. 116 to west, Past. 8 and Forest Station. Repeat of 276359 (1/100-f.32-25').

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JUN19570 JUN 1957 1

Photo Archive No. 116.1.1957.06

B-57-30. 6-3-57. SRER, P.S. 116 to W. WO 276359.

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JUN19850 JUN 1985 1

Photo Archive No. 116.1.1985.06

PS 116. Azimuth 320. June 18, 1985. RFB. Canon AE-1 camera (35mm). 35mm WA lens. Robert F. Buttery.

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JUL19991 JUL 1999 1

Photo Archive No. 116.1.1999.07

PS 116. July 14, 1999. Facing northwest. Azimuth 320. Witness post present. K. Widmer.

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116_1_2007_04 APR 2007 1

Photo Archive No. 116.1.2007.04

PS. 116. 04 April 2007. Facing west, Azimuth 120. Pasture 8, near exclosure 14. Elevation 1277 m. ISO 100, 35mm focal length, Canon 5D Digital Camera. Witness present south of exclosure 1 m, camera above. Mesquite alive; velvet pod mimosa foreground center, Calliandra in leaf and flower, and Agave bottom right. Very small prickly pear foreground. Lehmann lovegrass dominant, also find sideoats grama and sprucetop grama; under mesquite find Setaria and sprangletop. Good match with earlier photos. Witness for PS 095 in left midground. Compared to 1999, less grass. M. McClaran photographer, K. Lohse assistant.

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116_1_2010_03 MAR 2010 1

Photo Archive No. 116.1.2010.03

PS. 116. 18 March 2010 10:00 AM. Facing west, Azimuth 320. Pasture 8, near exclosure 14. Elevation 1270 m. ISO 100, 35mm focal length, Canon 5D Mark II Digital Camera. Witness present south of exclosure 1 m, camera above. Mesquite alive; velvet pod mimosa foreground center, Calliandra common, and Agave bottom right appeared first in 2007. Lehmann lovegrass dominant, also find sideoats grama and sprucetop grama; under mesquite find Setaria and sprangletop. Good match with earlier photos. Large mesquite outside exclosure were sizeable in 1932 photo. Witness for PS 095 in left midground. Compared to 2007, prickly pear is missing and more grass now. M. McClaran photographer, A. Dalke assistant.

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116_1_2016_03 MAR 2016 1

Photo Archive No. 116.1.2016.03

PS. 116. 16 March 2016 10:07 AM. Facing west, Azimuth 320. Pasture 8, near exclosure 14. Elevation 1270 m. ISO 125, 35mm focal length, Canon 5D Mark II Digital Camera. Witness present south of exclosure 1 m, camera above. Mesquite alive; velvet pod mimosa foreground center, Calliandra common, and. Lehmann lovegrass dominant, graythorn in center midground; cholla and barrel cacti present, burroweed present behind center mesquite; ocotillo present on distant hill; also find sideoats grama and sprucetop grama; under mesquite find Setaria. Good match with earlier photos. Large mesquite outside exclosure were sizeable in 1932 photo. Witness for PS 095 in left midground. Compared to 2010, agave that first appeared first in 2007 in now dead; prickly pear is missing and more grass mass and cover now; but sprangletop grass no longer present. M. McClaran photographer, K. Hawkes assistant.

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116_1_2022_03 MAR 2022 1

Photo Archive No. 116.1.2022.03

PS. 116. 14 March 2022 12:10 PM. Facing west, Azimuth 320. Pasture 8, near exclosure 14. Elevation 1270 m. ISO 125, 35mm focal length, Canon 5D Mark II Digital Camera. Witness post no longer present. Mesquite alive; velvet pod mimosa present in exclosure, but the one present in 2016 is not present, Calliandra common, and. Lehmann lovegrass dominant, graythorn in distant center midground; burroweed present behind center mesquite; Krameria and snakeweed present, ocotillo present on distant hill; under mesquite find sideoats, Setaria, cottontop and cane beardgrass. This area burned in 2018. Good match with earlier photos. Of the five mesquite present in 1934, #1 to #5 moving left to right, with #5 inside the exclosure and very small. Mesquite #1 (far left) is now dead, but all other still alive, and #4 is alive but some stem death from 2018 fire. Witness for PS 095 in left midground. Compared to 2016, Less grass cover, lost sprucetop grama, cholla and barrel cactus, but added cane beardgrass, cottontop, Krameria and snakeweed. Lost cacti probably from fire in 2018. M. McClaran photographer, A. Gorlier

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