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Alaska forestry research historical images

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posted on 2025-03-01, 03:06 authored by Jeffrey C. Barnard, Kellen N. Nelson
This material is a scanned collection of 35 millimeter (mm) slides and prints collected by staff of the USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station, Juneau Forestry Sciences Laboratory (Juneau FSL). Slides and prints include images of ongoing research and natural resources related work throughout Alaska and several locations in the Pacific Northwest from the 1950s to 1990s. Images are of landscapes, natural resources and forest research, management activities, industry, transportation, communities and some of the people involved in the activities. Documentation such as date, description, location, people, keywords, and more is provided for each image, as available. Descriptive information about each image is provided as noted by the photographer on the original media and additional information, where possible, is also provided by current project leaders.
Documentation of ongoing research and related activities, work sites, other areas of interest visited.
A similar set of historical images for Alaska Forest Service research activities is also available in Wright et al. (2021). This package was published on 02/04/2025. Edits to individual image documentation were made on 02/24/2025.

Funding

USDA-FS

History

Data contact name

Kellen N. Nelson

Data contact email

kellen.nelson@usda.gov

Publisher

Forest Service Research Data Archive

Use limitations

These data were collected using funding from the U.S. Government and can be used without additional permissions or fees. If you use these data in a publication, presentation, or other research product please use the following citation: Barnard, Jeffrey C.; Nelson, Kellen N. 2025. Alaska forestry research historical images. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2025-0005

Temporal Extent Start Date

1950-01-01

Temporal Extent End Date

1999-12-31

Theme

  • Not specified

Geographic Coverage

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Geographic location - description

Images are from Alaska, British Columbia, Washington, and Oregon.

ISO Topic Category

  • structure
  • transportation
  • environment
  • economy
  • inlandWaters
  • farming
  • biota
  • society

National Agricultural Library Thesaurus terms

Forestry, Wildland Management

OMB Bureau Code

  • 005:96 - Forest Service

OMB Program Code

  • 005:059 - Management Activities

Pending citation

  • No

Public Access Level

  • Public

Identifier

RDS-2025-0005