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| Middle elevation of Grand Bluffs property with brush
fields which came in after the Bretz Fire in 1947 |
View to NW corner where Summit Creek is near rock
outcropping showing more of the continuous brush fields which cover 2/3rds
of the property. |
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| Dogwoods in fall color growing in dense Whitethorn
stand |
Conifers trying to grow in brush, snags from 1947
Bretz fire |
Natural
regeneration of conifers is strong in forested areas |
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Sixty year old Ponderosa Pine shows how fast trees can
grow at this site. |
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| Summit Creek, a class I watercourse |
Class II watercourse through one of the many small
meadows |
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| Dogwoods in bloom |
California Fuschia |
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| Rhamnus rubra, Sierra Coffeeberry |
Rhododendron occidentalis, Western Azalea |
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| Heather Baker and Joanna Clines botanizing at Grand
Bluffs |
Wildflower class fundraiser for the Sierra Foothill
Conservancy |
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| Frittillaria micrantha - Brown Bells |
Phantom Orchid - Cephalanthera austini |
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| Mariposa Tulip - Calochortus venustus |
Blue Wild Rye - Elymus glaucus |
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| 'Floating trestle' loggers used in 1906 to take logs
out over meadow |
Another view of 'floating trestle', a historic site. |
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| Original mill site from 1906 |
Boiler from logging used between 1906 - 1912 |
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| Ceanothus integerrimus - Deerbrush before treatment |
Timber Ax Masticating Deerbrush August 2005 |
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| Rotating head with masticating knives of Timber Ax |
After Ceanothus cordulatus, Whitethorn was masticated |
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| Photo Point 2.1 before treatment |
Photo Point 2.1 after treatment |
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| Photo Point 3 before treatment |
Photo Point 3 after treatment |
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| Excavator lifting roots of re-sprouting brush species.
Roots are left on top of the soil to protect from erosion. |
Without this treatment, brush would grow back within
3-5 years. Some roots are piled for later burning when organic material gets
too deep. |
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| Finn Leeper piling limbs for
burning. |
Ray Laclergue, Intermountain Nursery owner, burning
piles in fall. |
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| Collecting pine cones for seed |
Growing trees for planting |
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| Raymond Laclergue planting 2 year old trees in April
2005 |
Planting 1 year old trees in April 2005 |
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| Forest needing thinning |
Forest after thinning |
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| Forestry Tour at Grand Bluffs, June, 2010 |
Forestry Tour, June 2010 |
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| Ponderosa Pine tree growing above the brush in unit 1 |
Ponderosa Pine trees becoming established in unit 1 of the
Grand Bluffs forest |
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Ponderosa and Sugar Pine gaining height on re-establishing
brush |
Mentzelia dispersa, Bushing Blazing Star, germinating in
unit 1. This annual plant acts as a soil stabilizer, a pioneer species which
covers the ground in spring, summer & winter. |
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