The dead chestnut trees were cut down, piled up and burned, thus reducing the danger of forest fires in the dead and dry wood, Spruce Mountain, fire hazard reduction, circa 1936
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Original Captions: The dead chestnut trees were cut down, piled up and burned, thus reducing the danger of forest fires in the dead and dry wood. Spruce Mt. Fire Hazard Reduction; III-C-CCC-16574, History - Campgrounds and Picnic Areas - Cataloochee CCC Camp .The dead chestnut trees were cut down, piled up and burned, thus reducing the danger of forest fires in the dead and dry wood. Spruce Mt.Fire Hazard Reduction, III-C-CCC-16574, History - Campgrounds and Picnic Areas - Cataloochee CCC Camp
Circa 1936
Trailside fire hazard reduction. Debris before scattering. Fire Hazard Reduction, Jump-up ridge trail, 1935
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Trailside fire hazard reduction...Debris before scattering.Fire Hazard Reduction; Jump-up ridge trail, IV-Z-4380, Miscellaneous
1935-08-27
Trailside fire hazard reduction. Debris before scattering. Fire Hazard Reduction, Jump-up ridge trail, 1935
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Trailside fire hazard reduction...Debris before scattering.Fire Hazard Reduction; Jump-up ridge trail, IV-Z-4378, Miscellaneous
1935-08-27
Two men working on air tanker, air tanker operations.
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Air tanker operations...Copied from Forest Service photograph.Air Tanker, II-E-6917, Physical Facilities - Equipment
1963
View down side of new steel fire lookout tower at Hickory Cabin showing ditches for grounding tower for protection against lightening, 1938
Mammoth Cave National Park; National Park Service
View of burned area in Cedar Spring Valley area, the fire burned approximately 60 acres, 1938
Mammoth Cave National Park; National Park Service
View of burned area in Cedar Spring Valley area, the fire burned approximately 60 acres, 1938
Mammoth Cave National Park; National Park Service
View of completed Estes fire lookout tower inMammoth Cave National Park, 1938
Mammoth Cave National Park; National Park Service
View south from Hickory Cabin fire tower, 1946
Mammoth Cave National Park; National Park Service
Yellowstone in the Afterglow: Lessons from the Fires
Clemson University Libraries
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