"Smoky" the bear at center, up in a tree, 1936Great Smoky Mountains National Park"What does that taste like?" "Smoky" up a tree. Bears, "Smoky", I-E-Bear-995, Natural Features - Fauna - Bears.
A Geospatial Database of Tree Islands within the Mustang Corner Fire Incident of 2008The general loss of tree islands in some parts of the Everglades due to flooding is well documented and understood (Patterson and Finck 1999; Avineon 2002; Hofmockel et al. 2003; Sklar et al. 2004). However, the loss of tree islands due to fires within the marl prairies of the Everglades has yet to be properly documented or studied. Anecdotal evidence suggests that tree islands within this pyrogenic landscape usually recover from a fire after several years. However, little is known about the successional sequence of tree islands following an intense fire and how that relates to the general distribution of woody species within this landscape and individual islands. At the same time, a paucity of information exists on how fires affect tree island biogenesis, if it occurs at all under current environmental conditions. To properly address these ecological questions, now or in the future, a comprehensive inventory of tree islands within this landscape is fundamentally necessary.
A lagoon along the Tamiami Trail, Tamiami Trial, April 4 1937Everglades National Park; National Park Service"A lagoon along the Tamiami Trail; Everglades Proposed National Park." Handwritten Date of 4/4/37. Note reads: "A JUNGLE PHASE OF THE EVERGLADES - vast regions of the authorized Everglades National Park area are similar in their tropic jungle appearance to what this photo presents. It is within these vastnesses that the panther, bear, deer, wild turkey, and numerous smaller native animals will find perpetual sanctuary, with the establishment of the Everglades National Park." Stamped Date of 20 Nov 1938. Date noted as 2-9-44.
Abrams Creek Ranger Station, Building No. 56, view from the southeast, mountains in background, 1950Great Smoky Mountains National ParkBuilding Report No. 56. House view from the southeast. Abrams Creek Ranger Station, Building No. 56, II-B-(1)-1494, Physical Facilities - Buildings - Administrative buildings (ranger stations and outbuildings, warden stations, fire towers, checking stations, Geological Survey gauging stations, possession cabin.