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Santa Rita Experimental Range

Repeat Photography

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    Photo Station: 066

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  • Photo Archive No. 066.1.1936.07
    Photo Archive No. 066.1.1936.07
    Date
    July 1936
    Direction
    1
    Permanent No. 344243. Temporary No. 2425. Photo Sta. 66. Up Florida Canyon, 300 yards southeast of gate. Heavily grazed range adjacent to Pasture 8. All old grass consumed, new grass just starting to show, some erosion beginning to show up. Photo by Cribbs, S.R.E.R. 7/23/36. 104-C.
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  • Photo Archive No. 066.1.1985.09
    Photo Archive No. 066.1.1985.09
    Date
    September 1985
    Direction
    1
    PS 66. Azimuth 354. Sept. 13, 1985. RFB. Canon AE-1 camera (35mm). 35mm WA lens. Robert F. Buttery.
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  • Photo Archive No. 066.1.2000.12
    Photo Archive No. 066.1.2000.12
    Date
    December 2000
    Direction
    1
    PS 66. December 14, 2000, 1:30 p.m. Facing north. Azimuth 354. Forest Service pasture adjacent to Pasture 8. ASA 100 TMAX film. 35mm lens focal length. Fencepost present, but missing a tag. Photo matches 1985, but 1936 shows more foreground than 1985 and 2000. Ocotillo, agave, opuntia, sideoats, beardgrass, scattered Lehmann lovegrass. Trees are Mexican blue oak. Lehmann lovegrass common on hillside in distant center of photo, which faces south. M. McClaran.
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  • Photo Archive No. 066.1.2007.04
    Photo Archive No. 066.1.2007.04
    Date
    April 2007
    Direction
    1
    PS. 066. 16 April 2007. Facing north, Azimuth 354. Elevation 1413 m. ISO 100, 35mm focal length, Canon 5D Digital Camera. Witness present, < 1 m tall, camera above. Witness placed next to large agave plant. Area burned in July 2005. Ocotillo, Calliandra, desert spoon, velvet pod mimosa common plants. Mexican blue oak in top right, same as in 1936. Prickly pear cactus present. Sideoats grama, sprangletop common grasses. Goldeneye (Viguiera sp.) dominates herbaceous layer. Compared to 2000, less grass, less agave and prickly pear, more Goldeneye (Viguiera sp.). M. McClaran photographer, M. McMurtry assistant.
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  • Photo Archive No. 066.1.2012.03
    Photo Archive No. 066.1.2012.03
    Date
    March 2012
    Direction
    1
    PS. 066. 13 March 2012, 12:22 PM. Facing north, Azimuth 354. Elevation 1430 m. ISO 100, 35mm focal length, Canon 5D Mark II Digital Camera. Witness present, < 1 m tall, camera above, and no number tag on witness. Area burned in July 2005. Ocotillo, Calliandra, desert spoon, velvet pod mimosa common plants. Mexican oregano is present. Mexican blue oak in top right, same plant as in 1936. Prickly pear cactus present. Sideoats grama, sprangletop common and cottontop are common grasses. Compared to 2007, more grass, less agave and prickly pear, and absence of goldeneye (Viguiera sp.); also ocotillo in left midground is dead and has fallen over. M. McClaran photographer, K. Hawkes assistant.
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  • Photo Archive No. 066.1.2018.03
    Photo Archive No. 066.1.2018.03
    Date
    March 2018
    Direction
    1
    PS. 066. 06 March 2018, 1:10 PM. Facing north, Azimuth 354. Elevation 1430 m. ISO 125, 35mm focal length, Canon 5D Mark II Digital Camera. Witness present, < 1 m tall, camera above, and no number tag on witness. Area burned in July 2005. Ocotillo, Calliandra, desert spoon, golden eye,velvet pod mimosa common plants. Mexican oregano is present. Mexican blue oak in top right, same plant as in 1936. Prickly pear cactus present. Sideoats grama, Lehmann lovegrass, Boer’s lovegrass (top of tillers at bottom of image), and cane beardgrass, and cottontop are common grasses. Compared to 2012, less grass, including no sprangletop; more golden eye (it returned after absence in 2012); Mexican oregano in distant draw; desert spoon in midground center died; and oak with brown leaves in center leaf midground. M. McClaran photographer, K. Landreville assistant.
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  • Photo Archive No. 066.1.2024.03
    Photo Archive No. 066.1.2024.03
    Date
    March 2024
    Direction
    1

    PS. 066. 06 March 2024, 3:45 PM. Facing north, Azimuth 354. Elevation 1430 m. ISO 200, 35mm focal length, Canon 5D Mark II Digital Camera. Witness present, < 1 m tall, camera above, and no number tag on witness. Area burned in July 2005. Ocotillo, Calliandra, desert spoon, golden eye, velvet pod mimosa common plants. Mexican oregano is present and common. Prickly pear cactus present in the distance. Lehmann lovegrass (dominant), sideoats grama, Boer’s lovegrass (top of tillers at bottom of image), sprangletop, and cottontop are common grasses. Compared to 2018, Mexican blue oak in top right, same plant as in 1936, is now dead; more grass, including return of sprangletop; more golden eye (it returned after absence in 2012); ocotillo in foreground left is dead and fallen; fewer desert spoon on far slope; and bare ground patch on far slope is slightly larger. M. McClaran photographer, and A. Gorlier assistant.

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