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Now and then: Photographs document habitat changes in Western forests

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Photo of a hillside northeast of Phillipsburg, Montana next to the future location of U.S. Highway 10A. Date: Between 1906 and 1908 Credit: Frank C. Calkins (USGS) Archived at the Mansfield Library at the University of Montana
Photo of a hillside northeast of Phillipsburg, Montana next to the future location of U.S. Highway 10A. Date: Between 1906 and 1908 Credit: Frank C. Calkins (USGS) Archived at the Mansfield Library at the University of Montana

In the summer of 1968, the U.S. Forest Service sent wildlife biologist George Gruell into the forests of northwestern Wyoming with a camera, a tripod and an old photograph.

His assignment: Find the exact spot where the photo was taken — and take it again. [Read more…]