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MAR19370 MAR 1937 1

Photo Archive No. 133.1.1937.03

Perm. No. 351910. C-7. Photo Sta. No. 133. Mesquite and burroweed cleared area near Encl. No. 20 in Past. No. 3. Looking east up the principal drainage gully on the cleared area. At present time the gully banks are well rounded up to within 50 feet of the Photo Sta. Photo by Cribbs. 3/31/37. 400-D. S.A. 108.

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JUN19480 JUN 1948 1

Photo Archive No. 133.1.1948.06

6-48. A48-95. P.S. 133 repeat photo area 108. Afr has come back with a heavy stand. Cholla and pricklypear have increased. Few Pve are resprouting. Gully in foreground has now cut back about 2/3 of way across flat. Grass density has increased. Agl, Bro and others. Also note grass along bank of gully. SRER. Culley. 10H(3)b.

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JUL19870 JUL 1987 1

Photo Archive No. 133.1.1987.07

PS 133. Azimuth 140. July 8, 1987. RFB. Canon AE-1 35mm camera. 35mm WA lens. Robert F. Buttery. Taken 15' down gully from PS to get usable view.

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APR20001 APR 2000 1

Photo Archive No. 133.1.2000.04

PS 133. April 7, 2000. Facing southeast. Azimuth 140. Pasture 3. Plus X, ASA 125 film. 35mm lens focal length. Northeast of PS 131 on major wash crossing road, 500' east of road; post present and marked. M. McClaran.

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133_1_2007_03 MAR 2007 1

Photo Archive No. 133.1.2007.03

PS. 133. 12 March 2007. Facing east, Azimuth 90. Pasture 3. ISO 100, 35mm focal length, Canon 5D Digital Camera. Fencepost marker in photo foreground. Roughly same location as 1937 photo and very close to same as 2000. Mesquite alive, prickly pear and chainfruit cholla present, six -weeks needle grama is dominant grass, stinckgrass (Eragrostis cilianensis) in foreground, foreground shrub is Acacia greggii with a few live stems but mustly dead, Zinnia pumila, Baccharis brachyphylla, Isocoma tenuisecta, and Gutierrezia sarothrae (one plant in drainage) all present. M. McClaran photographer, S. Kurc assistant.

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133_1_2011_03 MAR 2011 1

Photo Archive No. 133.1.2011.03

PS. 133. 15 March 2011. Facing east, Azimuth 135. Elevation 989 m. Pasture 3. ISO 100, 35mm focal length, Canon 5D Mark II Digital Camera. Fencepost marker in photo foreground. Roughly same location as 1937 photo and very close to same as 2000. Mesquite alive, burroweed, Zinnia pumila, Baccharis brachyphylla, prickly pear and chainfruit cholla present, six -weeks needle grama is dominant grass. Compared 2007, foreground Acacia greggii is now dead, Threeawns in far left drainage, and increase of Gutierrezia sarothrae. M. McClaran photographer, A. Dalke assistant.

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133_1_2017_03 MAR 2017 1

Photo Archive No. 133.1.2017.03

PS. 133. 15 March 2017. 1:25 PM. Facing east, Azimuth 140. Elevation 989 m. Pasture 3. ISO 100, 35mm focal length, Canon 5D Mark II Digital Camera. Fencepost marker in photo foreground, but no other markers for camera placement. Roughly same location as 1937 photo and very close to same as 2000. Mesquite alive, burroweed, Zinnia pumila, snakeweed, Baccharis brachyphylla, prickly pear and chainfruit cholla present. Threeawn, cottontop in open areas; cane beardgrass, cottontop and bush muhly in wash; bush muhly, cottontop, Setaria, threeawn under mesquite. Since 2011, less prickly pear density and mass, less annual grass, more perennial grass, and increase of snakeweed plant size. M. McClaran photographer, K. Hawkes assistant.

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133_1_2023_03 MAR 2023 1

Photo Archive No. 133.1.2023.03

PS. 133. 09 March 2023. 3:07 PM. Facing east, Azimuth 140. Elevation 989 m. Pasture 3. ISO 160, 35mm focal length, Canon 5D Mark II Digital Camera. Fencepost marker in photo foreground, but no other markers for camera placement. Roughly same location as 1937 photo and very close to same as 2000. Mesquite alive, Celtis, burroweed, Zinnia pumila, snakeweed, Ephedra, Baccharis brachyphylla, Porophyllum gracile, prickly pear and chainfruit cholla present. Location of perennial grasses: in open areas includes Lehmann lovegrass, threeawns, and cottontop; in the wash includes cane beardgrass, cottontop, bush muhly, Setaria, and threeawns; under mesquite includes Setaria, bush muhly, cottontop, and threeawns. Compared to 2017, increase in burroweed and snakeweed density and mass; Lehmann lovegrass appears; and one less prickly pear plant; M. McClaran photographer, A. Gorlier assistant.

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