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California Lumber Company Log Flume
The Madera log flume built by the California Lumber Company opened for the 1877 season.
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170828-FS-Inyo-PRW-MountRitter (36911169891)
Hiking/Climbing Mount Ritter on the Inyo National Forest, Ansel Adams Wilderness, Aug. 28, 2017. Left Agnew Meadows at 0700. Reached Lake Ediza at 1200. Warmer than usual. Camped above the lake at about 9800. Snow level just above. Tons of mosquitoes. Cross stream at top of outlet at large flat rock. Temps in 60-70s. No wind. (USDA photo by Paul Wade)
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20150416-NRCS-LSC-0249 (16934790014)
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) Range Management Specialist Dennis Dudley walks along the what was the waterline for a stock pond at O’Neal Ranch, where owner William O’Neal Jamison requested assistance to make this part of his Black Angus cattle ranch productive throughout the year, after a four year drought, in O’Neals, CA, on April 15, 2015. A new, solar powered well system and automated watering troughs allow cattle to stay in this area. Ph
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Bass Lake California Duceys on the Lake
Ducey's on the Lake is a mountain lodge located on the northern shore of Bass Lake, California.
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Bass Lake Crane Valley December 2023
A December view of Bass Lake (Crane Valley Reservoir) near the Falls Picnic Site, showing the reservoir at its typical seasonal low level.
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Drought Mitigation - Solar Powered Cattle Watering (20150416-NRCS-LSC-0114)
Part of the mountain ahead is O’Neal Ranch, where owner William O’Neal Jamison uses three solar powered wells and watering systems that makes it possible for him to continue a Black Angus cattle ranch operation throughout the year, in O’Neals, CA, on April 15, 2015. USDA photo by Lance Cheung.
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Drought Mitigation - Solar Powered Cattle Watering (20150416-NRCS-LSC-0116)
Part of the mountain ahead is O’Neal Ranch, where owner William O’Neal Jamison uses three solar powered wells and watering systems that makes it possible for him to continue a Black Angus cattle ranch operation throughout the year, in O’Neals, CA, on April 15, 2015. USDA photo by Lance Cheung.
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Drought Mitigation - Solar Powered Cattle Watering (20150416-NRCS-LSC-0135)
O’Neal Ranch owner William O’Neal Jamison at his solar powered well and watering systems that makes this part of his Black Angus cattle ranch productive throughout the year, in O’Neals, CA, on April 15, 2015. U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) assisted Mr. O'Neal Jamison with a cost share of three new, photovoltaic panels that produce electricity and power the electric well pumps to draw water from below ground to restore productivity in this part
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Drought Mitigation - Solar Powered Cattle Watering (20150416-NRCS-LSC-0231)
A Pacific Rattlesnake crosses a road on the O’Neal Ranch, in O’Neals, CA, on April 15, 2015. USDA photo by Lance Cheung.
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Drought Mitigation - Solar Powered Cattle Watering (20150416-NRCS-LSC-0241)
A Pacific Rattlesnake crosses a road on the O’Neal Ranch, in O’Neals, CA, on April 15, 2015. USDA photo by Lance Cheung.
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Drought Mitigation - Solar Powered Cattle Watering (20150416-NRCS-LSC-0242)
A Pacific Rattlesnake crosses a road on the O’Neal Ranch, in O’Neals, CA, on April 15, 2015. USDA photo by Lance Cheung.
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Drought Mitigation - Solar Powered Cattle Watering (20150416-NRCS-LSC-0270)
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) Range Management Specialist Dennis Dudley walks from what was the waterline for a stock pond at O’Neal Ranch, where owner William O’Neal Jamison requested assistance to make this part of his Black Angus cattle ranch productive throughout the year, after a four year drought, in O’Neals, CA, on April 15, 2015. A new, solar powered well system and automated watering troughs allow cattle to stay in this area. Photovo
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Drought Mitigation - Solar Powered Cattle Watering (20150416-NRCS-LSC-0390)
The dry bottom of a stock pond at O’Neal Ranch, where owner William O’Neal Jamison requested assistance to make this part of his Black Angus cattle ranch productive throughout the year, after a four year drought, in O’Neals, CA, on April 15, 2015. The solution (not seen) was a cost share grant for three new, solar powered well system and automated watering troughs that allow cattle and wildlife to stay in this area. Relative to agricultural farming, the amount of water is very small. His cattle
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Drought Mitigation - Solar Powered Cattle Watering (20150416-NRCS-LSC-0402)
O’Neal Ranch cement watering trough; and the small pond on his ranch that is home to the endangered tiger salamander, in O’Neals, CA, on April 15, 2015. William O’Neal Jamison requested assistance, after four years of drough to restore year-round productivity of this part of his Black Angus cattle ranch. He qualified for a cost-share grant of new, solar-powered well systems and automated watering troughs that allow cattle and wildlife to stay in this area, and to keep a murky pond by this trough
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Drought Mitigation - Solar Powered Cattle Watering (20150416-NRCS-LSC-0414)
O’Neal Ranch owner William O’Neal Jamison checks the small pond on his ranch that is home to the endangered tiger salamander; the automated cement watering trough, and solar powered well system (on the hill,) in O’Neals, CA, on April 15, 2015. Mr. O’Neal Jamison requested assistance, after four years of drough to restore year-round productivity of this part of his Black Angus cattle ranch. He qualified for a cost-share grant of new, solar-powered well systems and automated watering troughs that
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Drought Mitigation - Solar Powered Cattle Watering (20150416-NRCS-LSC-0418)
This O’Neal Ranch pond is home to the endangered tiger salamander, in O’Neals, CA, on April 15, 2015. Mr. O’Neal Jamison requested assistance, after four years of drough to restore year-round productivity of this part of his Black Angus cattle ranch. He qualified for a cost-share grant of new, solar-powered well systems and automated watering troughs that allow cattle and wildlife to stay in this area, and to keep a murky pond by this trough just as it is, an ideal breeding place for this type o
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Drought Mitigation - Solar Powered Cattle Watering (20150416-NRCS-LSC-0424)
(Left to right) U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) Public Affairs Specialist Jim Cairns, Ranch Management Specialist Dennis Dudley, and owner William O’Neal Jamison at a pond on his ranch, that is home to the endangered tiger salamander, in O’Neals, CA, on April 15, 2015. Mr. O’Neal Jamison requested assistance to make this part of his Black Angus cattle ranch productive throughout the year, after a four-year drought. He qualified for a cost-share
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Drought Mitigation - Solar Powered Cattle Watering (20150416-NRCS-LSC-0443)
(Right to left) U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), Ranch Management Specialist Dennis Dudley, and ranch owner William O’Neal Jamison check an automated watering trough that supplies drinking water for cattle and wildlife, as well as a small adjacent pond, that is home to the endangered tiger salamander, in O’Neals, CA, on April 15, 2015. Mr. O’Neal Jamison requested assistance to make this part of his Black Angus cattle ranch productive throughou
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Mid-Sierra Loggers Jamboree Stock Power Saw
Stock Power Saw competition at the Mid-Sierra Loggers Jamboree in North Fork, California (2025).
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NRCS 90th Anniversary (20150416-NRCS-LSC-0200)
O’Neal Ranch owner William O’Neal Jamison checks his solar powered well and watering systems that makes this part of his Black Angus cattle ranch productive throughout the year, in O’Neals, CA, on April 15, 2015. U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) assisted Mr. O'Neal Jamison with a cost share of three new, photovoltaic panels that produce electricity and power the electric well pumps to draw water from below ground. For more information, please se
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NRCS 90th Anniversary (20150416-NRCS-LSC-0269)
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) Range Management Specialist Dennis Dudley walks from what was the waterline for a stock pond at O’Neal Ranch, where owner William O’Neal Jamison requested assistance to make this part of his Black Angus cattle ranch productive throughout the year, after a four year drought, in O’Neals, CA, on April 15, 2015. A new, solar powered well system and automated watering troughs allow cattle to stay in this area. Photovo
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Nate Hodges North Fork Loggers Jamboree Axe Throw
Nate Hodges, American professional lumberjack sports athlete, competing in the axe throw at the North Fork Mid-Sierra Loggers Jamboree in 2025.
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Toyota Tacoma Double Cab Shuteye Peak
Toyota Tacoma Double Cab 4×4 on granite slickrock near Shuteye Peak, Madera County, California.
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Typical-log-at-Sugar-Pine-California-1915
Typical log felled in Sugar Pine, 1915. Photo from the collection of the Sierra Historic Sites Association in Oakhurst, California.
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