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Resource Conservation

Description: Photograph of Resource conservation planning on Carl Albert Parkway, McAlester, Okla. Many different types of grasses and shrubs were used to landscape the center median.
Date: December 2, 1969
Creator: Conradi, Al
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Lockheed California Property Resource Planning

Description: Photograph of Jerry Mathews, Soil Conservationist, and C. D. Hamit, conservation technician, survey pond dam on Lockheed California property north of McAlester. People shown in photo go as followed from left to right: 1. C. D. Hamit, Conservation Technician, 2. Jerry Mathews, Soil Conservationist. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Soil conservationist Jerry Mathews (R) and conservation technician C. D. Hamit survey pond dam on Lockheed California property north of McAlester, Oklahoma."
Date: November 13, 1969
Creator: Croom, Dan F.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Soils, Soil Erosion, Soil Conservation & Crop Management

Description: Photograph of low rent housing addition in the City of Holdenville, Oklahoma. This soil is a part of the hector series of soil classification [shallow, well drained, moderately rapidly permeable soils that formed in residuum from sandstone bedrock. These soils are on nearly level to moderately steep ridgetops and steep and very steep mountain sides]. The shaping of 10 to 30% slopes to put the houses on and the steep slopes left next to the housing. This soil usually has a clay layer under the s… more
Date: November 1969
Creator: McCampbell, James B.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Fish Pond E-13

Description: Photograph of Fish Pond E-13 located on the East Range of Fort Sill. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Fish Pond E-13. Built with technical assistance by Soil Conservation Service. This is a very desirable location with excellent vegetation on the watershed."
Date: October 17, 1969
Creator: Fry, Chester
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Farming Equipment and Methods

Description: Photograph of vertical fenders around tractor tires to prevent running over cotton while seeding cover crops. S.G. McLaury is a Global Precipitation Climatology Project [GPCP] participant. OK-981-8.
Date: October 6, 1969
Creator: Bryan, Hugo
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Waste Management

Description: Photograph of Nickey Lambeth, District Conservationist, examing litter along a rural road in LeFlore County. OK-3603-16.
Date: September 29, 1969
Creator: Smith, James E.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Owl Creek Site No. 3

Description: Photograph of site no. 3 - Owl Creek spillway barn. SCS technician, Marshal E. Boyd standing on line between Elken bluestem, left and sand bluestem, right. Good stand were established on both but sand bluestem was removed by grazing. Planted June 14, 1957.
Date: August 31, 1969
Creator: Fry, Chester
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Watersheds

Description: Photograph of recharge well taking water three hours after a 2 inch rai9n. Well constructed on 01-15-1969. OK-3694-7.
Date: August 26, 1969
Creator: Hall, Joe B.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Trees, Tree Farms, Woodlands, and Forests

Description: Photograph of Jimmy Antwine, at the Al King farm, at a gully that was planted with loblolly pine trees in 1967 for erosion control. They have made good growth and have started to stablize the bottom of the gully. OK-3556-13.
Date: August 1969
Creator: Salisbury.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Suburban Development

Description: Photograph of suburban shopping center issustrates intensive use of land resource. Such developments increase water runoff and results in flooding of areas downstream.
Date: July 18, 1969
Creator: Croom, Dan F.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society
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