Doing some prep work over the weekend for the 2016 Nebraska summer seminar to be held at the Nebraska National Forest at Halsey. All four corners of T22N-R26W. This forest covers parts of 8 townships and is manmade in an attempt to forest barren areas of the Nebraska sandhills region. This particular township had its exterior lines rerun in 1911 and 1913 and the interior lines reestablished in 1915.
NE CORNER (1911)
SE CORNER (1911)
SW CORNER (1913)
NW CORNER (1913)
Nice country! Looks like the forest was at least partly successful.
Reminds me a little of driving up from Phoenix to Flagstaff and seeing all the signs telling us that we were in the Coconino National Forest. I don't know what species of tree was predominant though my wife and I undoubtedly read some roadside sign explaining that to us. But most of them wouldn't make a good bush in Tennessee.
Most of that forest looks like scattered thickets...
I need to see that part of the country first hand soon.
I still can't get over how much livestock feed there is in your country!
Why are the trees so little? Has it been logged and re-planted?
Looks like it needs thinned where the trees are growing. Fire would come in there and destroy those trees before they get a chance to become fire resistant.
> I still can't get over how much livestock feed there is in your country!
[sarcasm]When did California secede?[/sarcasm]
> Why are the trees so little? Has it been logged and re-planted?
This is an arid part of the country; not much growth in a year...
> Looks like it needs thinned where the trees are growing. Fire would come in there and destroy those trees before they get a chance to become fire resistant.
There was a fire; in 1910, and then another, recently, in 2012. Lots of wide open spaces; plenty of wind to blow it around.
I used to hunt grouse there ever fall; beautiful country...:-D
> [sarcasm]When did California secede?[/sarcasm]
Country as in backcountry.
> There was a fire; in 1910, and then another, recently, in 2012. Lots of wide open spaces; plenty of wind to blow it around.
The "forested" picture at the end does not look like it has burned in the last 20 years.
Forest Tri Station
USGS triangulation Station "Strunk" in the Nebraska National Forest. A tall tower was not needed to get over the tops of the trees.
Forest Tri Station
[sarcasm]National Forest[/sarcasm]
I have not seen an area like that, where there are no fences as far as the eye can see. Looks like a great place to get lost.
Did anybody even homestead that country?