Photos from the Field – Tree Mortality in the Sierra

Yosemite National Park just before the tunnel to Yosemite Valley on HY 41
Yosemite National Park just before the tunnel to Yosemite Valley on HY 41
Yosemite National Park in Yosemite Valley on HY 41. Shows some dead clumps.
Yosemite National Park in Yosemite Valley on HY 41. Shows some dead clumps.
Shaver Lake, CA on Southern California Edison forest land.
Shaver Lake, CA on Southern California Edison forest land.
Below Big Creek Power house in Big Creek, CA near Shaver Lake, CA. Mostly on USFS land.
Below Big Creek Power house in Big Creek, CA near Shaver Lake, CA. Mostly on USFS land.
Below Big Creek Power house in Big Creek, CA near Shaver Lake, CA. Mostly on USFS land.
Below Big Creek Power house in Big Creek, CA near Shaver Lake, CA. Mostly on USFS land.
Looking into Blue Canyon from Dinkey Shaver Road near Shaver Lake, CA there are dead trees as far as you can see in the canyon. On USFS land mostly.
Looking into Blue Canyon from Dinkey Shaver Road near Shaver Lake, CA there are dead trees as far as you can see in the canyon. On USFS land mostly.
Looking into Blue Canyon from Dinkey Shaver Road near Shaver Lake, CA there are dead trees as far as you can see in the canyon. On USFS land mostly.
Looking into Blue Canyon from Dinkey Shaver Road near Shaver Lake, CA there are dead trees as far as you can see in the canyon. On USFS land mostly.
Looking from near Alder Springs towards Pine Ridge below Shaver Lake CA on USFS and Private lands.
Looking from near Alder Springs towards Pine Ridge below Shaver Lake CA on USFS and Private lands.
Looking from near Alder Springs towards Pine Ridge below Shaver Lake CA on USFS and Private lands.
Looking from near Alder Springs towards Pine Ridge below Shaver Lake CA on USFS and Private lands.

 

Photos By Thomas W. Catchpole, PO Box 105, Prather, CA 93651, treecookies@netptc.net