Nature Photos

See the website Friends of Douglas-fir National Monument, to find out more
about preserving and restoring these ancient forests.
There are more photos of Douglas-fir, Pseudotsuga menziesii, in the Wild Plants section and in
Please don't call it Forestry: Part 1, Clearcuts and Part 2: The Timber Industry.

Image 1. An ancient Douglas-fir forest just outside the southeast edge of the
Middle Santiam Wilderness, Oregon Cascades

Image 2. An ancient Douglas-fir forest above Crabtree Lake,
Santiam River watershed,Oregon Cascades

Image 3. An ancient Douglas-fir forest above Crabtree Lake,
Santiam River watershed,Oregon Cascades

Image 4. A Dougas-fir forest, Opal Creek Wilderness
Oregon Cascades

Image 5. An ancient Douglas-fir forest above Crabtree Lake,
Santiam River watershed,Oregon Cascades

Image 6. A Dougas-fir forest, Opal Creek Wilderness
Oregon Cascades

Image 7. A Dougas-fir forest, near the Opal Creek Wilderness.
Oregon Cascades

Image 8. A Dougas-fir forest, Opal Creek Wilderness
Oregon Cascades

Image 9. An ancient Douglas-fir forest above Crabtree Lake,
Santiam River watershed,Oregon Cascades

Image 10. An ancient Douglas-fir forest just outside the southeast edge of the
Middle Santiam Wilderness, Oregon Cascades

Image 11. The South Santiam River runs through an old Douglas fir forest
just outside the southeast edge of the
Middle Santiam Wilderness, Oregon Cascades.

Image 12. An ancient Douglas-fir forest just outside the southeast edge of the
Middle Santiam Wilderness, Oregon Cascades

Image 13. A Douglas-fir and western hemlock forest just outside the
northwestern edge of the Middle Santiam Wilderness, Oregon Cascades.

Image 14. Moose Creek, Oregon Cascades.

Image 15. A Dougas-fir forest, Opal Creek Wilderness
Oregon Cascades

Image 16. Trail through a Douglas-fir forest near Breitenbush,
Oregon Cascades

Image 17. Douglas-fir forest near Breitenbush, Oregon Cascades

Image 18. An ancient Douglas-fir forest at House Rock,
Santiam River, Oregon Cascades

Image 19. An ancient Douglas-fir forest just outside the southeast edge of the
Middle Santiam Wilderness, Oregon Cascades

Image 20. A Douglas-fir forest along Quartzville Creek,
Santiam River watershed, Oregon Cascades

Image 21. An ancient Douglas-fir forest just outside the southeast edge of the
Middle Santiam Wilderness, Oregon Cascades

Image 22. Mossy stump in a Douglas fir forest,
Santiam River watershed, Oregon Cascades.

Image 23. Old douglas-fir trees in Redwood National Park, California

Image 24. Not all old-growth forests are dominated by very ancient trees;
this one has trees about 200 years old, with an occasional 800 year-old giant.
Near Gordon Lakes, Santiam River watershed, Oregon Cascades

Image 25. Crabtree Lake, Oregon, with an ancient Douglas-fir forest above

Nature Photos