The Olympic Highway after the windstorm. The amount of labor necessary to clear the road of blowdown can be judged by the cut trunks and stubs on either side. Olympic National Forest, Washington.

For more information about this event see: www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/fseprd493595.pdf and www.climate.washington.edu/stormking/January1921.html

See also Publications on Hazard and Danger Trees here: www.fs.usda.gov/detail/r6/forest-grasslandhealth/insects-...

Photo by: McKissick
Date: 1921

Credit: National Archives and Records Administration
RG# 95-GP. Records of the Forest Service. General Subject Files.

Image provided by USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Region, State and Private Forestry, Forest Health Protection: www.fs.usda.gov/main/r6/forest-grasslandhealth

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