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Burned Down Cottage

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Description: Scorched metal, ash, a foundation, and a brick chimney are all that remain of a cottage after a fire. Bare trees surround the ruins of the cottage.
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Fire Break

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Description: One man, wearing a hard hat, is kneeling in the dirt in the foreground, while another man wearing a cap is resting one foot on a Minneapolis-Moline disk pl...
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Father and Daughter after a Forest Fire

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Description: A man (Mr. Carlsen) is standing next to his daughter (Lisa). He is bending over and pointing to a small green plant growing out of the scorched ground afte...
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Father Showing Daughter a Plant

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Description: A father (Mr. Carlsen) and his daughter (Lisa) are kneeling on the scorched ground next to a burned tree trunk. They are touching and looking at a small gr...
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Emergency Forest Fire Regulations

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Description: A man is nailing a sign posting the emergency forest fire regulations to a wood post. He is wearing a Department of Natural Resources uniform, including tw...
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Flood in Trout Strem

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Description: View from shoreline looking through fences towards a man standing in knee-deep water holding a net and scooping water into a bucket. Patches of land and tr...
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After a Windstorm

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Description: View looking uphill towards a man in a hardhat standing in the middle of fallen pine trees.
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Storm Damage Cleanup

Date: 03 1978
Description: View across snow-covered ground towards a man standing on a log. The trees around him are either broken or bent over towards the right, the result of a sto...
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Wind and Electric Power

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Description: View across field towards a windmill standing next to a tall electric utility pole on a field.
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Stacked Firewood

Date: 10 1978
Description: A stack of firewood, covered at the top with plastic, is against the exterior wall of a small wood building. In the background is a tree with red leaves in...
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Tree Measuring

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Description: Two men wearing jumpsuits and hard hats are measuring a tree. One man is holding up a measuring tape across the width of the tree as the other man writes o...
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DNR in the Field

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Description: Four men of the Wisconsin's Department of Natural Resources are wearing hard hats and standing next to a truck as they look over papers. The Wisconsin DNR ...
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Log Chopping Contest at the Logging Congress

Date: 09 1976
Description: A man is standing on top of a braced wood block. He is bending over as he swings his ax at the wood block on which he is standing. A crowd of people are wa...
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Wood Carving at the Logging Congress

Date: 09 1976
Description: A man is carving a face onto a log using a chainsaw. Other men are looking at chainsaws displayed on a pile of birch tree logs. A sign on a trailer behind ...
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Beach on Lake Michigan

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Description: Grass, plants, and trees are growing out of a white sand dune. Beyond the dune is Lake Michigan.
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Snowmobiler Check

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Description: A warden of the Department of Natural Resources is checking the permit of a man sitting on a snowmobile.
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Kettle Moraine in the Winter

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Description: A wood sign in the foreground reads: "Roadside Picnic Area, Kettle Moraine State Forest, Department of Natural Resources." A few people are cross country s...
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Pike Lake State Park

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Description: View looking down hill towards a Department of Natural Resources employee standing under a tree which is overlooking Pike Lake State Park. Pike Lake is in ...
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Pike Lake

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Description: Plants and grasses are growing on a hill overlooking Pike Lake State Park.
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Examining PCB Levels in the Sheboygan River

Date: 10 1978
Description: Two men are standing on the rocky shoreline of the Sheboygan River. One man is holding a shovel in his right hand and a glass jar in his left hand. The oth...

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