Pictured: Rachel and Euell comparing 2015 photo points to current photos to ensure precise alignment.
Our team used the U. S. Forest Service photo point protocol to monitor the growth of plantings and reduction of invasive plant cover at the Berggren Watershed Conservation Area (BWCA). We took photographs at previously established photo points within BWCA to observe trends in vegetation composition and structure. We reproduced the photographs previously taken by the McKenzie Watershed Council (Council) by carefully retracing the location, scale and direction of each photo. We compared our photos to earlier photos taken by the Council to examine vegetation changes.