The Left Hand Creek Study Site

The site, located 20 miles northwest of Thermopolis,Wyoming, includes a portion of the Left Hand Creek drainage, within the 1:24,000-scale Adam Weiss Peak Quadrangle. The Worland Field Office of BLM manages this site. Because of the mixture of species present, this study site has proven to be a difficult one in which to accurately classify vegetation and to map using multispectral remote sensing analysis techniques employing ADAR Positive Systems and LandSat 7 Thematic Mapper data (Meyer 2000, unpublished report). Preliminary findings in 1999 showed that mountain big sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata) regenerated vigorously throughout the study area. The 1999 field sampling showed the vegetation cover to be predominately mountain big sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata) mixed with prairie Junegrass (Koeleria cristata), Idaho fescue (Festuca idahoensis), crested wheatgrass (Agropyron cristatum), and green needlegrass (Nassella viridula). Limber pine (Pinus flexilis) and Rocky Mountain juniper (Juniperus scopulorum) are scattered throughout. In the wetter areas of the study site, Rocky Mountain Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii var. glauca) is found.  During the summer of 2000, a portion of the Left Hand Creek study area was burned out to halt the encroaching Enos wildfire.

Photos of Left Hand Creek Study Area

Maps of Left Hand Creek Study Area

Data from Left Hand Creek Study Area

Products and analysis from Left Hand Creek Study Area

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Last modified: July 22, 2005