Oregon's Prineville BLM District conducted a series of vegetation conversion projects intended to create "temporary meadows" in areas dominated by western juniper. The juniper trees were hand-cut and the cleared areas were burned the following year. Cleared areas were generally rested from grazing through at least two growing seasons following burning to allow for natural revegetation without reseeding.

Grazing had not yet been resumed when the photos of this particular project were taken. Soils were generally sandy loams on north facing slopes. Prominent species in the cleared areas were generally prairie junegrass, squirreltail, and green rabbitbrush. It is believed that these photos were taken in June, 1986, but they may have been taken in June, 1987.