Forest Entomologist Connie Mehmel looks closely at beetle galleries on whitebark pine while volunteer Skyler Johnson looks on. Colville National Forest, Washington.
For a 2011 Seattle Times article that features Connie Mehmel discussing mountain pine beetle and whitebark pine see:
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/climate-change-beetle-m... Photo credit: USDA Forest Service, Region 6, State and Private Forestry, Forest Health Protection, Wenatchee Service Center.
Source: Betsy Goodrich collection. Wenatchee, Washington.
Image provided by USDA Forest Service, Region 6, State and Private Forestry, Forest Health Protection:
www.fs.usda.gov/main/r6/forest-grasslandhealth