Peter W. Orr with bark removed from second-growth exposed Douglas-fir windthrow to show the distribution of successful Douglas-fir beetle populations on the shaded portion of the log. McDonald Tree Farm, Washington.
Photo by: Wally C. Guy
Date: October 1959
Credit: USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Region, State and Private Forestry, Forest Health Protection.
Collection: Portland Station Collection; La Grande, Oregon.
Image: PS-2316
To learn more about this photo collection see:
Wickman, B.E., Torgersen, T.R. and Furniss, M.M. 2002. Photographic images and history of forest insect investigations on the Pacific Slope, 1903-1953. Part 2. Oregon and Washington. American Entomologist, 48(3), p. 178-185.
For additional historic forest entomology photos, stories, and resources see the Western Forest Insect Work Conference site:
wfiwc.org/content/history-and-resources For related historic program documentation see:
archive.org/details/AerialForestInsectAndDiseaseDetection... Johnson, J. 2016. Aerial forest insect and disease detection surveys in Oregon and Washington 1947-2016: The survey. Gen. Tech. Rep. R6-FHP-GTR-0302. Portland, OR: USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Region, State and Private Forestry, Forest Health Protection. 280 p.
Image provided by USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Region, State and Private Forestry, Forest Health Protection:
www.fs.usda.gov/main/r6/forest-grasslandhealth
