The conifer seed bug (Leptoglossus occidentalis) was found in some seed lots at Dorena. Seed processing at the Dorena Project in the 1960s. Dorena Genetic Resource Center, Cottage Grove, Oregon.
Photo and caption by: Jerry Barnes
Date: c.1967
Credit: USDA Forest Service, Region 6, Umpqua National Forest, Dorena Genetic Resource Center.
Source: Gerald Barnes collection; courtesy Richard Sniezko, Cottage Grove, Oregon.
Dorena Genetic Resource Center (DGRC) is the USDA Forest Service's regional service center for genetics in the Pacific Northwest Region. Dorena houses disease resistance breeding programs for five-needled pines and Port-Orford-cedar, a native plant development program, and the National Tree Climbing Program.
To learn more about the early history of the DGRC, see:
www.fs.usda.gov/detail/r6/landmanagement/resourcemanageme... For additional photos of the DGRC program, see:
www.fs.usda.gov/detail/r6/landmanagement/resourcemanageme... Image provided by USDA Forest Service, Region 6, State and Private Forestry, Forest Health Protection:
www.fs.usda.gov/main/r6/forest-grasslandhealth
