Page 5 of a hand-colored photo album called BarkBeetle Enemies of California Forests. Prepared by the USDA Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine in cooperation with the State Emergency Relief Administration - Project 3F-2-302 and the Emergency Educational Program. Berkeley, California. February, 1935. Credit: USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Region, State and Private Forestry, Forest Health Protection. Collection: Forest Health Protection digital file collection; Region 6 Regional...
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Page 2 of a hand-colored photo album called called BarkBeetle Enemies of California Forests. Prepared by the USDA Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine in cooperation with the State Emergency Relief Administration - Project 3F-2-302 and the Emergency Educational Program. Berkeley, California. February, 1935. Credit: USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Region, State and Private Forestry, Forest Health Protection. Collection: Forest Health Protection digital file collection; Region 6...
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Caption: Sugar Pines Killed by the Mountain Pine Beetle - General Grant National Park Tree on right is in first stages of attack with upper crown fading and sorrel; tree on left with red foliage is completely killed and has been abandoned to the beetles. Photo by: J.M. Miller Date: September 1932 Photo and caption from page 12 of a hand-colored photo album called BarkBeetle Enemies of California Forests. Prepared by the USDA Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine in cooperation with the...
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Marking a group of infested ponderosa pine. The spotter has blazed 21 trees recently attacked by bark beetles in a heavy center of infestation. Note: This image is also Figure 106 on page 232 of F.P. Keen's Insect Enemies of Western Forests. The caption reads, "Ponderosa pines spotted for treatment in Black Hills beetle control. Kaibab National Forest, Arizona. Photo by: J.M. Miller Date: 1924 Credit: USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Region, State and Private Forestry, Forest Health...
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Caption: Group attack on Ponderosa Pines by Pine Engraver Beetles (Ips, spp.) These insects resemble Dendroctonus but usually occur only sporadically in infested areas. Their common habit is to kill only the tops of the larger trees which survive unless followed by Dendroctonus. Photo by: K.A. Salman Date: 1933 Photo and caption from page 15 of a hand-colored photo album called BarkBeetle Enemies of California Forests. Prepared by the USDA Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine in...
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Caption: Color Changes in Foliage of Beetle Killed Trees Ponderosa pine infested by the western pine beetle A. First phase (fading). Soon after attack the foliage changes from normal green to a yellowish green. B. Second phase (sorrel). As the beetle broods develop the fading phase changes to light yellowish red. C. Third phase (red). By the time the broods have completed development the foliage enters the final red stage which is retained until the dead needles fall. Beetles have usually...
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Western Pine Beetle Infestation at Bass Lake - Sierra National Forest, California. "Red and sorrel trees are ponderosa pines killed by barkbeetle epidemic during 1930-1932. Loss of these trees will reduce forest cover on recreational areas such as the above." (caption from BarkBeetle Enemies of California Forests) Photo by: J.M. Miller Date: c.1933 Note: This photo was loose in a hand-colored photo album called BarkBeetle Enemies of California Forests. It is the original image for...
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How Barkbeetle Outbreaks May Be Controlled in Pine Forests Utilization Direct Control Methods Burning Peeling Solar Heat Page 17 of a hand-colored photo album called BarkBeetle Enemies of California Forests. Prepared by the USDA Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine in cooperation with the State Emergency Relief Administration - Project 3F-2-302 and the Emergency Educational Program. Berkeley, California. February, 1935. Credit: USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Region, State and...
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Caption: This Stand of Timber Will Never See the Sawmill An area in the Modoc National Forest showing the accumulated loss of ponderosa pine killed by the western pine beetle during a period of ten years. Photo by: J.M. Miller Date: September 1934 Photo and caption from page 11 of a hand-colored photo album called BarkBeetle Enemies of California Forests. Prepared by the USDA Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine in cooperation with the State Emergency Relief Administration - Project...
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This hand-colored image is the title page in a photo album called BarkBeetle Enemies of California Forests. Prepared by the USDA Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine in cooperation with the State Emergency Relief Administration - Project 3F-2-302 and the Emergency Educational Program. Berkeley, California. February, 1935. Credit: USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Region, State and Private Forestry, Forest Health Protection. Collection: Forest Health Protection digital file collection;...
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Caption: Lodgepole Pine Killed by Mountain Pine Beetle - Tenaya Basin, Yosemite National Park These trees first weakened by a needle miner, were later killed by the barkbeetle. The green trees in the background are mountain hemlock and red fir, both immune to the insects. Photo by: J.E. Patterson Date: 1923 Photo and caption from page 14 of a hand-colored photo album called BarkBeetle Enemies of California Forests. Prepared by the USDA Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine in cooperation...
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Caption: Ponderosa Pine Killed by Western Pine Beetle - Sierra National Forest View of an area of ponderosa pine where an epidemic infestation of the western pine beetle is decimating the stand. The faded and sorrel trees have only recently been attacked one and two years previously and have been abandoned by the beetles. Photo by: J.M. Miller Date: None recorded Photo and caption from page 7 of a hand-colored photo album called BarkBeetle Enemies of California Forests. Prepared by the USDA...
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Caption: Western Pine Beetle (Dendroctonus brevicomis Leconte) 1. Drawing of adult beetle enlarged about 8 times. 2. Full grown larvae in outer bark of ponderosa pine, where they complete feeding and development. 3. Pitch tube on outer surface of bark, where the adult beetle bored into the live tree. Resins pour into the wound when sap layer is reached, and the beetle works these to the surface to keep the entrance open. Adult beetle at right of entrance hole. 4. Egg galleries on the inner...
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Caption: Lodgepole Pine Killed by Mountain Pine Beetle - Tenaya Basin, Yosemite National Park These trees first weakened by a needle miner, were later killed by the barkbeetle. Photo by: J.M. Miller Date: August 6, 1924 Photo and caption from page 13 of a hand-colored photo album called BarkBeetle Enemies of California Forests. Prepared by the USDA Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine in cooperation with the State Emergency Relief Administration - Project 3F-2-302 and the Emergency...
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Caption: Mountain Pine Beetle (Dendroctonus monticolae Hopkins) 1. Adult beetle enlarged about 8 times. 2. Egg galleries, larval mines, and brood in inner bark of sugar pine. A - larva; B - pupa. 3. Infested ponderosa pine with bark removed to show work of sapwood. 4. Infested lodgepole pine showing pitchtubes on outer bark. Photos by: Patterson, Keen, Miller Photo and caption from page 4 of a hand-colored photo album called BarkBeetle Enemies of California Forests. Prepared by the USDA Bureau...
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Caption: Falling an Infested Tree Guided by the map and records of the spotter, a control crew has reached an infested tree. The next step is to cut it down so that it can be peeled. Photo by: J.E. Patterson Date: None recorded Photo and caption from page 22 of a hand-colored photo album called BarkBeetle Enemies of California Forests. Prepared by the USDA Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine in cooperation with the State Emergency Relief Administration - Project 3F-2-302 and the Emergency...
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Caption: Western Pine Beetle Infestation at Bass Lake - Sierra National Forest Red and sorrel trees are ponderosa pines killed by barkbeetle epidemic during 1930-1932. Loss of these trees will reduce forest cover on recreational areas such as the above. Photo by: J.M. Miller Date: None recorded Photo and caption from page 8 of a hand-colored photo album called BarkBeetle Enemies of California Forests. Prepared by the USDA Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine in cooperation with the State...
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Caption: Potential Lumber Turned to Snags by Western Pine Beetle - Modoc National Forest Large group of ponderosa pines which were killed during the summer of 1927. This shows condition of trees five years later. Photo by: J.M. Miller Date: September 1934 Photo and caption from page 10 of a hand-colored photo album called BarkBeetle Enemies of California Forests. Prepared by the USDA Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine in cooperation with the State Emergency Relief Administration -...
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Caption: Treating a Ponderosa Pine Tree Infested With Western Pine Beetle - Preparing Tree For Burning The second operation in treating an infested tree is to peel off the infested bark and pile it along the sides of the felled tree. Limbs are also trimmed and piled. Photo by: J.E. Patterson Date: November 1930 Photo and caption from page 24 of a hand-colored photo album called BarkBeetle Enemies of California Forests. Prepared by the USDA Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine in...
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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,...
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Caption: Treating a Giant Sugar Pine Infested With Mountain Pine Beetle by the Bark-Peeling Method When the burning method is not feasible the broods of this beetle, which develop between the bark and wood, may be destroyed by exposing them to the weather. It is necessary to remove the bark from all sides of the log when using this method. Photo by: Anderson (National Park Service) Date: 1933 Photo and caption from page 28 of a hand-colored photo album called BarkBeetle Enemies of California...
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Caption: Control of Mountain Pine Beetle During Winter Period Infested sugar pines in the Yosemite National Park were treated by burning method while winter snow was still on the ground. Photo by: Anderson (National Park Service) Date: 1933 Photo and caption from page 27 of a hand-colored photo album called BarkBeetle Enemies of California Forests. Prepared by the USDA Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine in cooperation with the State Emergency Relief Administration - Project 3F-2-302 and...
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California five-spined ips (Ips paraconfusus) bark beetle. Catherine Creek Thinning Project. Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area, Washington. Photo by: Ben Smith Date: April 19, 2018 Credit: USDA Forest Service, Region 6, State and Private Forestry, Forest Health Protection, Westside Service Center. Source: Ben Smith collection. Image provided by USDA Forest Service, Region 6, State and Private Forestry, Forest Health Protection: www.fs.usda.gov/main/r6/forest-grasslandhealth
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Pregnant females of a pyemotid mite on a bark beetle (greatly enlarged). Figure 18 on page 63 in Furniss and Carolin. 1977. Western Forest Insects. See: archive.org/stream/westernforestins1339furn#page/62/mode/2up Note: With no other documentation available, this image was assigned the 1977 Western Forest Insects publishing date. Photo by: Unknown Date: 1977 (publication date) Credit: USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Region, State and Private Forestry, Forest Health Protection....
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Peter W. Orr using a bark spud to remove the bark on second-growth exposed to windfall prior to making Douglas-fir beetle population count. 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-2304 To learn more about this photo collection see: Wickman, B.E., Torgersen, T.R. and Furniss, M.M. 2002....
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Entomologist Beth Willhite. Long-term mountain pine beetle thinning study. California Gulch study area, Oregon. Photo by: Keith Sprengel Date: c.2007 Credit: USDA Forest Service, Region 6, State and Private Forestry, Forest Health Protection. Source: Aerial Survey Program collection. Image provided by USDA Forest Service, Region 6, State and Private Forestry, Forest Health Protection: www.fs.usda.gov/main/r6/forest-grasslandhealth
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CCC enrollee peeling infested stump after felling. Colorado. Photo by: G.K. Brown Date: November 1939 Credit: National Archives and Records Administration RG# 95-GP.Records of the Forest Service. General Subject Files. USDA Forest Service Negative Number: 389637 NARA Image: 95-GP-5033-Box0851_040_001_AC For related historical forest entomology photos, stories, and resources see the Western Forest Insect Work Conference site: wfiwc.org/content/history-and-resources Image provided by USDA Forest...
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California five-spined ips (Ips paraconfusus) bark beetle. Catherine Creek Thinning Project. Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area, Washington. Photo by: Ben Smith Date: April 19, 2018 Credit: USDA Forest Service, Region 6, State and Private Forestry, Forest Health Protection, Westside Service Center. Source: Ben Smith collection. Image provided by USDA Forest Service, Region 6, State and Private Forestry, Forest Health Protection: www.fs.usda.gov/main/r6/forest-grasslandhealth
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Original 1952 aerial survey map of the Deschutes National Forest showing areas of insect-cuased tree mortality and defoliation. Note: This map and the other hard-copy historical aerial forest insect and disease detection survey maps and microfiche are filed with the Aerial Survey Program at the Mt. Hood National Forest Headquarters in Sandy, Oregon. Data shown on these historical maps have been digitized and are available as part of a complete dataset (1947-2017) covering all forested lands in...
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Fire-scorched pines infested with Dendroctonus sp. Colestin, Oregon. Photo by: J.E. Patterson Date: June 1914 Credit: USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Region, State and Private Forestry, Forest Health Protection. Collection: Bureau of Entomology Collection; La Grande, Oregon. Image: BUR-2099 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....
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Caption: The Last Operation in Barkbeetle Control - Burning the Infested Bark All infested bark is completely burned but the log is only charred by the fire and may still be utilized. Photo by: J.E. Patterson Date: November 1934 Photo and caption from page 26 of a hand-colored photo album called BarkBeetle Enemies of California Forests. Prepared by the USDA Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine in cooperation with the State Emergency Relief Administration - Project 3F-2-302 and the...
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Keith Sprengel with increment core. Long-term mountain pine beetle thinning study. California Gulch study area, Oregon. Photo by: Beth Willhite Date: c.2007 Credit: USDA Forest Service, Region 6, State and Private Forestry, Forest Health Protection. Source: Aerial Survey Program collection. Image provided by USDA Forest Service, Region 6, State and Private Forestry, Forest Health Protection: www.fs.usda.gov/main/r6/forest-grasslandhealth
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Falling an infested ponderosa pine tree. The undercut shows dark stains in sapwood caused by blue-stain fungi, which develops soon after the western pine beetle attacks the tree. California. Photo by: J.E. Patterson Date: c.1930 Credit: USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Region, State and Private Forestry, Forest Health Protection. Collection: Bureau of Entomology Collection; La Grande, Oregon. Image: BUR-8656 To learn more about this photo collection see: Wickman, B.E., Torgersen, T.R. and...
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Forest Entomologist Connie Mehmel shows Bureau of Indian Affairs foresters and biologists western pine beetle. Spokane Reservation, Washington. Photo by: Betsy Goodrich Date: May 1, 2017 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:...
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Blue stain in lodgepole pine. Photo by: William M. Ciesla Date: 1989 Credit: USDA Forest Service, Region 6, State and Private Forestry, Forest Health Protection. Source: William M. Ciesla collection; Fort Collins, Colorado. Image provided by USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Region, State and Private Forestry, Forest Health Protection: www.fs.usda.gov/main/r6/forest-grasslandhealth
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Weyerhaeuser Forester P.G. Lauterbach examining cage used to collect emerging Douglas-fir beetles. Coos County, Oregon. Photo by: I. Luiton Date: July 1957 Credit: USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Region, State and Private Forestry, Forest Health Protection. Collection: Portland Station Collection; La Grande, Oregon. Image: PS-1688 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...
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Collecting kit used to collect diseased bark beetles. Photo by: G.M. Thomas Date: July 1957 Credit: USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Region, State and Private Forestry, Forest Health Protection. Collection: Portland Station Collection; La Grande, Oregon. Image: PS-1713 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...
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Tree in flames. Burning standing tree is one method of insect control. Targhee National Forest, Idaho. Photo by: D.A. Arrivee Date: 1930 Credit: National Archives and Records Administration RG# 95-GP Records of the Forest Service General Subject Files USDA Forest Service Negative: 250996 NARA Image: 95-GP-5037-Box0853_030_001_AC For related historical forest entomology photos, stories, and resources see the Western Forest Insect Work Conference site: wfiwc.org/content/history-and-resources...
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Burning for western pine beetle control. Klamath Indian Reservation. Photo by: F.P. Keen Date: October 1930 Credit: USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Region, State and Private Forestry, Forest Health Protection. Collection: Bureau of Entomology Collection; La Grande, Oregon. Image: BUR-6895 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....
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A jeep equipped with spray pump tank and 500 feet of hose on a live reel for treating bark beetle infested trees. The trees are sprayed standing with a mixture of orthodichloro benzine and diesel oil. Black Hills National Forest, South Dakota. Photo by: Jay Higgens Date: May 28, 1947 Credit: National Archives and Records Administration RG# 95-GP.Records of the Forest Service. General Subject Files. USDA Forest Service Negative Number: 449790 NARA Image: 95-GP-5049-Box0856_006_001_AC For...
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Flame thrower in operation. Bark beetle control. Wasatch National Forest, Utah. Photo by: Unknown Date: October 1961 Credit: USDA Forest Service, Region 6, State and Private Forestry, Forest Health Protection. Source: Region 6, Forest Health Protection, Aerial Survey collection. Image provided by USDA Forest Service, Region 6, State and Private Forestry, Forest Health Protection: www.fs.usda.gov/main/r6/forest-grasslandhealth
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The circular bark punch and field kit used by Malcolm M. Furniss for sampling bark beetle populations. Near Baker, Oregon. Photo by: Ken H. Wright Date: September 1, 1965 Credit: USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Region, State and Private Forestry, Forest Health Protection. Collection: Portland Station Collection; La Grande, Oregon Image: PS-3172 For more information see: Furniss, M.M. 2014. The Douglas-fir Beetle in Western Forests: A Historical Perspective, Part 1. American Entomologist....
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Tractor skidding beetle-killed Engelmann spruce logs to a cutting and stacking point on Coffee Pot Mountain. White Mountain National Forest, Colorado. Photo by: B.W. Muir Date: 1957 Credit: USDA Forest Service, Region 6, State and Private Forestry, Forest Health Protection. Source: FHP digital files; Regional Office; Portland, Oregon. Image: Forest Service 484713 For additional historical forest entomology photos, stories, and resources see the Western Forest Insect Work Conference site:...
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Douglas-fir beetle damage. Photo by: Unknown Date: c.2007 Credit: USDA Forest Service, Region 6, State and Private Forestry, Forest Health Protection. Source: Aerial Survey Program collection. Image provided by USDA Forest Service, Region 6, State and Private Forestry, Forest Health Protection: www.fs.usda.gov/main/r6/forest-grasslandhealth
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Airplane view (oblique) of Glass Mountain unit, looking NE. Elevation 2,000 feet above forest. Control project. Modoc National Forest, California. Photo by: F.P. Keen Date: October 1927 Credit: USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Region, State and Private Forestry, Forest Health Protection. Collection: Bureau of Entomology Collection; La Grande, Oregon. Image: BUR-6532 To learn more about this photo collection see: Wickman, B.E., Torgersen, T.R. and Furniss, M.M. 2002. Photographic images...
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Dead forest above Tenaya Lake; trees killed by Dendroctonus monticolae. Yosemite National Park, California. Note: This image is Figure 2 on page 8 of F.P. Keen's 1952 Insect Enemies of Western Forests. The caption reads, "Bark beetles, not fire, destroyed this stand of lodgepole pine in Yosemite National Park." See: archive.org/stream/insectenemiesofw273keen_1#page/8/mode/2up Photo by: J.M. Miller Date: August 6, 1924 Credit: USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Region, State and...
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Gary Man (WO Forest Health Specialist) inspects Ips bark beetle damage. Catherine Creek Thinning Project. Forest Health tour. Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area, Washington. For more about the Catherine Creek thinning/Oregon white oak restoration project see Pages 76-78: ecoshare.info/wp-content/.../05/Oak_Strategy_draft_3-6-13... Devine, W.; Bower, A.; Miller, J.; Aubry, C. 2013. Oregon white oak restoration strategy for National Forest System lands east of the Cascade Range. Olympia,...
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Burning a group of pine beetle infested trees. Pine Spring Beetle control project. Fremont National Forest, Oregon. Photo by: L.D. Bailey. Date: August 1929 Image credit: National Archives and Records Administration RG# 95-GP. Records of the Forest Service. General Subject Files. Forest Service Negative Number: 237428 NARA Image: 95-GP-5046-Box0855_044_001_AC Image provided by USDA Forest Service, Region 6, State and Private Forestry, Forest Health Protection:...
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Mountain pine beetle galleries. For educational videos about bark beetles by Christine Buhl (Entomologist, Oregon Department of Forestry), see: www.oregon.gov/ODF/ForestBenefits/Pages/ForestHealth.aspx Photo by: Christine Buhl, Oregon Department of Forestry Date: 2015 Photo credit: Oregon Department of Forestry Source: Forest Health Highlights in Oregon - 2015; www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/fseprd497928.pdf Annual Forest Health Highlights for each state are available here:...
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Caption: An Entomologist Studies an Attack by Western Pine Beetle It is the function of the Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine to study all phases of forest insect problems in order to develop methods of control. Here screen cages have been built around the bases of two living trees and bark from infested trees enclosed with them. Beetles emerging in the cages from this bark are confined and forced to attack the green trees. This attracts beetles flying in the vicinity and the entire...
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