Suncuring bark to kill beetles. White pine in the mixture. Munson Plateau. Crater Lake National Park, Oregon. Photo by: F.P. Keen Date: September 1934 Credit: USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Region, State and Private Forestry, Forest Health Protection. Collection: Bureau of Entomology Collection; La Grande, Oregon. Image: BUR-8724 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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Bark beetle control, peeling stumps. CCC enrollees from Camp F-24-W. Shoshone National Forest, Wyoming. Photo by: George F. Henning Date: December 20, 1934 Credit: National Archives and Records Administration RG# 95-GP Records of the Forest Service General Subject Files USDA Forest Service Negative Number: 297684 NARA image: 95-GP-5056-Box0857_013_001_AC For related historical forest entomology photos, stories, and resources see the Western Forest Insect Work Conference site:...
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Western balsam bark beetle (Dryocoetes confusus) egg galleries and larval mines on the surface of Abies lasiocarpa. Photo by: R.B. Pope Date: 1956 Credit: USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Region, State and Private Forestry, Forest Health Protection. Source: Portland Station Collection; La Grande, Oregon. Image: PS-1455 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...
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Western pine beetle (Dendroctonus brevicomis) galleries in Pinus ponderosa. Sierra National Forest, California. Photo by: Unknown Date: 1920 Credit: USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Region, State and Private Forestry, Forest Health Protection. Collection: Bureau of Entomology Collection; La Grande, Oregon. Image: BUR-2555 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...
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Caption: Marking an Infested Tree The spotter was first directed to the tree by off color condition of foliage. Holes made by woodpecker when feeding on insects in bark also indicate that tree is infested. Work of barkbeetles is uncovered by removing section of bark. To mark the tree for the control crew, it is blazed on sapwood, numbered, measured, mapped and records made on form. Photo by: J.M. Miller and J.E. Patterson Date: None recorded Photo and caption from page 20 of a hand-colored...
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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: 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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White pine logs infested with Dendroctonus monticolae after burning. Mt. Rainier National Park, Washington. Photo by: Robert L. Furniss Date: June 1936 Credit: USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Region, State and Private Forestry, Forest Health Protection. Collection: Portland Station Collection; La Grande, Oregon. Image: PS-360 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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Western pine beetle-caused tree mortality in northeast Washington. For the 2018 arcgis storymap covering aerial surveys conducted in Oregon and Washington, see: arcg.is/fKr0f For more about the Region 6 aerial survey program see: www.fs.usda.gov/detail/r6/forest-grasslandhealth/insects-... Photo by: Justin Hof Date: July 17, 2018 Credit: USDA Forest Service, Region 6, State and Private Forestry, Forest Health Protection. Source: Aerial Survey Program collection. Image provided by USDA Forest...
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Western pine beetle (Dendroctonus brevicomis) full grown larva in pupal cell in bark of ponderosa pine tree. Warm Springs Reservation, Oregon. Photo by: R.B. Pope Date: November 1955 Credit: USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Region, State and Private Forestry, Forest Health Protection. Collection: Portland Station Collection; La Grande, Oregon. Image: PS-1281 To learn more about this photo collection see: Wickman, B.E., Torgersen, T.R. and Furniss, M.M. 2002. Photographic images and...
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L-R: Peter Orr, R.B. Pope, Ken Wright with Cessna 170B. 1952 Blowdown and Bark Beetle Survey. Oregon. Photo by: Unknown Date: May 1952 Credit: USDA Forest Service, Region 6, State and Private Forestry, Forest Health Protection. Collection: Region 6, Forest Health Protection, Aerial Survey Program slide collection. For additional information see: Greeley, A.W., Wright, K.H. and Pope, R.B. 1953. Final report on the 1952 blowdown bark beetle survey in the Douglas-fir region of Oregon and...
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Class 4A. Tree Selection. Keen Ponderosa Pine Tree Classification. Photo by: F.P. Keen Date: September 1934 Credit: USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Region, State and Private Forestry, Forest Health Protection. Collection: Bureau of Entomology and Portland Station Collections; La Grande, Oregon. Image: PS-230 and BUR-8751 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...
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Class 4B. Keen Ponderosa Pine Tree Classification. Camp Sherman, Oregon. Photo by: F.P. Keen Date: August 3, 1939 Credit: USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Region, State and Private Forestry, Forest Health Protection. Collection: Bureau of Entomology and Portland Station Collections; La Grande, Oregon. Image: PS-405 and BUR-8876 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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Map 3. Intensity of tree-killing by the Douglas-fir bark beetle in western Oregon and southern Washington in 1951. Volume in gross board feet Scribner. The data have been generalized for minimum areas of about 1,000 acres from 1"-per-mile scale maps. Volumes are approximate only. Map is from: Summary Statement on the 1952 Blowdown-Bark-Beetle Survey in the Douglas-fir Region of Oregon and Washington. Prepared by: Pacific Northwest Forest and Range Experiment Station, US Forest Service; and...
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Progress of decay in 100-year-old beetle-killed Douglas-fir after 8 years. Cut at 67 feet. Panther Creek Experimental Forest. Carson, Washington. (Photo 5 of a 7-photo sequence). Photo by: Wally C. Guy Date: August 1960 Credit: USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Region, State and Private Forestry, Forest Health Protection. Collection: Portland Station Collection; La Grande, Oregon. Image: PS-3012 For additional historic forest entomology photos, stories, and resources see the Western Forest...
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The cover of 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. Source: Forest Health Protection digital file collection; Region 6 Regional Office, Portland,...
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Aerial crews preparing maps and equipment in ready-room before starting the day's run. 1952 Blowdown and Bark Beetle Survey. Eugene, Oregon. Photo by: Thomas C. Adams Date: August 1952 Credit: National Archives and Records Administration RG# 95-GP.Records of the Forest Service. General Subject Files. US Forest Service Negative Number: 472021 NARA Image: 95-GP-5046-Box0855_025_001_AC For additional information see: Greeley, A.W., Wright, K.H. and Pope, R.B. 1953. Final report on the 1952...
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Making a snowman. Fall control camp. Dry Park. Kaibab National Forest, Arizona. Photo by: F.P. Keen Date: October 1924 Credit: USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Region, State and Private Forestry, Forest Health Protection. Collection: Bureau of Entomology Collection; La Grande, Oregon. Image: BUR-3286 and FPK-180 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...
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Spotting crew. A spotting crew at work in an infested area. These crews compass, passing back and forth through each section on lines covering a 10 chain strip each time. The spotters examined and marked all infested trees. These were platted on section plats by compassman. Care was taken that the location of the infested trees was on the 40-acre tract on which the trees grew. Spotter on the right has just finished numbering a tree and has called the number to the compassman who is locating it...
Topics: Early Beetle Control Efforts - 1910-1961, r6, usda, stateandprivateforestry, westernpinebeetle,...
Insect control pump crew in action. Teton National Forest, Wyoming. Photo by: Paul S. Bieler Date: June 3, 1948 Credit: National Archives and Records Administration RG# 95-GP Records of the Forest Service General Subject Files USDA Forest Service Negative Number: 450240 NARA image: 95-GP-5056-Box0857_010_001_AC For additional historical forest entomology photos, stories, and resources see the Western Forest Insect Work Conference site: wfiwc.org/content/history-and-resources Image provided by...
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Left-to-Right: F.P. Keen, Harry Wise, F.M. Bodenhamer, (unidentified) and Fred Zumbrunn. Hay Creek Unit. Southern Oregon Northern California control project. Photo by: F.P. Keen Date: c.1923 Credit: USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Region, State and Private Forestry, Forest Health Protection. Collection: Bureau of Entomology F. Paul Keen collection; La Grande, Oregon. Image: FPK-57 For related historical information see: www.treesearch.fs.fed.us/pubs/21476 Wickman, Boyd E. 2005. Harry E....
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Workers unloading filled 5 gallon Jeep cans of 'goop' at one of the field 'goop' dumps in the Sheephorn Camp work area. Engelmann spruce bark beetle control project. Arapaho National Forest, Colorado. Photo by: Leland J. Prater Date: August 12, 1950 Credit: National Archives and Records Administration RG# 95-GP.Records of the Forest Service. General Subject Files. USDA Forest Service Negative Number: 462714 NARA Image: 95-GP-5033-Box0851_021_001_AC For related historic forest entomology photos,...
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Camp cooks with tents at an unidentified beetle control camp. Photo by: Unknown Date: c.1925 Credit: USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Region, State and Private Forestry, Forest Health Protection. Collection: Bureau of Entomology Collection; La Grande, Oregon. Image: BUR-2317 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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Class 4A. Keen Ponderosa Pine Tree Classification. Camp Sherman, Oregon. Photo by: F.P. Keen Date: August 3, 1939 Credit: USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Region, State and Private Forestry, Forest Health Protection. Collection: Bureau of Entomology and Portland Station Collections; La Grande, Oregon. Image: PS-413 and BUR-8882 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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Root systems of Tree 1 (right) and Tree 2 washed out in September of 1941. Klamath Basin near Bly, Oregon. Photo by: W.D. Bedard Date: October 15, 1941 Credit: USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Region, State and Private Forestry, Forest Health Protection. Collection: Bureau of Entomology and Portland Station Collections; La Grande, Oregon. Image: BUR-8890 and PS-550 From Biology and Control of the Western Pine Beetle, pages 163-164: In 1941 Bedard used hydraulic pressure to wash out the...
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Class 3C or Class 4C. Tree Selection. Keen Ponderosa Pine Tree Classification. Photo by: F.P. Keen Date: September 1934 Credit: USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Region, State and Private Forestry, Forest Health Protection. Collection: Bureau of Entomology and Portland Station Collections; La Grande, Oregon. Image: PS-233 and BUR-8747 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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Burning a large yellow pine tree infested with western pine beetle to kill the beetle broods. The trees are felled and bark is removed from trunks. Limbs and other debris are placed along the removed bark and the entire mass is fired. View shows two infested trees felled together. Both were burned at the same time. Antelope Control Project, California. Photo by: J.E. Patterson Date: June 1921 Credit: USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Region, State and Private Forestry, Forest Health...
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Spraying trees with a mixture of orthodichlorobenzine 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: 449792 NARA Image: 95-GP-5049-Box0856_008_001_AC For additional historical forest entomology photos, stories, and resources see the Western Forest Insect Work Conference site:...
Topics: barkbeetle, jayhiggens, blackhillsnationalforest, usda, may281947, orthodichlorobenzine, Control...
Harold Weaver (sitting) at control camp. 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, Portland Station Collection; La Grande, Oregon. Image: PS-57 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,...
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Sawyers felling a ponderosa pine for treatment. Southern Oregon Northern California (SONC) western pine beetle control project. Photo by: F.P. Keen Date: May 16, 1923 Credit: USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Region, State and Private Forestry, Forest Health Protection. Collection: Bureau of Entomology Collection; La Grande, Oregon. Image: BUR-3233 and FPK-19 To learn more about this photo collection see: Wickman, B.E., Torgersen, T.R. and Furniss, M.M. 2002. Photographic images and...
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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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Phloeosinus cristatus (Lec.) and Phloeosinus cupressi (Hopk.) - drawing shows number and arrangement of spines on females and males. Artist: William D. Edmonston Photo by: Unknown Date: c.1924 Credit: USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Region, State and Private Forestry, Forest Health Protection. Collection: Bureau of Entomology Collection; La Grande, Oregon. Image: BUR-8475 To learn more about this photo collection see: Wickman, B.E., Torgersen, T.R. and Furniss, M.M. 2002. Photographic...
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Class 3A in Keen's ponderosa pine tree classification, used for comparison of bark beetle susceptibility classes based on age and vigor. Photo by: F.P. Keen Date: September 1934 Credit: USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Region, State and Private Forestry, Forest Health Protection. Collection: Bureau of Entomology Collection; La Grande, Oregon. Image: BUR-8710 To learn more about this photo collection see: Wickman, B.E., Torgersen, T.R. and Furniss, M.M. 2002. Photographic images and...
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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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Class 4B. Tree Selection. Keen Ponderosa Pine Tree Classification. Photo by: F.P. Keen Date: September 1934 Credit: USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Region, State and Private Forestry, Forest Health Protection. Collection: Bureau of Entomology and Portland Station Collections; La Grande, Oregon. Image: PS-227 and BUR-8755 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...
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Class 4C. Tree Selection. Keen Ponderosa Pine Tree Classification. Photo by: F.P. Keen Date: September 1934 Credit: USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Region, State and Private Forestry, Forest Health Protection. Collection: Bureau of Entomology and Portland Station Collections; La Grande, Oregon. Image: PS-225 and BUR-8757 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...
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F. Paul Keen. Horsefly Unit Camp. Southern Oregon Northern California control project. Photo by: F.P. Keen Date: August 1929 Credit: USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Region, State and Private Forestry, Forest Health Protection. Collection: Bureau of Entomology, F.Paul Keen Collection; La Grande, Oregon. Image: FPK-360 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...
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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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Progress of decay in 100-year-old beetle-killed Douglas-fir after 8 years. Cut at 35 feet. Panther Creek Experimental Forest. Carson, Washington. (Photo 3 of a 7-photo sequence). Photo by: Wally C. Guy Date: August 1960 Credit: USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Region, State and Private Forestry, Forest Health Protection. Collection: Portland Station Collection; La Grande, Oregon. Image: PS-3010 For additional historic forest entomology photos, stories, and resources see the Western Forest...
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Area 3 survey crew. L-R: Max England, W.J. Buckhorn, and F.P. Keen. Southen Oregon-Northern California bark beetle control project. Modoc National Forest, California. Photo by: F.P. Keen Date: 1927 Credit: USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Region, State and Private Forestry, Forest Health Protection. Collection: Bureau of Entomology, F.P. Keen Collection; La Grande, Oregon. Image: FPK-343 To learn more about this photo collection see: Wickman, B.E., Torgersen, T.R. and Furniss, M.M. 2002....
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Felled and peeled ponderosa pine ready to burn for insect control. Southern Oregon Northern California beetle control project. Photo by: F.P. Keen Date: May 14, 1923 Credit: USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Region, State and Private Forestry, Forest Health Protection. Collection: Bureau of Entomology and F.P. Keen Collections; La Grande, Oregon. Image: BUR-3234 and FPK-20 To learn more about this photo collection see: Wickman, B.E., Torgersen, T.R. and Furniss, M.M. 2002. Photographic...
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Removing ponderosa pine bark infested with western pine beetle and burning it in a pit to prevent spread of beetle control fire. Western pine beetle control. Jenny Creek, Oregon. Photo by: J.E. Patterson Date: June 1920 Credit: USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Region, State and Private Forestry, Forest Health Protection. Collection: Bureau of Entomology Collection; La Grande, Oregon. Image: BUR-2315 To learn more about this photo collection see: Wickman, B.E., Torgersen, T.R. and Furniss,...
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Burning to control western pine beetle. The end of the log says, "250 Years Old Killed by Beetle in One Year". Southern Oregon Northern California cooperative control project. Photo by: F.P. Keen Date: May 16, 1923 Credit: USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Region, State and Private Forestry, Forest Health Protection. Collection: Bureau of Entomology Collection; La Grande, Oregon. Image: BUR-3226 and FPK-12 To learn more about this photo collection see: Wickman, B.E., Torgersen,...
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Peeling bark for burning to control western pine beetle. Antelope Control Project - a part of the Southern Oregon Northern California cooperative control project. Photo by: J.E. Patterson Date: June 1921 Credit: USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Region, State and Private Forestry, Forest Health Protection. Collection: Bureau of Entomology Collection; La Grande, Oregon. Image: BUR-2304 To learn more about this photo collection see: Wickman, B.E., Torgersen, T.R. and Furniss, M.M. 2002....
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Pitch tubes in response to mountain pine beetle attack. 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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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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Baker Forest Protective Association control camp. Northeastern Oregon Bark Beetle Control Project. Photo by: Unknown Date: Fall 1910 Credit: USDA Forest Service, Region 6, State and Private Forestry, Forest Health Protection. Source: H.E. Burke Collection digital files; Regional Office; Portland, Oregon. This photo and the following excerpt are from: H.E. Burke. 1946. My Recollections of the First Years in Forest Entomology. Berkeley, California. 37 p....
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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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Area 3 survey crew. L-R: Max England, F.P. Keen, and W.J. Buckhorn. Southern Oregon-Northern California bark beetle control project. Modoc National Forest, California. (Is that a hand-crank phonograph between Keen and Buckhorn?) Photo by: F.P. Keen Date: August 1927 Credit: USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Region, State and Private Forestry, Forest Health Protection. Collection: Bureau of Entomology, F.P. Keen Collection; La Grande, Oregon. Image: FPK-345 Note: This image has the same...
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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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