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...
Topics: disease, r6, usda, stateandprivateforestry, region6, gmthomas, barkbeetle, usfs, ps1713,...
Aerial view of old mountain pine beetle mortality in lodgepole pine on the southeast side of the park. Crater Lake National Park, Oregon. For the 2018 Arcgis Storymap of 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: Ben Smith Date: September 26, 2018 Credit: USDA Forest Service, Region 6, State and Private Forestry, Forest Health Protection....
Topics: r6, usda, stateandprivateforestry, skellhead, lodgepolepine, bensmith, region6, wizardisland,...
Mountain pine beetle in ponderosa pine. Dooley Mountain, Wallowa-Whitman National Forest, Oregon. Photo by: Robert E. Dolph Date: June 1968 Credit: USDA Forest Service, Region 6, State and Private Forestry, Forest Health Protection. Source: Division of Timber Management, Insect and Disease Control Branch Collection; Regional Office, Portland, Oregon. Image: ID-595 Image provided by USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Region, State and Private Forestry, Forest Health Protection:...
Topics: r6, usda, stateandprivateforestry, insectanddiseasecontrol, tree, dooleymountain, region6,...
Aerial survey crews preparing to take off for a day's scouting mission on 1952 Blowdown and Bark Beetle Survey. Four Cessna 170-B planes were used in this survey, each wiht a crew of four (pilot and three observers). 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: 472020 NARA Image: 95-GP-5046-Box0855_026_001_AC For additional...
Topics: usda, bureauofentomologyandplantquarantine, august1952, cessna170b, windthrow, salvage,...
Felling a tree 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-6899 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,...
Topics: divisionofforestinsectinvestigations, Early Beetle Control Efforts - 1910-1961, usda,...
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...
Topics: usda, stateandprivateforestry, july1957, pglauterbach, ps1688, barkbeetle, usfs, 1957,...
Crew loading up for takeoff on Blowdown and Bark Beetle Survey. Project was completed in six weeks' time using four air crews of four men each to observe blowdown and bark beetle damage. 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: 472010 NARA Image: 95-GP-5046-Box0855_027_001_AC For additional information see: Greeley, A.W.,...
Topics: r6, usda, bureauofentomologyandplantquarantine, august1952, cessna170b, windthrow, salvage,...
Burning ponderosa pine to control western pine beetle. Area 2. 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-3227 and FPK-13 To learn more about this photo collection see: Wickman, B.E., Torgersen, T.R. and Furniss, M.M. 2002. Photographic images and...
Topics: divisionofforestinsectinvestigations, Early Beetle Control Efforts - 1910-1961, r6, usda,...
Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine Cessna 170-B survey plane on reconnaissance survey over the Willamette National Forest. Douglas-fir bark beetle blowdown survey. Photo by: Thomas C. Adams Date: August 1952 Credit: USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Region, State and Private Forestry, Forest Health Protection Collection: Portland Station Collection; La Grande, Oregon Image: PS-990 To learn more about this photo collection see: Wickman, B.E., Torgersen, T.R. and Furniss, M.M. 2002....
Topics: reconnaissancesurvey, usda, stateandprivateforestry, cessna170b, ps990, r6, thomascadams, region6,...
Felling an infested spruce tree to act as a trap for spruce bark beetle. Powell Ranger District, Lolo National Forest, Idaho. Photo by: W.E. Steuerwald Date: July 1953 Source: FHP digital files. Regional Office, Portland, Oregon. USFS Negative Number: 473666 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 USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Region, State...
Topics: usda, stateandprivateforestry, treedamage, sawyer, 473666, felling, traptree, barkbeetle,...
Man applying kerosene with pressure pump (Meyer's pump). Milk Creek Insect Control Project. Targhee National Forest, Idaho. Photo by: D.A. Arrivee Date: 1929 Credit: National Archives and Records Administration RG# 95-GP Records of the Forest Service General Subject Files USDA Forest Service Negative Number: 234029 NARA image: 95-GP-5037-Box0853_035_001_AC For related historical forest entomology photos, stories, and resources see the Western Forest Insect Work Conference site:...
Topics: r6, usda, stateandprivateforestry, milkcreekcontrolproject, region6, barkbeetle, daarrivee, usda,...
Each year insects and disease destroy more timber than forest fires. Forest Ranger Vaughn Hofeldt (right) is showing interested forest visitors the work of bark beetles in a section of bark from the dying ponderosa pine behind them. Tiny beetles and their larvae, working by the thousands in the cambium layer between the bark and sapwood, girdle and kill large trees in a remarkably short time. Eldorado National Forest, California. Photo by: Leland J. Prater Date: August 20, 1953 Credit: National...
Topics: disease, usda, stateandprivateforestry, cambium, vaughnhofeldt, barkbeetle, usda,...
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:...
Topics: engelmannspruce, barkbeetle, foresthealthprotection, colorado, usda, stateandprivateforestry,...
Treating ponderosa pine infested with Dendroctonus brevicomis on Emergency Conservation Work (ECW) control project. Warm Springs Indian Reservation, Oregon. Photo by: F.P. Keen Date: March 28, 1935 Credit: USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Region, State and Private Forestry, Forest Health Protection. Collection: Portland Station Collection; La Grande, Oregon. Image: PS-278 To learn more about this photo collection see: Wickman, B.E., Torgersen, T.R. and Furniss, M.M. 2002. Photographic...
Topics: divisionofforestinsectinvestigations, Early Beetle Control Efforts - 1910-1961, r6, usda,...
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:...
Topics: training, usda, stateandprivateforestry, westernpinebeetle, wenatcheeservicecenter, r6,...
Filling a pressure pump with oil. Targhee insect control project. 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 Number: 250991 NARA image: 95-GP-5037-Box0853_032_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...
Topics: usda, stateandprivateforestry, targheeinsectcontrolproject, 250991, barkbeetle, daarrivee, usda,...
James A. Beal with climbing spurs and rope, removing bark from Dendroctonus brevicomis (western pine beetle) infested tree for determination of emergence. Sisters, Oregon. Photo by: James A. Beal and John M. Whiteside Date: June 1933 Credit: USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Region, State and Private Forestry, Forest Health Protection. Collection: Portland Station Collection; La Grande, Oregon. Image: PS-86 For further information see: Miller, J.M. and F.P. Keen. 1960. Biology and Control...
Topics: r6, treeclimbing, usda, stateandprivateforestry, climbingspurs, westernpinebeetle, climbingrope,...
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....
Topics: usda, peterworr, stateandprivateforestry, windfall, forest service, barkbeetle, barkspud, usfs,...
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....
Topics: usda, stateandprivateforestry, baker, mmfurniss, barkbeetle, malcolmfurniss, malcolmmfurniss, usfs,...
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
Topics: barkbeetle, westsideservicecenter, foresthealthprotection, usda, stateandprivateforestry, c.2007,...
Burning for western pine beetle control. Klamath Indian Reservation. Photo by: F.P. Keen 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-8744 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....
Topics: divisionofforestinsectinvestigations, Early Beetle Control Efforts - 1910-1961, r6, usda,...
Map 1. Area mapped 100% blowdown and beetle-killed timber. Area mapped 100% beetle-killed timber and 12.5% for blowdown. 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 Portland Forest Insect Laboratory, Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine. Portland, Oregon. 7 pages. Photo by: Unknown Map creation date: October 15, 1952...
Topics: r6, usda, stateandprivateforestry, windthrow, cascaderange, map1, foresthealth, survey,...
W.D. Edmonston's cabin at Mile-and-a-Half. Kaibab control project. Kaibab National Forest, Arizona. Photo by: Unknown Date: August 1925 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-191 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...
Topics: mileandahalf, usda, stateandprivateforestry, wdedmonston, truck, barkbeetle, Buildings, fence,...
Progress of decay in 100-year-old beetle-killed Douglas-fir after 8 years. Cut at 18 feet. Panther Creek Experimental Forest. Carson, Washington. (Photo 2 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-3009 For additional historic forest entomology photos, stories, and resources see the Western Forest...
Topics: ps3009, r6, usda, stateandprivateforestry, Douglas-fir Beetle, deterioration, region6, barkbeetle,...
Each year insects and disease destroy more timber than forest fires. Forest Ranger Vaughn Hofeldt (right) is showing interested forest visitors the work of bark beetles in a section of bark from the dying ponderosa pine behind them. Tiny beetles and their larvae, working by the thousands in the cambium layer between the bark and sapwood, girdle and kill large trees in a remarkably short time. Eldorado National Forest, California. Photo by: Leland J. Prater Date: August 20, 1953 Credit: National...
Topics: disease, usda, stateandprivateforestry, cambium, barkbeetle, 475197, ponderosapine, bark,...
Burning a group of bug trees. Hotel Creek Camp. Targhee-Teton mountain pine beetle control project. Targhee National Forest, Idaho. Photo by: Lowell J. Farmer Date: June 5, 1950 Credit: National Archives and Records Administration RG# 95-GP Records of the Forest Service General Subject Files USDA Forest Service Negative Number: 463214 NARA Image: 95-GP-5037-Box0853_028_001_AC For related historic forest entomology photos, stories, and resources see the Western Forest Insect Work Conference...
Topics: usda, stateandprivateforestry, sprayproject, hotelcreekcamp, barkbeetle, mountainpinebeetle, usda,...
Large sugar pine tree (Pinus lambertiana) attacked and killed by mountain pine beetle (Dendroctonus monticolae). "370 years old. Killed by Beetles in one year." Treated by Park Ranger Adair. Yosemite National Park, California. Photo by: J.M. Miller Date: c.1916 Credit: USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Region, State and Private Forestry, Forest Health Protection. Collection: Bureau of Entomology Collection; La Grande, Oregon. Image: BUR-2258 To learn more about this photo...
Topics: Early Beetle Control Efforts - 1910-1961, r6, usda, stateandprivateforestry, pinuslambertiana,...
Insect cages used to collection slash insects in ponderosa pine slash relations study. Klamath Falls, Oregon. Photo by: J.A. Beal Date: September 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-6843 Note: From a 1977 oral history interview with Robert L. Furniss, conducted by R.C. Larson, page 6: "... [I joined] Beal in the studies he was conducting...
Topics: divisionofforestinsectinvestigations, r6, usda, stateandprivateforestry, region6, oregon,...
Caption: 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. Photo by: J.E. Patterson Date: None recorded Photo and caption from page 23 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...
Topics: divisionofforestinsectinvestigations, r6, usda, stateandprivateforestry, westernpinebeetle, fungi,...
Class 3C (spike). 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-409 and BUR-8880 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...
Topics: susceptibility, divisionofforestinsectinvestigations, r6, usda, stateandprivateforestry,...
G.M. Thomas examines bark beetle cultures. Sellwood Lab. Portland, Oregon. Photo by: W. Taylor Date: August 1957 Credit: USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Region, State and Private Forestry, Forest Health Protection. Collection: Portland Station Collection; La Grande, Oregon. Image: PS-1719 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....
Topics: disease, r6, usda, stateandprivateforestry, august1957, forest service, wtaylor, gmthomas,...
Cessna 170-B aerial survey plane sketch mapping Douglas-fir beetle damage. Near Sutherlin, Oregon. Photo by: Thomas C. Adams Date: July 1952 Credit: USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Region, State and Private Forestry, Forest Health Protection. Collection: Portland Station Collection; La Grande, Oregon. Image: PS-1011 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...
Topics: usda, stateandprivateforestry, cessna170b, aerialsketchmap, thomascadams, region6, forest service,...
Douglas-fir killed by bark beetles in 1951. Light trees are beetle kills. The beetles bred in blowdown of 1949-1950. East face of Mary's Peak. Corvallis watershed. Benton County, Oregon. Photo by: R.C. Wilson Date: May 23, 1952 Credit: USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Region, State and Private Forestry, Forest Health Protection. Collection: Portland Station Collection; La Grande, Oregon. Image: PS-945 To learn more about this photo collection see: Wickman, B.E., Torgersen, T.R. and...
Topics: corvalliswatershed, usda, bureauofentomologyandplantquarantine, bentoncounty, windthrow,...
Drawing of seasonal history of Dendroctonus pseudotsugae Hopk. Shows attack periods and brood development. Artist: William D. Edmonston Photo by: W.D. Bedard Date: c.1932 Credit: USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Region, State and Private Forestry, Forest Health Protection. Collection: Portland Station Collection; La Grande, Oregon. Image: JCE-767 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...
Topics: r6, usda, stateandprivateforestry, Douglas-fir Beetle, wdedmonston, region6, williamdbedard,...
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
Topics: r6, usda, stateandprivateforestry, fungi, lodgepolepine, region6, fhp, barkbeetle, bluestain, usfs,...
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...
Topics: divisionofforestinsectinvestigations, r6, usda, stateandprivateforestry, westernpinebeetle,...
Felling a sugar pine infested with mountain pine beetle. Southern Oregon Northern California (SONC) control project. Photo by: F.P. Keen Date: June 1, 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-3253 and FPK-39 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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Class 3A or Class 4A. Tree Selection. Keen Ponderosa Pine Tree Classification. Note: In the Bureau documentation, the 4A is scratched out and replaced with a 3A; in the Portland Station documentation it is 4A. 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-238 and BUR-8749 To learn more about this...
Topics: susceptibility, divisionofforestinsectinvestigations, r6, usda, stateandprivateforestry,...
White pine logs infested with Dendroctonus monticolae being burned at 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-358 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...
Topics: divisionofforestinsectinvestigations, Early Beetle Control Efforts - 1910-1961, r6, usda,...
Camp 23, Area 2. Southern Oregon Northern California beetle control project. Photo by: F.P. Keen Date: 1923 Credit: USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Region, State and Private Forestry, Forest Health Protection. Collection: F.P. Keen Collections; La Grande, Oregon. Image: FPK-60 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...
Topics: Early Beetle Control Efforts - 1910-1961, usda, stateandprivateforestry, camp, beetlecontrol,...
Ike Hastings, William D. Bedard, and Phillip C. Johnson. Horsefly Unit. 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-365 To learn more about this photo collection see: Wickman, B.E., Torgersen, T.R. and Furniss, M.M. 2002. Photographic images and history...
Topics: divisionofforestinsectinvestigations, Early Beetle Control Efforts - 1910-1961, phillipcjohnson,...
Survey Crew. Ike Hastings, Ernie Buck, Greene. Modoc National Forest, California. Photo by: F.P. Keen Date: 1928 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-350 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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Winter camp on Area 1, Camp 15. Southern Oregon Northern California (SONC) western pine beetle control project. Crater National Forest. Photo by: F.P. Keen Date: January 22, 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-3246 To learn more about this photo collection see: Wickman, B.E., Torgersen, T.R. and Furniss, M.M. 2002. Photographic images and...
Topics: divisionofforestinsectinvestigations, Early Beetle Control Efforts - 1910-1961, r6, usda,...
Group of 17 trees treated by Klamath Forest Protective Association (KFPA). Chewaucan Unit. Fremont National Forest, Oregon. Photo by: Bedard Date: November 17, 1940 Credit: USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Region, State and Private Forestry, Forest Health Protection. Collection: Portland Station Collection; La Grande, Oregon. Image: PS-462 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...
Topics: divisionofforestinsectinvestigations, Early Beetle Control Efforts - 1910-1961, r6,...
1922. A spotter at work marking and listing a beetle infested tree. All insect-killed trees were examined by spotters; those trees containing live broods of bark beetles were numbered and marked to be treated by the treating crews which followed this worker. A record of the brood in each tree was made by the spotter on a special printed card and tacked to the tree. The card is shown tacked to the tree in the strip. The spotter is shown taking a "Spotter's Record" sheet which was filed...
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Spotting crew. Chewaucan Unit. Fremont National Forest, Oregon. Photo by: William D. Bedard Date: November 22, 1940 Credit: USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Region, State and Private Forestry, Forest Health Protection. Collection: Portland Station Collection; La Grande, Oregon. Image: PS-460 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....
Topics: divisionofforestinsectinvestigations, r6, fremontnationalforest, usda, stateandprivateforestry,...
Bark beetle control camp. Tents are Army squad tents used for sleeping quarters for men engaged in control work. Each will house six men. Truck at left was used to transport camps and field equipment from one camp to another. Number 2. Southern Oregon Northern California Cooperative Control Project. Photo by: J.E. Patterson Date: June 1922 Credit: USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Region, State and Private Forestry, Forest Health Protection. Collection: Bureau of Entomology Collection; La...
Topics: Early Beetle Control Efforts - 1910-1961, r6, usda, stateandprivateforestry, camp,...
Entomologist Charles Sartwell examining ponderosa pine on which 10 forced attacks were made by placing single beetles in a hole in the bark, covering the hole with a piece of "Lucite" screen, and then tacking screen down with a rectangle of 4 staples. Pringle Falls Field Station, La Pine, Oregon. Photo by: Ken H. Wright Date: August 1963 Credit: USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Region, State and Private Forestry, Forest Health Protection. Collection: Portland Station Collection;...
Topics: r6, usda, stateandprivateforestry, foresthealth, region6, forest service, barkbeetle,...
Progress of decay in 100-year-old beetle-killed Douglas-fir after 8 years. Cut at stump height - 2 feet. Panther Creek Experimental Forest. Carson, Washington. (Photo 1 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-3008 For additional historic forest entomology photos, stories, and resources see the...
Topics: ps3008, disease, r6, usda, stateandprivateforestry, Douglas-fir Beetle, deterioration, region6,...
Ponderosa pine killed by western pine beetle on Grandview plot near Sisters. Deschutes National Forest, Oregon. Photo by: Robert L. Furniss Date: May 12, 1943 Credit: USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Region, State and Private Forestry, Forest Health Protection. Collection: Portland Station Collection; La Grande, Oregon. Image: PS-622 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...
Topics: divisionofforestinsectinvestigations, r6, usda, stateandprivateforestry, treedamage,...
