Bruce Moltzan and Kristen Chadwick with false morels. Forest Health tour. Catherine Creek Thinning Project. 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, WA: U.S. Department...
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Regional Office, Westside Service Center, and Mt. Hood employees review landscape fuels and forest health treatment work in the Sportsman’s Paradise area. Barlow Ranger District, Mt. Hood National Forest, Oregon. Note: The following is from a 2012 Statement by US Forest Service Chief Tom Tidwell concerning Challenges and Opportunities for Achieving Healthier National Forests, located here: www.fs.fed.us/sites/default/files/legacy_files/media/type... "Another tool that has been helpful in...
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Keith Sprengel - reference tree monument. 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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Roland Rose (Fire Fuels Planner, CRGNSA) and Beth Willhite (Entomologist, Westside Service Center) at a trail "Closed for Public Safety", due to post fire-related hazards. Eagle Creek Fire. Multnomah Falls, Oregon. For Forest Service photos of the Eagle Creek Fire and restoration work, see: www.flickr.com/photos/forestservicenw/albums/721576657880... Photo by: Ben Smith Date: April 19, 2018 Credit: USDA Forest Service, Region 6, State and Private Forestry, Forest Health Protection,...
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Grafted pine. Coeur d'Alene Nursery. Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. "The Coeur d'Alene Nursery is a full service facility that can provide bare root and containerized plant stock for publicly-owned lands. Along with seed cleaning, and storage, the Nursery can provide stock quality testing for the land manager." For more information about this nursery see: www.fs.usda.gov/detail/ipnf/about-forest/districts/?cid=s... Photo by: Kristen Chadwick Date: July 1, 2010 Photo credit: USDA Forest...
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Forest entomologist Beth Willhite (Westside Forest Insect and Disease Service Center). Whitebark pine plot work on Mt. Hood. Mt. Hood National Forest, Oregon. Notes from the Pacific Northwest Region Whitebark Pine Restoration 2009 Annual Progress Report: "CONSERVATION AREA: 501 MANAGEMENT UNIT(S): 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8 LOCATION(S): Mt. Hood Meadows, Cloup Cap, Timberline, Dog Springs, Lookout Mtn., Flag Point, Badger Butte, Trail 685 (Gunsight trail) WORK PERFORMED: Condition surveys, 2009...
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The decayed main stem of the Tollgate Maple (left) threatened travelers on Highway 26. Zigzag Ranger District, Mt. Hood National Forest, Oregon. The decayed main stem was removed in 2011. See the press release here: www.mounthoodnationalpark.org/MHNPArticles/110717Tollgate... "July 14, 2011 Barlow Road Tollgate Heritage Maple Tree Succumbs to Old Age Sandy, OR- A 130-year-old bigleaf maple, which marks the spot of the western-most tollgate of the historic Barlow Road, has substantial decay...
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Whitebark pines on Mt. Hood. Mt. Hood National Forest, Oregon. Photo by: Kristen Chadwick Date: September 14, 2010 Photo credit: USDA Forest Service, Region 6, State and Private Forestry, Forest Health Protection, Westside Forest Insect and Disease Service Center. Source: Kristen Chadwick collection; Sandy, Oregon. 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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Whitebark pine insect and disease monitoring work in the Mt. Hood Meadows ski area. Mt. Hood National Forest, Oregon. Notes from the Pacific Northwest Region Whitebark Pine Restoration 2009 Annual Progress Report: "CONSERVATION AREA: 501 MANAGEMENT UNIT(S): 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8 LOCATION(S): Mt. Hood Meadows, Cloup Cap, Timberline, Dog Springs, Lookout Mtn., Flag Point, Badger Butte, Trail 685 (Gunsight trail) WORK PERFORMED: Condition surveys, 2009 cone surveys, cone collection, permanent...
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Balsam woolly adelgid damage. High elevation five-needle pines (High Five) symposium field trip. Montana Snowbowl ski area, Missoula, Montana. Photo by: Kristen Chadwick Date: June 30, 2010 Photo credit: USDA Forest Service, Region 6, State and Private Forestry, Forest Health Protection, Westside Forest Insect and Disease Service Center. Source: Kristen Chadwick collection; Sandy, Oregon. "High elevation five-needle pines are rapidly declining throughout North America. The six species,...
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Forest entomologists L-R: Mike Johnson (Blue Mountains Service Center), Beth Willhite (Westside Service Center), Lia Spiegel (Blue Mountains Service Center), and Andy Eglitis (Central Oregon Service Center). Western bark beetle field meeting. Blue Mountains, Oregon. Photo by: Iral Ragenovich Date: September 3, 2014 Credit: USDA Forest Service, Region 6, State and Private Forestry, Forest Health Protection. Source: Iral Ragenovich collection. Image provided by USDA Forest Service, Region 6,...
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Beth Willhite, Roland Rose, Gary Man, Bruce Moltzan, and Bob Rabaglia discuss Ips bark beetle damage. Catherine Creek Thinning Project. 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....
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Mt. Adams viewed from an area that burned in the 2012 Cascade Creek Fire. Gifford Pinchot National Forest, Washington. Photo by: Kristen Chadwick Date: July 23, 2015 Credit: USDA Forest Service, Region 6, State and Private Forestry, Forest Health Protection, Westside Forest Insect and Disease Service Center Source: Kristen Chadwick collection; Sandy, Oregon. Image provided by USDA Forest Service, Region 6, State and Private Forestry, Forest Health Protection:...
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L-R: Kristen Chadwick, Beth Willhite, and Holly Kearns looking at root disease. Westside Service Center work planning meeting. Corbett, Oregon. Photo by: Ben Smith Date: March 29, 2016 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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Pilot Paul Etchemendy with his Partenavia. Regional Office field visit with the Westside Forest Insect and Disease Service Center. Troutdale Tanker Base, Troutdale, Oregon. Photo by: Kristen Chadwick Date: September 10, 2012 Photo credit: USDA Forest Service, Region 6, State and Private Forestry, Forest Health Protection, Westside Forest Insect and Disease Service Center. Source: Kristen Chadwick collection; Sandy, Oregon. Image provided by USDA Forest Service, Region 6, State and Private...
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Blister rust on whitebark pine. Remeasurement of whitebark pine transect plots in an area that burned in the 2012 Cascade Creek Fire. Gifford Pinchot National Forest, Washington. Photo by: Kristen Chadwick Date: July 23, 2015 Credit: USDA Forest Service, Region 6, State and Private Forestry, Forest Health Protection, Westside Forest Insect and Disease Service Center Source: Kristen Chadwick collection; Sandy, Oregon. Image provided by USDA Forest Service, Region 6, State and Private Forestry,...
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Balsam woolly adelgid damage in subalpine fir. High elevation five-needle pines (High Five) symposium field trip. Montana Snowbowl ski area, Missoula, Montana. Photo by: Kristen Chadwick Date: June 30, 2010 Photo credit: USDA Forest Service, Region 6, State and Private Forestry, Forest Health Protection, Westside Forest Insect and Disease Service Center. Source: Kristen Chadwick collection; Sandy, Oregon. "High elevation five-needle pines are rapidly declining throughout North America. The...
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Beth Willhite, Roland Rose, and Bruce Moltzan looking at Ips bark beetle damage. Catherine Creek Thinning Project. 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, WA: U.S....
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Left-to-right: Justin Hof, Licia Rodrigues Couto, and Ben Smith ground-checking test aerial detection survey data collected with the Digital Mobile Sketch Mapping system. Licia is from Brazil and is working with Forest Health Protection as a part of the US Forest Service International Visitor Program. To learn more about this program see: www.fs.fed.us/global/visitor_program/ Photo courtesy of: Licia Rodrigues Couto Date: September 7, 2017 Credit: USDA Forest Service, Region 6, State and...
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Douglas-fir girdled to create wildlife snags. Regional Office field visit with the Westside Forest Insect and Disease Service Center. Catherine Creek Oak Restoration, Klickitat County, Washington. For more about this project see 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, WA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Region. 98 p. here:...
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Mt. Hood whitebark pine seedling trial. Mt. Hood National Forest, Oregon. Photo by: Kristen Chadwick Date: October 18, 2010 Photo credit: USDA Forest Service, Region 6, State and Private Forestry, Forest Health Protection, Westside Forest Insect and Disease Service Center. Source: Kristen Chadwick collection; Sandy, Oregon. 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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Beth Willhite investigating blowdown after hazard tree removal at Indian Henry Campground. Mt. Hood National Forest, Oregon. Photo by: Kristen Chadwick Date: July 21, 2011 Photo credit: USDA Forest Service, Region 6, State and Private Forestry, Forest Health Protection, Westside Forest Insect and Disease Service Center. Source: Kristen Chadwick collection; Sandy, Oregon. Image provided by USDA Forest Service, Region 6, State and Private Forestry, Forest Health Protection:...
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Doug Daoust inspecting the Washington aerial survey contract Partenavia. Regional Office field visit with the Westside Forest Insect and Disease Service Center. Troutdale Tanker Base, Troutdale, Oregon. Photo by: Kristen Chadwick Date: September 10, 2012 Photo credit: USDA Forest Service, Region 6, State and Private Forestry, Forest Health Protection, Westside Forest Insect and Disease Service Center. Source: Kristen Chadwick collection; Sandy, Oregon. Image provided by USDA Forest Service,...
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Douglas-fir girdled to create wildlife snags. Regional Office field visit with the Westside Forest Insect and Disease Service Center. Catherine Creek Oak Restoration, Klickitat County, Washington. For more about this project see 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, WA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Region. 98 p. here:...
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Whitebark pine with blister rust. Remeasurement of whitebark pine transect plots. Gifford Pinchot National Forest, Washington. Photo by: Kristen Chadwick Date: July 23, 2015 Credit: USDA Forest Service, Region 6, State and Private Forestry, Forest Health Protection, Westside Forest Insect and Disease Service Center Source: Kristen Chadwick collection; Sandy, Oregon. Image provided by USDA Forest Service, Region 6, State and Private Forestry, Forest Health Protection:...
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Clark's nutcracker in whitebark pine. Mt. Hood; Mt. Hood National Forest, Oregon. Photo by: Kristen Chadwick Date: September 15, 2010 Photo credit: USDA Forest Service, Region 6, State and Private Forestry, Forest Health Protection, Westside Forest Insect and Disease Service Center. Source: Kristen Chadwick collection; Sandy, Oregon. 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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Mt. Hood National Forest headquarters employee parking lot. 16400 Champion Way, Sandy, Oregon. Photo by: Bruce Hostetler Date: July 23, 2000 Credit: USDA Forest Service, Region 6, State and Private Forestry, Forest Health Protection. Source: FHP Slide Collection. Regional Office, Portland, Oregon. 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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Mt. Hood National Forest headquarters employee parking lot. 16400 Champion Way, Sandy, Oregon. Photo by: Bruce Hostetler Date: July 23, 2000 Credit: USDA Forest Service, Region 6, State and Private Forestry, Forest Health Protection. Source: FHP Slide Collection. Regional Office, Portland, Oregon. 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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Regional entomologist Iral Ragenovich. Forest Health tour. Catherine Creek Thinning Project. 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, WA: U.S. Department of...
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Beth Willhite with root wad. Photo by: Unknown Date: c.1994 Credit: USDA Forest Service, Region 6, State and Private Forestry, Forest Health Protection, Westside Forest Insect and Disease Service Center Source: Kristen Chadwick collection; Sandy, Oregon. 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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USFS Forest Health Protection danger tree training. Gifford Pinchot National Forest, Washington. For more information see: Field Guide for Danger-Tree Identification and Response along Forest Roads and Work Sites in Oregon and Washington (2016) here: www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/fseprd536398.pdf Photo by: Kristen Chadwick Date: June 3, 2015 Photo credit: USDA Forest Service, Region 6, State and Private Forestry, Forest Health Protection, Westside Forest Insect and Disease Service...
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L-R: Kristen Chadwick, Beth Willhite, and Holly Kearns investigate root diseases at Indian Henry Campground. Mt. Hood National Forest, Oregon. Photo by: Unknown Date: October 7, 2011 Photo credit: USDA Forest Service, Region 6, State and Private Forestry, Forest Health Protection, Westside Forest Insect and Disease Service Center. Source: Kristen Chadwick collection; Sandy, Oregon. Image provided by USDA Forest Service, Region 6, State and Private Forestry, Forest Health Protection:...
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Instructor Holly Kearns (center, blue) is a forest pathologist with the Westside Forest Insect and Disease Service Center. USFS Forest Health Protection danger tree training. Gifford Pinchot National Forest, Washington. For more information see: Field Guide for Danger-Tree Identification and Response along Forest Roads and Work Sites in Oregon and Washington (2016) here: www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/fseprd536398.pdf Photo by: Kristen Chadwick Date: June 3, 2015 Photo credit: USDA...
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A tagged whitebark pine on the transect line. Remeasurement of whitebark pine transect plots. Gifford Pinchot National Forest, Washington. Photo by: Kristen Chadwick Date: July 23, 2015 Credit: USDA Forest Service, Region 6, State and Private Forestry, Forest Health Protection, Westside Forest Insect and Disease Service Center Source: Kristen Chadwick collection; Sandy, Oregon. Image provided by USDA Forest Service, Region 6, State and Private Forestry, Forest Health Protection:...
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Whitebark pine. Mt. Hood National Forest, Oregon. Photo by: Kristen Chadwick Date: October 20, 2010 Photo credit: USDA Forest Service, Region 6, State and Private Forestry, Forest Health Protection, Westside Forest Insect and Disease Service Center. Source: Kristen Chadwick collection; Sandy, Oregon. 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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Burned bark. 2012 Cascade Creek Fire. Gifford Pinchot National Forest, Washington. Photo by: Kristen Chadwick Date: July 23, 2015 Credit: USDA Forest Service, Region 6, State and Private Forestry, Forest Health Protection, Westside Forest Insect and Disease Service Center Source: Kristen Chadwick collection; Sandy, Oregon. 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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Oregon Department of Forestry aerial observer and forest pathologist Mike McWilliams with the ODF Partenavia. Roseburg Regional Airport, Oregon. Photo by: Unknown Date: June 28, 2013 Credit: USDA Forest Service, Region 6, State and Private Forestry, Forest Health Protection. Source: Aerial Survey Program collection. For more about the Swiss needle cast program, see: sncc.forestry.oregonstate.edu/survey-maps Image provided by USDA Forest Service, Region 6, State and Private Forestry, Forest...
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L-R: Bruce Moltzan (Pathologist), Bob Rabaglia (Entomologist) and Gary Man (Forest Health Specialist) all with the Washington Office, Forest Health Protection staff. Multnomah Falls, Oregon. 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:...
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Justin Hof and Kristen Chadwick. Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area (CRGNSA), Westside Service Center Forest Health tour. Looking at the Eagle Creek Fire. Multnomah Falls, Oregon. For Forest Service photos of the Eagle Creek Fire and restoration work, see: www.flickr.com/photos/forestservicenw/albums/721576657880... 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...
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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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Whitebark pine insect and disease monitoring in the Mt. Hood Meadows ski area. Mt. Hood National Forest, Oregon. Notes from the Pacific Northwest Region Whitebark Pine Restoration 2009 Annual Progress Report: "CONSERVATION AREA: 501 MANAGEMENT UNIT(S): 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8 LOCATION(S): Mt. Hood Meadows, Cloup Cap, Timberline, Dog Springs, Lookout Mtn., Flag Point, Badger Butte, Trail 685 (Gunsight trail) WORK PERFORMED: Condition surveys, 2009 cone surveys, cone collection, permanent plot...
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L-R: Peg Polichio (director, State and Private Forestry), Keith Sprengel (aerial survey program manager), Ben Smith (aerial observer), Beth Willhite (WSFID group leader), Chris Worth (Mt. Hood Forest Supervisor), Doug Daoust (assistant director, State and Private Forestry), and Washington aerial survey contract pilot Paul Etchemendy. Regional Office field visit with the Westside Forest Insect and Disease Service Center. Troutdale Tanker Base, Troutdale, Oregon. Photo by: Kristen Chadwick Date:...
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White pine blister rust killed tree. High elevation five-needle pines (High Five) symposium field trip. Montana Snowbowl ski area, Missoula, Montana. Photo by: Kristen Chadwick Date: June 30, 2010 Photo credit: USDA Forest Service, Region 6, State and Private Forestry, Forest Health Protection, Westside Forest Insect and Disease Service Center. Source: Kristen Chadwick collection; Sandy, Oregon. "High elevation five-needle pines are rapidly declining throughout North America. The six...
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USFS Forest Health Protection danger tree training. Gifford Pinchot National Forest, Washington. For more information see: Field Guide for Danger-Tree Identification and Response along Forest Roads and Work Sites in Oregon and Washington (2016) here: www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/fseprd536398.pdf Photo by: Kristen Chadwick Date: June 3, 2015 Photo credit: USDA Forest Service, Region 6, State and Private Forestry, Forest Health Protection, Westside Forest Insect and Disease Service...
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Forest entomologists L-R: Beth Willhite (Westside Service Center), Andy Eglitis (Central Oregon Service Center), and Lia Spiegel (Blue Mountains Service Center). Western bark beetle field meeting. Blue Mountains, Oregon. Photo by: Iral Ragenovich Date: September 3, 2014 Credit: USDA Forest Service, Region 6, State and Private Forestry, Forest Health Protection. Source: Iral Ragenovich collection. Image provided by USDA Forest Service, Region 6, State and Private Forestry, Forest Health...
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White pine blister rust. High elevation five-needle pines (High Five) symposium field trip. Montana Snowbowl ski area, Missoula, Montana. Photo by: Kristen Chadwick Date: June 30, 2010 Photo credit: USDA Forest Service, Region 6, State and Private Forestry, Forest Health Protection, Westside Forest Insect and Disease Service Center. Source: Kristen Chadwick collection; Sandy, Oregon. "High elevation five-needle pines are rapidly declining throughout North America. The six species,...
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Decayed main stem of the Tollgate Maple threatening Highway 26. Zigzag Ranger District, Mt. Hood National Forest, Oregon. This decayed main stem was removed in 2011. See the Forest Service press release here: www.mounthoodnationalpark.org/MHNPArticles/110717Tollgate... "July 14, 2011 Barlow Road Tollgate Heritage Maple Tree Succumbs to Old Age Sandy, OR- A 130-year-old bigleaf maple, which marks the spot of the western-most tollgate of the historic Barlow Road, has substantial decay and...
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Whitebark pine insect and disease monitoring in the Mt. Hood Meadows ski area. Mt. Hood National Forest, Oregon. Notes from the Pacific Northwest Region Whitebark Pine Restoration 2009 Annual Progress Report: "CONSERVATION AREA: 501 MANAGEMENT UNIT(S): 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8 LOCATION(S): Mt. Hood Meadows, Cloup Cap, Timberline, Dog Springs, Lookout Mtn., Flag Point, Badger Butte, Trail 685 (Gunsight trail) WORK PERFORMED: Condition surveys, 2009 cone surveys, cone collection, permanent plot...
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Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area (CRGNSA) Forest Health tour. Eagle Creek Fire. Multnomah Falls, Oregon. For Forest Service photos of the Eagle Creek Fire and restoration work, see: www.flickr.com/photos/forestservicenw/albums/721576657880... 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...
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Pine seedlings at the Coeur d'Alene Nursery. Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. "The Coeur d'Alene Nursery is a full service facility that can provide bare root and containerized plant stock for publicly-owned lands. Along with seed cleaning, and storage, the Nursery can provide stock quality testing for the land manager." For more information about this nursery see: www.fs.usda.gov/detail/ipnf/about-forest/districts/?cid=s... Photo by: Kristen Chadwick Date: July 1, 2010 Photo credit: USDA Forest...
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