1923. Tree peeled to show galleries of western pine beetle. Photo also shows the method of tagging and numbering trees for control work. Southern Oregon Northern California (SONC) beetle control project.

Tree peeled to show galleries of western pine beetle. Photo also shows the method of tagging and numbering trees for control work. Southern Oregon Northern California (SONC) 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-3230

 

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 Washington. American Entomologist, 48(3), p. 178-185.

 

For related historical information see:

www.treesearch.fs.fed.us/pubs/21476

Wickman, Boyd E. 2005. Harry E. Burke and John M. Miller, pioneers in Western forest entomology. General Technical Report. PNW-GTR-638. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. 163 p.

 

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 and Private Forestry, Forest Health Protection: www.fs.usda.gov/main/r6/forest-grasslandhealth

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