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1958. Baker Unit biologist W. Klein and Assistant biologist C. VanGordon making prespray larval collections. Western spruce budworm control project. Baker unit, Oregon.

Baker Unit biologist W. Klein and Assistant biologist C. VanGordon making prespray larval collections. Western spruce budworm control project. Baker unit, Oregon.

 

Photo by: Peter W. Orr

Date: June 1958

 

Credit: USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Region, State and Private Forestry, Forest Health Protection.

Collection: Portland Station Collection; La Grande, Oregon.

Image: PS-1797

 

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 further information about historic western spruce budworm activity and control projects see:

Dolph, Robert E. 1980. Budworm activity in Oregon and Washington, 1947-1979. R6-FIDM-033-1980. Portland, OR: US Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Region, Forest Insect and Disease Management. 54 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, Region 6, State and Private Forestry, Forest Health Protection: www.fs.usda.gov/main/r6/forest-grasslandhealth

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