1930. Burning to treat Dendroctonus brevicomis. Devil's Garden Extention area. Modoc National Forest, California. Possibly Al Wagner pictured.

Burning to treat Dendroctonus brevicomis. Devil's Garden Extention area. Modoc National Forest, California.

 

Note: Probably Al Wagner pictured.

 

Photo by: K.A. Salman

Date: May 19, 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-7330

 

A hand-colored version of this image is available here: www.flickr.com/photos/151887236@N05/36955227110/in/datepo...

 

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 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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