1935. Treating ponderosa pine infested with Dendroctonus brevicomis on Emergency Conservation Work (ECW) control project. Warm Springs Indian Reservation, Oregon.

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-274

 

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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