c.1964. Dorena seed orchard, mid-1960s. Cliff Woody with one of the larger grafts in Field 14. Dorena Genetic Resource Center, Cottage Grove, Oregon.

Dorena seed orchard, mid-1960s. Cliff Woody with one of the larger grafts in Field 14. Dorena Genetic Resource Center, Cottage Grove, Oregon.

 

Additional note from Jerry Barnes: "Western white pine grafts in Field 14 – these grafts were later the source of pretty much all early planted western white pine in parts of Oregon. Some of these grafts are still present in F14 as of 2018."

 

Photo and caption by: Jerry Barnes

Date: c.1964

 

Credit: USDA Forest Service, Region 6, Dorena Genetic Resource Center.

Source: Gerald Barnes collection; courtesy Richard Sniezko, Cottage Grove, Oregon.

 

Dorena Genetic Resource Center (DGRC) is the USDA Forest Service's regional service center for genetics in the Pacific Northwest Region. Dorena houses disease resistance breeding programs for five-needled pines and Port-Orford-cedar, a native plant development program, and the National Tree Climbing Program.

 

To learn more about the history of the DGRC, see: www.fs.usda.gov/detail/r6/landmanagement/resourcemanageme...

 

For additional photos of the DGRC program, see: www.fs.usda.gov/detail/r6/landmanagement/resourcemanageme...

 

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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