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c.1962. The Dorena Project Site in the early 1960s. Western white pine grafts can be seen in Field 14 on the left. The white spots are pollination bags on the grafts. The Project Office was in the Inoculation Chamber Building seen on the right.

The Dorena Project Site in the early 1960s. Western white pine grafts can be seen in Field 14 on the left. The white spots are pollination bags on the grafts. The Project Office was in the Inoculation Chamber Building seen on the right. Cottage Grove, Oregon.

 

Photo and caption by: Jerry Barnes

Date: c.1962

 

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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Uploaded on February 22, 2017
Taken circa 1962