1967. The Dorena crew collected scion from the tops of 200+ foot ponderosa pine trees from this helicopter fitted with a collection device designed by John Wear (3rd from left) and Jerry Barnes for grafting the same day. Graft survival was good.

The Dorena crew collected scion from the tops of 200+ foot ponderosa pine trees from this helicopter fitted with a collection device designed by John Wear (3rd from left) and Jerry Barnes for grafting the same day. Graft survival was good.

 

2018 note from Kim Bates: "The 4th person from the left looks like Ron Myers. He was the seed-plant manager from before 1980 to approximately ~1990+/-"

 

See also: www.flickr.com/photos/151887236@N05/34481675923/in/datepo...

 

Photo by: Jerry Barnes

Date: 1967

 

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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