2005. Robert H. Mealey Ponderosa Pine Native Gene Conservancy. This native collection of Willamette Valley ponderosa pine has been so named in honor of Robert H. Mealey's pioneering efforts and leadership ... St. Paul, Oregon.

Robert H. Mealey Ponderosa Pine Native Gene Conservancy. This native collection of Willamette Valley ponderosa pine has been so named in honor of Robert H. Mealey's pioneering efforts and leadership in recognizing and restoring the Willamette Valley race of ponderosa pine. ... St. Paul, Oregon.

 

For more about the history, see: www.westernforestry.org/wvppca/historyvision.htm

 

Photo by: Richard Sniezko

Date: July 20, 2005

 

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

Source: DRGC digital photo 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. 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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