File:1923. Tree infested with Dendroctonus brevicomis almost stripped of bark by woodpeckers in their hunt for larvae. Southern Oregon Northern California (SONC) western pine beetle control project. (33607501125).jpg

Tree infested with Dendroctonus brevicomis almost stripped of bark by woodpeckers in their hunt for larvae. Southern Oregon Northern California (SONC) western pine beetle control project.

Photo by: F.P. Keen Date: June 12, 1923

Credit: USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Region, State and Private Forestry, Forest Health Protection. Collection: Bureau of Entomology Collection; La Grande, Oregon. Image: BUR-3240 and FPK-26

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 related historical information see: <a href="https://www.treesearch.fs.fed.us/pubs/21476" rel="nofollow">www.treesearch.fs.fed.us/pubs/21476</a> Wickman, Boyd E. 2005. Harry E. Burke and John M. Miller, pioneers in Western forest entomology. General Technical Report. PNW-GTR-638. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. 163 p.

For additional historical forest entomology photos, stories, and resources see the Western Forest Insect Work Conference site: <a href="http://wfiwc.org/content/history-and-resources" rel="nofollow">wfiwc.org/content/history-and-resources</a>

Image provided by USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Region, State and Private Forestry, Forest Health Protection: <a href="https://www.fs.usda.gov/main/r6/forest-grasslandhealth" rel="nofollow">www.fs.usda.gov/main/r6/forest-grasslandhealth</a>

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