Forest Entomologist and Artist, William Douglas Edmonston. Colorado Springs, Colorado.

Photo by: Unknown Date: 1917

Credit: USDA Forest Service, Region 6, State and Private Forestry, Forest Health Protection. Source: H.E. Burke Collection digital files; Regional Office; Portland, Oregon.

This photo and the following excerpt are from: H.E. Burke. 1946. My Recollections of the First Years in Forest Entomology. Berkeley, California. 37 p. <a href="http://www.fs.fed.us/sites/default/files/recollections-on-forest.." rel="nofollow">www.fs.fed.us/sites/default/files/recollections-on-forest..</a>.

"Edmonston was another of the men selected by Dr. Hopkins who had a large share in the first developments of forest entomology in the west. He was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, March 28, 1870; the son of the Scottish artist, Samuel Edmonston, and Jane Douglas Edmonston. A graduate of the School of Fine Arts of the University of Edinburgh, he was an artist of considerable ability and exhibited some of his watercolors at the Royal Scottish Academy and the Royal Academy of England. ... After the moving of Forest Insect Station 6 from Baker to Klamath Falls in September 1911, Edmonston and his crew of Hofer and Sergent spent considerable time inspecting timber west of Klamath Falls and in trying to interest the various timber owners in bark beetle control. As a result of this work, the Parker's Station Project was carried on in Klamath County from April 1 to May 17, 1912. The infestation was western pine beetle in yellow pine and mountain pine beetle and Melanophila sp. in yellow pine and sugar pine.

Some time during the fall of 1912 Edmonston moved from Klamath Falls to Ashland. ... Edmonston spent most of the summer of 1913 in the vicinity of Ashland studying various insects. ..."

Note: Most of the insect art images in this collection were drawn by Edmonston.

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>