Entomologist Val M. Carolin tagging tree for experimental fumigation of the European pine shoot moth. Treatment data are listed on tag. Seattle, Washington.

Photo by: Wally C. Guy Date: March 1961

Credit: USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Region, State and Private Forestry, Forest Health Protection. Collection: Portland Station Collection; La Grande, Oregon. Image: PS-2799

To learn more about this photo collection (as documented by Torgersen and Wickman) 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 more about European pine shoot moth control see: <a href="https://archive.org/details/CAT92272741" rel="nofollow">archive.org/details/CAT92272741</a> Carolin, V.M.; Coulter, W.K. 1963. Eradicating European pine shoot moth in commercial nurseries with methyl bromide. Res. Pap. PNW-RP-001. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. 11 p.

For additional historic 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>