File:1923. Burning to control western pine beetle. The end of the log says, "250 Years Old Killed by Beetle in One Year". Southern Oregon Northern California cooperative control project. (33450966922).jpg

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Burning to control western pine beetle. The end of the log says, "250 Years Old Killed by Beetle in One Year". Southern Oregon Northern California cooperative control project.

Photo by: F.P. Keen Date: May 16, 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-3226 and FPK-12

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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Author R6, State & Private Forestry, Forest Health Protection

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