Aerial survey crew obtaining flight information. Ben Spada (left), unidentified, pilot John F. Wear and Walter J. Buckhorn (with map). Portland International Airport, Oregon.

Photo by: Thomas C. Adams Date: 1954

Credit: USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Region, State and Private Forestry, Forest Health Protection. Collection: Portland Station Collection; La Grande, Oregon. Image: PS-1009

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.

This photo is one of a series taken to illustrate this manual: <a href="https://archive.org/details/CAT10507178" rel="nofollow">archive.org/details/CAT10507178</a> Wear, John F. and Walter J. Buckhorn. 1955. Organization and conduct of forest insect aerial surveys in Oregon and Washington. Portland, OR: USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Forest and Range Experiment Station. 40 p.

For geospatial data collected during annual aerial forest insect and disease detection surveys 1947-present see: <a href="https://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/r6/forest-grasslandhealth/insects-diseases/?cid=stelprdb5286951" rel="nofollow">www.fs.usda.gov/detail/r6/forest-grasslandhealth/insects-...</a>

For related historic program documentation see: <a href="https://archive.org/details/AerialForestInsectAndDiseaseDetectionSurveysInORandWA19472016TheSurveyHighRes" rel="nofollow">archive.org/details/AerialForestInsectAndDiseaseDetection...</a> Johnson, J. 2016. Aerial forest insect and disease detection surveys in Oregon and Washington 1947-2016: The survey. Gen. Tech. Rep. R6-FHP-GTR-0302. Portland, OR: USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Region, State and Private Forestry, Forest Health Protection. 280 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>

Image provided by USDA Forest Service, Region 6, 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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