File:1949. Airstrip for western spruce budworm control project. Mt. Hood area, OR. (32832921781).jpg

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Airstrip for western spruce budworm control project. Mt. Hood area, Oregon.

Photo by: Robert L. Furniss and John F. Wear Date: June 11, 1949

Credit: USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Region, State and Private Forestry, Forest Health Protection. Collection: Portland Station Collection; La Grande, Oregon. Image: PS-817

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 further information about historic western spruce budworm activity and control projects see: Dolph, Robert E. 1980. Budworm activity in Oregon and Washington, 1947-1979. R6-FIDM-033-1980. Portland, OR: US Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Region, Forest Insect and Disease Management. 54 p.

For related historic program information see: archive.org/details/AerialForestInsectAndDiseaseDetection... 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 and resources see: wfiwc.org/content/history-and-resources

Image provided by: www.fs.usda.gov/main/r6/forest-grasslandhealth
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