Halide gas detector being used to check for leaks in portable chamber during fumigation of European pine shoot moth.
Photo by: W.C. Guy and V.M. Carolin
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-2680
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 more, see: Klein, W.H. and R.M. Thompson. 1962. Procedures and equipment for fumigating European pine shoot moth on ornamental pines. USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Forest and Range Experiment Station. Portland, Oregon. 25 p.
archive.org/details/proceduresequipm50klei For additional historic forest entomology photos, stories, and resources see the Western Forest Insect Work Conference site:
wfiwc.org/content/history-and-resources Image provided by USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Region, State and Private Forestry, Forest Health Protection:
www.fs.usda.gov/main/r6/forest-grasslandhealth
