File:1924. Dead forest above Tenaya Lake; trees killed by Dendroctonus monticolae. Yosemite National Park, California. (38189657482).jpg

Dead forest above Tenaya Lake; trees killed by Dendroctonus monticolae. Yosemite National Park, California.

Note: This image is Figure 2 on page 8 of F.P. Keen's 1952 Insect Enemies of Western Forests. The caption reads, "Bark beetles, not fire, destroyed this stand of lodgepole pine in Yosemite National Park." See: <a href="https://archive.org/stream/insectenemiesofw273keen_1#page/8/mode/2up" rel="nofollow">archive.org/stream/insectenemiesofw273keen_1#page/8/mode/2up</a>

Photo by: J.M. Miller Date: August 6, 1924

Credit: USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Region, State and Private Forestry, Forest Health Protection. Collection: Bureau of Entomology Collection; La Grande, Oregon. Image: BUR-5514

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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