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Bark beetle infested tree felled with blasting powder. Craggy Mountain Bark Beetle Control Project. California. Most of the men hired on this project were local ranchers and miners. These men knew how to use blasting powder and figured that it was easier to shoot down infested trees than to saw them down. Tom Lane, a member of the crew, had a box camera and wanted a picture just as the blast exploded. He lashed his camera to a stake, 15 feet fom the tree, tied a string around the tree at the height where the blast would occur and attached one end of the string to the camera shutter. The picture was a success, but the front part of Lane's camera was wrecked. Photo by: Tom Lane Date: c.1912 Credit: USDA Forest Service, Region 6, State and Private Forestry, Forest Health Protection. Source: H.E. Burke Collection digital files; Regional Office; Portland, Oregon. This photo and the caption are from: H.E. Burke. 1946. My Recollections of the First Years in Forest Entomology. Berkeley, California. 37 p. <a href="https://www.fs.fed.us/sites/default/files/recollections-on-forest-entomology.pdf" rel="nofollow">www.fs.fed.us/sites/default/files/recollections-on-forest...</a> 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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| Source | c.1912. Bark beetle infested tree felled with blasting powder. Craggy Mountain Bark Beetle Control Project. California. |
| Author | R6, State & Private Forestry, Forest Health Protection |
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