The Battle Against Bark Beetles in Crater Lake National Park: 1925-34

By Boyd E. Wickman

• 8.5 x 5.5 x .25 inches; 40 pp.

• General Technical Report PNW-GTR-259, Portland, OR, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station, 1990.

This history records the first large-scale bark beetle control project in a National Park in the Pacific Northwest. It describes the relations between Park Service, Forest Service, and USDA Bureau of Entomology personnel; how the project was organized; the ecological implications of the outbreak; and the long-term results of direct control measures.