USDA Forest Service
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service is a Federal agency that manages public lands in national forests and grasslands. The Forest Service is also the largest forestry research organization in the world, and provides technical and financial assistance to state and private forestry agencies. Gifford Pinchot, the first Chief of the Forest Service, summed up the purpose of the Forest Service—"to provide the greatest amount of good for the greatest amount of people in the long run." |
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| Image | Subject Name | Scientific Name | Description |
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| 0010089 | hail | Result of severe hail storm on the night of March 8, 1999. The storm impacted about 46 square miles. In the most severely-impacted areas, all pine foliage and buds were stripped from the trees. The hardwoods had not leafed out and were not impacted as severly. This shot was taken of a pine crown following the storm. Taken on May 24, 1999 while doing a survey of the storm area. | |
| 0010092 | red oak borer | Enaphalodes rufulus | The bark has been stripped from this red oak so as to show the borer activity occuring. Note the large number of bore holes in the stem. |
| 0010093 | red oak borer | Enaphalodes rufulus | This red oak had died and the bark was peeling off the tree. |
| 0010094 | red oak borer | Enaphalodes rufulus | This is a cross sectional cut of the bole of a red oak, showing some tunneling and pupal chambers of the borer. |
| 0010095 | red oak borer | Enaphalodes rufulus | entrance/exit holes with peppermint for size reference |
