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  • Many nonmerchantable trees on proposed control areas in the Flathead Reservation are moderately to heavily infested with dwarf mistletoe. Control by sanitation-thinning is desirable and is both biologically and ...
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  • Many understory trees on proposed control areas are lightly to moderately infested with dwarf mistletoe. Control by thinning/ sanitation after logging will reduce infestations to a tolerable level and ...
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  • A looper, probably the Bruce spanworm, Operophtera bruceata (Hulst), defoliated more than 15,650 acres of quaking aspen in the Turtle Mountains of North Dakota in the spring of 1973.
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  • Many nonmerchantable trees on the proposed control areas are moderately to heavily infested with dwarf mistletoe. Control by sanitation-thinning is desirable and is both biologically and economically s...
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  • An evaluation of forest insect conditions on the National Bison Range at Moiese, Montana, was made on August 28, 1972.
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  • "Holes" with dead, dying, and downed trees in the forest canopy could be reliably identified on 9- by 9-inch Kodak Ektachrome Infrared Aero film 2443 as root disease centers. Film scales larger than 1:4000 ...
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  • An aerial survey during 1974 revealed approximately 5,000 acres of various degrees of Douglas-fir tussock moth, Orgyia pseudotsugata McD., defoliation in the lower Flathead Valley. An egg mass survey was ...
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  • Mountain pine beetle activity has increased from about 350 infested trees in 1972 to over 1,200 infested trees in 1974 on the Bitterroot National Forest. The majority of infestation occurs in second-growth, ...
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  • Shade tree insect and disease activity within the city limits of Bozeman, Montana, were evaluated. Other than a few minor insects, the park, cemetery, and street trees are in remarkably good condition. Both ...
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  • This report contains a brief history of selected mountain pine beetle infestations and the potential for infestations in high hazard stands on the Tally Lake Ranger District. Management alternatives to ...
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  • During December 1978 and January 1979, temperatures reached all-time lows in some parts of Montana. Overwintering mountain pine beetle populations were sampled at 11 sites during February and March 1979. ...
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  • Residual Douglas-fir are dwarf mistletoe-infested and pose a threat to regeneration. Felling of these residuals will reduce dwarf mistletoe intensity and increase future volume yields. The benefit/cost ...
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  • Needlecast fungi were found on 95 percent of damage collections in a June survey of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) Christmas tree plantations in the Kalispell Basin western Montana. Western gall rust (Endocronartium ...
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  • Six Montana areas in which permanent mountain pine beetle trend plots were established in 1979 were revisited in 1980. Results of the visit show infestation intensity decreased significantly in Centennial ...
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  • The mountain pine beetle, Dendroetonus ponderosae Hopk., has been at epidemic levels in second-growth ponderosa pine stands in the Ninemile area of the Lolo National Forest and surrounding private lands ...
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  • Douglas-fir tussock moth egg mass studies during winter 1974 indicate that natural factors such as low egg viability, egg parasitism, and virus do not alter the potential for heavy defoliation in two sections south ...
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  • Aerially visible defoliation by the western spruce budworm, Choristoneura occidentalis Freeman, increased from 149,250 acres in 1973 to 649,319 acres in 1974 on five eastern Montana National Forests. An ...
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  • Mountain pine beetle infestations in the Snell Creek and Warland Peak areas were evaluated in October 1975. Based on current buildup ratios, tree diameter distributions, stand composition and phloem thicknesses, ...
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  • Mountain pine beetle populations developed to epidemic level in lodgepole pine stands in 1973. Approximately 426,355 trees were killed on 3,433 hectares in 1976. Infestations are expected to intensify ...
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  • Residual Douglas-fir in older clearcuts are dwarf mistletoe-infected and pose a threat to regeneration present. Removal of these residuals coupled with planned or completed precommercial thinnings will ...
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  • This evaluation showed that Bt provided measurable foliage protection 1 year after treatment, but no differences were evident after 2 years. We recommend future Bt tests include postspray population measurements ...
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  • The lodgepole pine type commonly occurs as an even-aged, singlestoried, and overstocked forest. Dwarf mistletoe is widespread throughout the type and causes growth and quality reduction, reduced seed production, ...
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  • Two thousand and thirty-nine trees on 213 plots are being monitored yearly for root disease infection and mortality. Three compartments on the Fernan Ranger District of the Idaho Panhandle National Forests ...
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  • The larch casebearer Coleophora laricella (Hbn.) is now established throughout all western larch stands in Region 1. Population levels have begun to fluctuate in some of the older infested stands; however, it ...
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  • Mountain pine beetle populations reached epidemic levels in 1972 in the Stoney Creek drainage, Ninemile District, Lolo National Forest, Montana. A total of 8,082 trees with an estimated volume loss of 34,356 ...
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  • Mountain pine beetle populations reached epidemic levels on approximately 4,600 acres in Glacier National Park in 1972. Infested trees increased from 4.9 in 1972 to 10.9/acre in 1975. Majority of trees killed ...
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  • An infestation of a defoliating weevil, Magdalis gentilis LeConte, was reported in July by Hank Manning, Judith Ranger District forester, Lewis and Clark National Forest. The infestation occurs in precommercially thinned ...
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  • Residual lodgepole pine in older clearcuts are dwarf mistletoe-infected and pose a threat to regeneration present. Removal of these residuals coupled with planned or completed precommercial thinnings will ...
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  • Ground surveys on the Hungry Horse District indicate a potential for mountain pine beetle infestation in lodgepole pine. Based on elevation-latitude, mean d.b.h. and phloem thickness, and age, stands were ...
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  • A needle miner, Coleotechnites sp., defoliated approximately 3,100 acres of ponderosa pine, Pinus ponderosa Laws. on the Flathead Indian Reservation, Montana, during 1978. Three other small areas in the Missoula ...
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  • The mountain pine beetle infestation in Corral, Little Corral, and Cache Creeks on the Crow Indian Reservation, Montana has been increasing for the past several years. Trees killed per acre averaged 38.8 ...
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  • Methods used to establish permanent plots in precommercially thinned and unthinned stands to monitor root disease development are described. Plots were established in 22 Armillaria-infested stands in northern ...
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  • Mountain pine beetle populations increased in 1979 in the Thompson River drainage to levels predicted following the 1978 attack period. New attacks in 1979 averaged 27 per acre. Current estimates indicate ...
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  • Mountain pine beetle infestations have increased in second-growth ponderosa pine stands in the Garnet Mountains since 1971. The extremely dry 1973 season resulted in an increase of Ips engraver beetle ...
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  • White pine blister rust still poses a threat to the relic limber pine stand in the Mammoth Hot Springs Terrace area; pruning of cankers is an effective means of preserving the limber pine as long as po...
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  • A supplemental Douglas-fir tussock moth egg mass evaluation was made within three quarter sections north of Poison, Montana, during April 1975. These areas were being considered for a pilot control project ...
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