Contributed by Maine Forest Service
Description
A Maine Forest Service White Pine Blister Rust work crew in 1919.
The disease, which decimates white pines, spreads through "ribes" or alternate hosts such as currants and gooseberries.
Forest Service crews worked to eradicate the ribes to control the tree disease.
About This Item
- Title: Forest Service crew, 1919
- Creation Date: 1919
- Subject Date: 1919
- Location: ME
- Media: Photographic print
- Dimensions: 8 cm x 13 cm
- Object Type: Image
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Maine Forest ServiceMaine Department of Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry, 18 Elkins Lane, Harlow Building, 22 State House Station, Augusta, ME 04333-0022
(207) 287-3156
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