File:C.1922. F. Paul Keen skiing. Klamath Falls, Oregon. (35841681082).jpg

F. Paul Keen skiing. Klamath Falls, Oregon.

Photo by: Unknown; probably S.R. Black Date: c.1922

Credit: USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Region, State and Private Forestry, Forest Health Protection. Collection: Bureau of Entomology, F. Paul Keen Collection; La Grande, Oregon. Image: FPK-113

Note: From: Maunder, Elwood R. and R.C. Hall. 1974-1975. Oral History Interview with F. Paul Keen. Forest History Society and USDA Forest Service. <a href="http://www.foresthistory.org/Research/Keen_Ohi_Final.pdf" rel="nofollow">www.foresthistory.org/Research/Keen_Ohi_Final.pdf</a> "RCH: What was your important role after the war in the Southern Oregon-Northern California Pine Beetle Control Project? FPK: When I first arrived, there were three Bureau men involved, including myself, Evenden, and Patterson. Jaenicke had made a report on the whole thing, and after the project got going, I was designated as the Bureau representative and later was elected chairman of the board of control. The board of control was made up of the following members: I was chairman and represented the Bureau of Entomology; Rex Black was secretary; J.F. Kimball represented the Klamath Counties Forest Fire Association and other private owners; G.O. Brown and W.G. Durbin represented the Forest Service; J.A. Howarth represented the Indian Service. RCH: Rex was the kind of individual who liked to take a lot of credit for himself. You got along pretty well with him, didn't you? FPK: Oh, yes. We had rooms right next to each other at the same hotel and we used to go skiing and things like that together. We're still good friends. He lives in Palo Alto, California now. He's about ten years younger than I am. He ended up in charge of the California Forest Protective Association, which he ran for a number of years. Then he became chairman of the California State Board of Forestry, as representative of the FPA."

To learn more about this photo collection see: Wickman, B.E., Torgersen, T.R. and Furniss, M.M. 2002. Photographic images and history of forest insect investigations on the Pacific Slope, 1903-1953. Part 2. Oregon and Washington. American Entomologist, 48(3), p. 178-185.

For additional information see: <a href="http://www.fs.fed.us/pnw/pubs/pnw_gtr259.pdf" rel="nofollow">www.fs.fed.us/pnw/pubs/pnw_gtr259.pdf</a> Wickman, Boyd E. 1990. The battle against bark beetles in Crater Lake National Park: 1925-34. Gen. Tech. Rep. PNW-GTR-259. Portland, OR: USDA, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. 40 p.

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>