Show Ashley National Forest crew is r sets up camp t ready to begin complete operations The Ashley National Forest control crew has set up I the of Moon i JL on the Altonah Ranger Ranger Gene L. Kuhns S The project is headed up 1 Toland of Vernal with principal assistants being S. Lisonbee and Harold 1 Wens of the Vernal H The purpose of the project is to treat approximately a in the vicinity of Bear Wallow on the Altonah Ranger District of the Ashley National The treatment consists spraying Uie trees to kill i the insect known as the tain Pino A chemical of ethylene di-bromide 3 1 oil base is used as spray 3 This insect has killed many 1 trees in the past on the Ashley h Rational Forest and through we hope to control the spread of the Ranger i Kuhns There are 7 men on the job right and they treat approximately trees per Spotting of the damage Is done visually id checking the infested trees with use of The camp is located near Moon It of 13 3 a lower house and all the of The are gallons of storage for ie material used in treatment l and 16 head of jrees are used to carry the and men to When the project is over trees have been Six thousand of the trees are on Indian land with the Forest Service treating the trees a cooperative The trees being treated pre a volume of approximate- million board feet that through of this type we can stop lie spread of this insect into the large commercial stands to the Ranger Kuhns thousands of dollars worth of timber can be saved through this and the money spent now is worth the effort in the The treatment and control program is another means by which the Forest Service protects National Forest Land so that the Multiple Use values can be used and enjoyed by all Ranger Kuhns Slightly longer than of an the bettle bores through the bark and feeds on the cambium There it bores a system of galleries in which the eggs are The new generation feeds girdling the they take flight to find new I |