ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 



The Scientific Director and Program Coordinators for the Advanced 

 Study Institute owe many thanks to many persons. Welcome help was re- 

 ceived from NATO, IFURO, the USDA Forest Service, and the University of 

 Idaho. The good services of individuals in these organizations were 

 greatly appreciated and made a significant contribution to the success 

 of the conference. 



Programing, field trips, travel, and many other arrangements were 

 handled by staff of the Forestry Sciences Laboratory, USDA Forest Service, 

 Moscow, Idaho, and of the St. Joe National Forest, Northern Region. Fi- 

 nancial support for the Institute came from NATO's Scientific Division 

 and was most capably administered by Division Director H. Arnth-Jensen. 

 Vital scientific support from the international forestry community was 

 offered by IUFRO President George M. Jemison and by Henry D. Gerhold, 

 Leader of IUFRO ' s Subject Group for Genetic Resistance to Forest Diseases 

 and Insects. Facilities of the University of Idaho were provided by 

 President Ernest W. Hartung and Dean Ernest Wohletz of the College of 

 Forestry, Range, and Wildlife Sciences. 



RICHARD T. BINGHAM, 

 RAYMOND J. HOFF and 



geral i. Mcdonald 



Intermountain Forest and Range 

 Experiment Station, USDA For- 

 est Service, Moscow, Idaho 



