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FOREST INSECTS 
F. C. Craighead, in Charge 
On December 5, 1930, J. C. Evenden, in charge of the Forest— 
Insect field laboratory at Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, attended the annual 
meeting of the Intermountain Regional Forest Protection Board, at Salt 
Lake City, Utah. On December 12 and 13 he attended the annual meeting 
of the Regional Forest Protection Board for northern Idaho and Montana, 
at Spokane, Wash. The second day of this meeting was given to the dis— 
cussion of the present status of the white pine blister rust. Mr. Evenden 
met with the Forest Preducts Bureau of the Spokane Chamber of Commerce 
on December 177. and spoke on the present forest-insect situation in 
Idaho and Montana. 
A meeting of members of the California State Division of Forestry 
was called at Sacramento for December 16, 17, and 18, and the State in- 
Spectors and rangers assembled to discuss the more important problems con- 
nected with protection. J. M. Miller attended the meeting, and on Decen- 
ber 17 gave a short talk on the insect problems of the State. 
During the week of December 8 to 13 Dr. K. A. Salman and L. G. 
Baumhofer made a field examination of infested areas reported by the For— 
est Service in the northern part of Sequoia National Park. 
H. L. Person, Assistant Entomologist, was transferred to the 
California Forest Experiment Station December 1 as Associate Silvicul-— 
turist. He took the Civil Service examination for this position, and was 
second on the list of eligibles. 
G. R. Struble and Albert Wagner made a short trip to Strawberry, 
Stanislaus National Forest, on December 3, 4, and 5, where they made 
records on the progress of Scolytus ventralis, and obtained material for 
laboratory experiments, The remainder of the month was Spent by them 
in compiling and assembling data on Mr. Struble's experimental studies 
with the white fir engraver beetle in 1930. 
J. A. Beal, of the field laboratory in Region 6, located at Port-— 
land, Oreg., is spending the winter months at the field laboratory at 
Berkeley, Calif., where he will carry on laboratory experiments to de— 
termine optimum conditions of temperature for development of the brocd 
of the western pine beetle, Dendroctonus brevicomis. This detail was ar- 
ranged because of the special equipment available for this purpose at 
the University of California. 
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