Pest Control and Wildlife Relationships (1961) / Chapter Skim
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Forest Pest Control
Forest Pest Control
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Another fundamental difference lies in the comparatively small amounts of pesticides used in forest pest control. Out of the several hundred million pounds of pesticides consumed annually in the United States, less than one and three-quarters million are employed in Forest Service control operations.
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Today, most insect control in our forests is based essentially on the Forest Pest Control Act of 1947. Prior to that time there was no Federal authorization for cooperation with the States, or with private owners in pest control, but this Act authorized Federal cooperation with State and private land owners in a united attack upon insects and diseases on forest lands of all ownerships.
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After due processing, the request ordinarily goes to the Forest Experiment Station of that area. Here a biological evaluation is made to determine the damage being done, probable trends of the outbreak, whether any feasible control exists, and the foreseeable results.
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In the past, we have actually set the stage for insect attack in some of our reforestation work. In the Lake States, the Civilian Conservation Corps planted mile after mile of pure red pine, and today we are paying a heavy price for that ecological blunder.
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Public awareness of the extent of insect damage to forest values can do much toward hastening effective control, and the forest manager is becoming increasingly alert to the need for bringing the public into the pest control picture. This does not mean selling the public a bill of goods, but giving them better advance information, keeping them informed of the damage and dangers of infestations, and especially making it possible to secure the viewpoints of all affected groups.
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Meanwhile, he looks forward to the day when biological, cultural, systemic and other controls may drastically curtail the need for chemical pesticides. But as a forest manager -- whether Federal, State or private -- he can never forget that in his keeping lie enormous resource values, and that his clear responsibility is to protect these values by the best techniques available.
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