Photos from the WFIWC Archives:
Equipment and Methodology

Walter J. Buckhorn of the Portland FIL relished daredevil feats such as climbing this 250-ft-tall tree and flagging it to guide pilots in spraying insecticide to control the hemlock looper on an experimental plot in Clatsop County, OR. 10 July 1945. Note the un-sheathed double bit axe. Paul Keen recounted that Buck's safety rope slipped and was partially cut as Buck chopped-off branches. (Furniss 2000, Fig. 7) Stan Spiegle photo no. 24

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