Published January 1983. Reprinted October 2007. Please look for up-to-date information in the OSU Extension Catalog: http://extension.oregonstate.edu/catalog
Aerial surveys of six Montana National Forests in 1975 found a 22.1% increase in the area of visible defoliation caused by the western spruce budworm. It is estimated that 2,278,804 acres of Douglas-fir forests are now suffering at least 25% defoliation. This is an increase of 503,706 acres over the...