William M. Ciesla's Images
Title: OwnerOrganization: Forest Health Management International
Unit: Fort Collins, CO.
Country: United States
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Bill Ciesla is a forest health specialist and owner of Forest Health Management International, a consulting company based in Fort Collins, CO. Bill received his undergraduate and graduate degrees in forestry and forest entomology from the State University of New York, College of Environmental Science and Forestry at Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY. He has held assignments with USDA Forest Service as a forest entomologist and forest health program manager in Asheville, NC, Pineville, LA, Missoula, MT, Davis, CA, Fort Collins, CO and Portland, OR. From 1990 to 1995, he served as Forest Protection Officer for the Food and Agriculture Organization in Rome, Italy. His areas of interest include biology and management of forest insects and diseases and the use of remote sensing for forest damage assessment Bill is an avid photographer, specializing in close ups of insects and wildflowers and of forest damage. |
| 13 Images of 4 Subjects | View Subject List | View Image Details | View Thumbnails |
| Image | Subject Name | Scientific Name | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5382433 | honeylocust leafhopper | Macropsis fumipennis | Insects and damage to foliage |
| 5382500 | western spruce budworm | Choristoneura freemani | Defoliation of Engelmann spruce and subalpine fir |
| 5382501 | western spruce budworm | Choristoneura freemani | Heavy defoliation of Engelmann spruce and subalpine fir |
| 5382502 | western spruce budworm | Choristoneura freemani | Aerial view of defoliation of mixed conifers. |
| 5382497 | western balsam bark beetle | Dryocoetes confusus | Aerial view of tree mortality |
| 5382444 | mountain pine beetle | Dendroctonus ponderosae | Aerial view of attacks in both lodgepole pines (red-orange) and ponderosa pines (yellow) |
| 5382445 | mountain pine beetle | Dendroctonus ponderosae | Aerial view of tree mortality in ponderosa and lodgepole pines, near Glen Haven |
| 5382446 | mountain pine beetle | Dendroctonus ponderosae | Aerial view of tree mortality. Note differences in attack density by tree size |
| 5382447 | mountain pine beetle | Dendroctonus ponderosae | Aerial view of tree mortality, Colorado State Forest |
| 5382448 | mountain pine beetle | Dendroctonus ponderosae | Aerial view of tree mortality, Tennessee Mountain |
| 5382449 | mountain pine beetle | Dendroctonus ponderosae | Aerial view of tree mortality, Tennessee Mountain |
| 5382450 | mountain pine beetle | Dendroctonus ponderosae | Aerial view of a large spot, Woodland Mountain |
| 5382451 | mountain pine beetle | Dendroctonus ponderosae | Aerial view of a large spot, Woodland Mountain |
