Series Scope and Content Summary In 1927, the park service joined the Forest Protection Board (FPB), an interagency organization that promoted cooperative fire suppression. The FPB also helped plan the fight of forest diseases and pest infestations. The Department of Agriculture’s Bureau of Plant Industry had the main task of supporting the park service in disease control. The early 1930s ushered in major scientific studies on forest health, primarily on insect control techniques, such as with the bark beetle, and blister...