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Region 3

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Southwestern Region
333 Broadway SE [map]
Albuquerque, NM 87102
505-842-3292
TTY: 505-842-3198

Maps & Publications

Forest Health and Scientific Publications

MOST RECENTLY ADDED

Bark Beetle Activity Associated With Tornado-Damaged Ponderosa Pine in Northern Arizona, Poster Presentation, 2012 (PDF, 2 mb)
Whitetail Dwarf Mistletoe Control Project: An Uneven-Age Management Case Study, R3-FH-11-01, September 2011 (PDF, 216 kb)
Development of Post-Fire Crown Damage Mortality Thresholds in Ponderosa Pine, 2010, International Journal of Wildland Fire 19:583-588

CONDITION REPORTS & GENERAL TOPICS

Forest Insect & Disease Conditions in the Southwestern Region
- 2010 (PDF, 1.5 mb)
- 2009 (PDF, 1.6 mb)
- 2008 (PDF, 2.0 mb)
- 2007 (PDF, 737 kb)
- 2006 (PDF, 1.8 mb)
- 2005 (PDF, 1.1 mb)
- 2004 (PDF, 1.3 mb)
- 2003 (PDF, 1.0 mb)
- 2002 (PDF, 1.1 mb)
- 2001 (PDF, 168 kb)
- 2000 (PDF, 665 kb)
- 1999 (PDF, 152 kb)
- 1998 (PDF, 745 kb)
Forest Health Monitoring in the Interior West: A Baseline Summary of Forest Issues, 1996-1991, RMRS-GTR-75, May 2001 (PDF, 2.5 mb)
Strategy for Long-Term Management of Exotic Trees in Riparian Areas for New Mexico’s Five River Systems, 2005-2014 (Draft version, March 2004)
Produced by the New Mexico Interagency Weed Action Group (IWAG), an ad-hoc group representing numerous state and federal resource management agencies involved in weed management. [External Link]
Best Predictors for Postfire Mortality of Ponderosa Pine Trees in the Intermountain West, 2006, Forest Science 52:718-228 (PDF, 955 kb)

ENTOMOLOGY

Arizona Fivespined Ips, Ips lecontei Swaine, in the Southwestern United States, Forest Insect & Disease Leaflet 116, December 2008 (PDF, 529 kb)
Bark Beetle-Caused Mortality in a Drought-Affected Ponderosa Pine Landscape in Arizona, USA, 2009, Forest Ecology and Management 275(4):1353-1362
Bark Beetle Responses to Vegetation Management Treatments, 2009, in General Technical Report PNW-GTR-784: 25-38
Development of Post-Fire Crown Damage Mortality Thresholds in Ponderosa Pine, 2010, International Journal of Wildland Fire 19:583-588.
Effects of Mechanical Fuel Reduction Treatments on the Activity of Bark Beetles (Coleoptera: Scolytidae) Infesting Ponderosa Pine, 2006, Forest Ecology 230:55-68
Engraver Beetles in Southwestern Pines (5/2003) (PDF, 73kb)
Evaluation of Funnel Traps for Characterizing the Bark Beetle (Coleoptera: Scolytidae) Communities in Ponderosa Pine Forests of North-Central Arizona, 2008, Journal of Economic Entomology 101(4):1253-1265
Evaluation of Insecticides for Protecting Arizona Cypress (Cupressus arizonica) and One-Seed Juniper (Juniperus monosperma) from Attack by Phloeosinus Bark Beetles, 2007, Arboriculture & Urban Forestry 33(3)162-167 (PDF, 6.9 mb)
Evaluation of Insecticides for Protecting Southwestern Ponderosa Pines from Attack by Engraver Beetles (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae), 2006, Journal of Economic Entomology 99:393-400
Factors influencing pine engraver (Ips pini Say) colonization of ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa Dougl. ex. Laws.) slash in Northern Arizona, 2008, Forest Ecology and Management 255:3541-3548
Influence of Elevation on Bark Beetle (Coleoptera: Curculionidae, Scolytinae) Community Structure and Flight Periodicity in Pondersa Pine Forests of Arizona, 2008, Environmental Entolomology 37(1):94-109
Influence of Temperature on Spring Flight Initiation for Southwestern Ponderosa Pine Bark Bettles (Coleoptera: Curculionidae, Scholytinae), 2008, Environmental Entomology 37(1):57-69
Integrated Pest Management Guide: Arizona Five-Spined Ips and Pine Engraver (7/1991) (PDF, 2.3 mb)
Lack of Genetic Differentiation in Aggressive and Secondary Bark Beetles (Coleoptera: Curculionidae, Scolytinae) from Arizona, 2008, Environmental Entomology 37(3):817-824
Managing Slash to Minimize Colonization of Residual Trees by Ips and Other Bark Beetle Species Following Thinning in Southwestern Ponderosa Pine, The University of Arizona Cooperative Extension [PDF, 1.5 mb, External Link]
Prescribed Fire Effects on Bark Beetle Activity and Tree Mortality in Southwestern Ponderosa Pine Forests, 2008, Forest Ecology and Management 255:119-128
Retrospective Assessment of Partial Cutting to Reduce Spruce Beetle-Caused Mortality in the Southern Rocky Mountains, 2010, Western Journal of Applied Forestry 25:81-87
Synergistic Effects of alpha-pinene and exo-brevicomin on Pine Bark Beetles and Associated Insects in Arizona, 2008, Journal of Applied Entomology 132:387-397

PATHOLOGY

Aspen Decline on the Coconino National Forest, 2008, In Proceedings of the 55th Western International Forest Disease Work Conference, 2007 October 15-19 (PDF, 1.4 mb)
Comparison of Dwarf Mistletoe Behavior and Stand Development in Treated and Untreated Areas: 10-Year Monitoring on Jarista Mesa, R3-03-02, June 2003 (PDF, 262 kb)
Decay and Discoloration of Aspen, Forest Insect & Disease Leaflet 149, May 2009 (PDF, 473 kb)
Development of the White Pine Blister Rust Outbreak in New Mexico, R3-04-01, February 2004 (PDF, 449 kb)
Dwarf Mistletoes and their Management in the Southwest, R3-FH-10-01, May 2010 (PDF, 2.3 mb)
Dwarf Mistletoe Management and Forest Health in the Southwest, April 2000 (PDF, 481 kb)
Effects of Three Prescribed Fires on Dwarf Mistletoe Infection in Southwestern Ponderosa Pine, R3-01-02, Revised March 2005 (PDF, 717 kb)
Heterobasidion annosum and H. parviporum in the Southern Rocky Mountains and Adjoining States, 2010, Plant Disease 94:115-118
Survival and Sanitation of Dwarf Mistletoe-Infected Ponderosa Pine Following Prescribed Underburning, 2008, Western Journal of Applied Forestry 23(4):216-22
White Pines, Blister Rust, and Management in the Southwest, R3-FH-09-01, March 2009 (PDF, 2.8 mb)
Whitetail Dwarf Mistletoe Control Project: An Uneven-Age Management Case Study, R3-FH-11-01, September 2011 (PDF, 216 kb)

POSTERS

Bark Beetle Activity Associated With Tornado-Damaged Ponderosa Pine in Northern Arizona, Poster Presentation from Forest Health Monitoring Workgroup Meeting, 2012 (PDF, 2 mb)

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