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Region 6

Contact Information

Pacific Northwest Region
Forest Service
333 SW First Avenue
Portland, Oregon 97204-3440
or
P.O. Box 3623
Portland, OR 97208-3623

Phone: (503) 808-2468

Forest & Grassland Health

Reports and Publications

Forest Insect and Disease Leaflets (FIDLS)
Forest Health Highlights - Forest health highlight publications by year for Oregon and Washington.
Forest Insect and Disease Conditions - Conditions reports by year for Oregon and Washington.
Managing Insects and Diseases of Oregon Conifers -- Shaw, Oester, & Filip (2009; 3.5 MB)
Forest Disease Management Notes - One page summaries for 50+ western forest diseases (written in late 1970's or early 1980's).

The western forest entomology classic, Western Forest Insects, by R.L. Furniss and V.M. Carolin, was published in 1977 and reprinted in 1992. Learn more about the current revision of Western Forest Insects.

Check out the searchable Forest Service Publications Database
Comparison of Two Systems for Rating Dwarf Mistletoe-Infected Douglas-fir (2011) by Katy M. Mallams (1.0 MB pdf).
Seven- to 14-Year Effects of Artificially Inoculating Living Conifers to Promote Stem Decay and Subsequent Wildlife Use in Oregon and Washington Forests (2011) by Gregory Filip, Kristen Chadwick, Paul Zambino, Daniel Omdal, Amy Ramsey-Kroll, Craig Schmitt, Helen Maffei, Angel Saavedra, Winston Rall, and Catherine Parks (1.6 MB .pdf).
Field Guide for Danger Tree Identification and Response (2008) by Richard Toupin, Gregory Filip, Thomas Erkert, and Michael Barger (1.4 MB pdf).
Larch Dwarf Mistletoe-Management Strategies and General Marking Guide for Eastern Washington and the Blue Mountains, and Visual Guide to Determining Dwarf Mistletoe Rating (DMR) by Craig Schmitt and Jim Hadfield (May 2009, 19 pages, 1.9 MB .pdf).
Factors Affecting Survival of Fire Injured Trees: A Rating System for Determining Relative Probability of Survival of Conifers in the Blue and Wallowa Mountains. Also known as "The Scott Guidelines", originally published November 25, 2002. Revised June 26, 2003 (Amendment 1)and August 30, 2006 (Amendment 2). 6.4 MB, pdf format.
Hazard Trees -- Long-Range Planning for Developed Sites in the Pacific Northwest: The Context of Hazard Tree Management, by Robert D. Harvey, Jr. and Paul F. Hessburg, Sr. (1992). 132 pages, 4.6 MB pdf.