Aviation Training & Workshops
Requirements, objectives and opportunities for training and workshops are provided hereForest Health Protection (FHP) attends all Interagency Aviation Training (IAT) courses designed to qualify personnel in aviation related job categories. Classes are held online and in person through IAT training events such as Aviation Centered Education (ACE). Training and workshops target a range…
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Aviation Risk Management
Aerial application
Fostering a positive safety cultureIMPORTANT: Links to Safety Alerts, Bulletins,Safecom, Spatial Tool for Aviation Risk (STAR), Job Hazard Analyses and more (view Resources and Tools). Risk Management is a component of the System Safety process which considers all elements of program management, planning and implementation to continuously improve…
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Forest Health Protection Contacts
National Program — Washington Office, Washington, DC Forest Health Protection Contacts, PDFWashington Office StaffNameTitleContactAnne BuckelewFHP Director (Acting)Email: anne.buckelew@usda.govPhone: (202) 401-4073Helen CortésUrban Forest Health and Partnershipsfor FHPEmail: helen.m.cortes@usda.govPhone: (202) 763-6226Michelle S. FrankBiologist, National Pesticide Use Program…
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Biological Control
Biological Control Program
Aleiodes indiscretus wasp parasitizing a Lymantria dispar dispar caterpillar. Courtesy photo from Bugwood.org, by Scott Bauer, USDA Agricultural Research Service.
The Forest Health Assessment and Applied Sciences Team biological control program (FHAAST-BC) is part of the broader Forest Service’s National Strategic Framework for Invasive Species…
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Mapping & Reporting
Detection SurveysDetection surveys are the primary method of collecting Geospatial data on the health of treed areas affected by insects and disease and stored in a National Insect and Disease Survey (IDS) database. This process involves conducting annual aerial and ground surveys using the following systems:Insect and Disease Detection Survey Maps (IDS)Digital Mobile Sketch Mapping…
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Assessment & Applied Sciences
Mapping & Reporting
FHP Highlights of Tree Mortality and Other Damage from Insects and Diseases
Forest Health Protection (FHP) Mapping & Reporting conducts surveys to detect and appraise insect infestations, disease conditions and man-made stresses affecting trees. FHP Mapping & Reporting establishes a monitoring system throughout the forests of the United States to determine…