National Insect & Disease Risk and Hazard Mapping
NIDRM Composite Risk Map by Subwatersheds
FHAAST has completed the 2013 - 2027 National Insect and Disease Risk Map (2012 NIDRM); a nationwide strategic assessment and database of the potential hazard for tree mortality due to major forest insects and diseases. The goal of NIDRM is to summarize landscape-level patterns of potential insect and disease activity, consistent with the philosophy…
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Forest Health Highlights
Forest Health Highlights is an annual report produced by each state's Forest Health staff. These reports review the status and trends of forest health conditions within the state.View National and Regional Forest Insect and Disease Conditions ReportsForest Health Highlights by State, FHM Mega Region and YearSTATE + DC + PIFHM MEGA…
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Forest Health
Forest health has been defined by the production of forest conditions which directly satisfy human needs and by resilience, recurrence, persistence, and biophysical processes which lead to sustainable ecological conditions. Our definitions and understanding of forest health are also dependent on spatial scale.The health of national forests and grasslands is paramount to our mission of caring for…