Pesticide Impact Assessment Program (FS-PIAP)
History
Aerial application. (Courtesy photo from bugwood.org, by Steve Dewey, Utah State University)
FS-PIAP started as one element of the National Agricultural Pesticide Impact Assessment Program (NAPIAP), a USDA-wide effort to develop pesticide use and effects data, and to fill data gaps in support of EPA registrations. When NAPIAP was disbanded in 1998 the Forest Service saw a continuing…
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White Pine Blister Rust Model
Content Available for Research Purposes Only
White Pine Blister Rust Model is no longer supported in FVS, but remains available for research purposes only.
The White Pine Blister Rust Model simulates Cronartium ribicola Fisch.Disease DescriptionWhite Pine Blister Rust, Cronartium ribicola (304 KB PDF)Model DescriptionMaintained and supported by the…
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Western Spruce Budworm Damage Model
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Western Spruce Budworm Damage Model is no longer supported in FVS, but remains available for research purposes only.
The Western Spruce Budworm Damage Model simulates Choristoneura occidentalis Freeman, Lepidoptera: Tortricidae.Insect DescriptionWestern Spruce Budworm Damage Model, Choristoneura occidentalis…
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Spruce Beetle Risk Rating Event Monitor Addfiles
What are they?
Mortality of Engelmann spruce by spruce beetle. (Photo courtesy of William M. Ciesla, Forest Health Management International)
The Spruce Beetle Risk Rating EM Addfiles are two FVS keyword component files that calculate a stand's hazard rating based on a system developed by Schmid and Frye (1976). These addfiles do not perform any stand management activities; they only…
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Douglas-fir Tussock Moth Model
Content Available for Research Purposes Only
Douglas-fir Tussock Moth (DFTM) Model is no longer supported in FVS, but remains available for research purposes only.
The Douglas-fir Tussock Moth Model simulates Orgyia pseudotsugata (McDunnough), Lepidoptera: Lymantriidae.Insect DescriptionDouglas-fir Tussock Moth, Orgyia pseudotsugata (483 KB PDF)…
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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…