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…
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Invasive Species
Invasive Forest Insects
Emerald ash borer. Courtesy photo from bugwood.org, by David Cappaert, Michigan State University.
There are hundreds of species of non-native insects in our forests; several species, due to lack of host resistance and lack of natural enemies, have caused significant damage to our natural and urban forests. Infestations by non-native insects can significantly impact a…
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Protecting the Forest
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Native Forest Insects and Diseases
Southern pine beetle damage on the Snoopy Plantation, Indian Mounds Wilderness Field. Texas A&M Forest Service photo by Ronald F. Billings.
Native insects and pathogens are an important…
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Forest Insect & Disease Leaflets (FIDLs)
FIDLs OverviewThe Forest Insect and Disease Leaflet (FIDL) series includes over 180 leaflets, produced under the auspices of the US Forest Service's Forest Health Protection staff and state partners. Each FIDL provides information about one -- or several closely related -- insect or disease affecting forest trees in the United States. FIDLs describe their subject's distribution,…
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Native plant restoration project attracts rare bumble bee
Not seen for almost 70 years in Bayfield County, Wisconsin, the rare golden northern bumble bee (Bombus fervidus) was observed in August 2021 at the David R. Obey Northern Great Lakes Visitor Center pollinating native wildflowers in the Aldo Leopold Seed Orchard. This worker bee’s pollen baskets are nearly full of essential food for the rest of…
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National Insect & Disease Risk and Hazard Mapping
The National Insect and Disease Risk Map (NIDRM) is 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 to inform management and…