Northeastern Area

Forest Health Protection

Forest Health Protection programs emphasize protecting the long-term health and sustainability of our forests. Our major responsibilities are to assist the States with implementing their forest health programs and to provide forest health support on National Forests and other federal lands. Activities include identification and evaluation of insect and disease problems, provision of resource materials and management recommendations in forests and nurseries, training in hazard tree management, and assistance with major forest pest control projects.

Hot Topics in the Northeastern Area
EAB University Learn more about this voracious forest pest on line in this series of free Webinars sponsored by the Northeastern Area, and Purdue, Ohio State and Michigan State Universities. The series discusses this invasive insect and its destructive history in detail. Click here for more information and registration instructions. Coping with the Costs This meeting, held September 29-30, 2009, at the Morton Arboretum in Lisle, IL, discussed the economic, social and environmental impacts of invasive insects on communities. Presentations included updates on invasive insects and how we’re trying to control them, and how different communities are coping with the various costs incurred by their fights against these invaders. These presentations and notes taken during the meeting are here. Updates on the 2008 Worcester, MA find of Asian Longhorn Beetle Federal (APHIS) State (Massachusetts NCR) City (Worcester, MA) Gypsy Moth Management in the United States, a cooperative approach—Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement
Emerald Ash Borer	Asian Longhorned Beetle	Sudden Oak Death
Hemlock Woolly Adelgid	Sirex Woodwasp	Invasive Plants

Our Programs and Services

• Forest Health Monitoring: We participate in the National program to monitor health and changes over time.
• Forest Health Management: We direct and implement measures to prevent, retard, or suppress unwanted, native and nonnative invasive insects, pathogens, and plants affecting trees and forests.
• Technology Development: We find new answers to forest health problems through GIS, modeling, development of biological control, and other projects.
• Survey and Technical Assistance: We conduct surveys to detect forest health conditions and provide technical information in the form of publications and other resource materials.
• Pesticide Use and Management: We provide technical pesticide information and coordination on the use of pesticides in the Northeastern Area.

Our Staff

• Forest Health and Economics Staff—Follow link, and click on the "Find" button next to "Forest Health & Econ" under "By Group" section.

Special Interest Information Products

• 2011 Aerial Detection Survey Results: Durham Field Office
• Deer and Forests, and the People Who Love Them (Massachusetts Wildlife Vol. LX, No. 1, 2010. pp 16-25)
• Fifth Symposium on Hemlock Woolly Adelgid in the Eastern United States Asheville, NC; August 17-19, 2010; FHTET 2010-07. This Symposium brought together experts to discuss the current and future impact of HWA.
• IPED Field Guide: Pest Evaluation and Detection
  For use with the i-Tree software
  
• Impacts of White—Tailed Deer Overabundance in Forest Ecosystems: An Overview—Thomas J. Rawinski
• Integrated Program Strategy for Reducing the Adverse Impacts of Emerald Ash Borer Throughout the Northeastern Area
  This strategy was prepared to help guide the development and implementation of EAB priorities and actions within the Northeastern Area regarding the threats and harm caused by the EAB.
  
• Invasive Plants Field and Reference Guide: An Ecological Perspective of Plant Invaders of Forests and Woodlands—NA-TP-05-04 - Cynthia D. Huebner with Cassandra Olson and Heather C. Smith
• National Gypsy Moth Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement Web site