2010 report on the health of Colorado's forests: continuing challenges for Colorado's forests: recurring & emerging threats: 10th anniversary report
Date
2011
Authors
Ciesla, William M., author
Colorado State Forest Service, publisher
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Abstract
The 2010 Report on the Health of Colorado's Forests, Continuing Challenges for Colorado's Forests: Recurring & Emerging Threats, provides an overview of the current health and conditions of Colorado's forests. This report documents the status of established forest pests, such as mountain pine beetle, spruce beetle and western spruce budworm, as well as several emerging threats to our forests, including walnut twig beetle/thousand cankers disease, white pine blister rust and gypsy moth. This report is the tenth annual report prepared by the Colorado State Forest Service (CSFS) on the health of the state's forests. Information sources include the forest health aerial survey, a cooperative project of the CSFS and the USDA Forest Service (USFS), and on-the-ground observations of CSFS field personnel. The CSFS has a team of trained aerial observers who work in partnership with a USFS aerial survey team to collect data on the location and intensity of insect and disease damage throughout Colorado's forests. In 2010, more than 95 percent of the state's forest lands, excluding piƱon-juniper forests, were included in the survey.
Description
The reports describes "an annual investigation of critical forest health issues, including the identification of priority areas across the state where current forest conditions demand timely action." They are intended to "expand Coloradans' knowledge of and interest in our state's forest resources."
Reports produced by the Colorado State Forest Service in conjunction with Colorado Department of Natural Resources, Division of Forestry.
Includes bibliographical references.
January 2011.
Reports produced by the Colorado State Forest Service in conjunction with Colorado Department of Natural Resources, Division of Forestry.
Includes bibliographical references.
January 2011.
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Subject
forests and forestry
measurement
Colorado
forest health
forest management
forest threats