FIDL Facts   (aka FIDL Faddle)

• Number of active FIDLs: 173
     by geographic region:
          * 66 eastern FIDLs (38%)
          * 62 western FIDLs (36%)
          * 45 transcontinental (26%)
   
     by subject:
          * 99 entomology FIDLs (57%)
          * 69 pathology FIDLs (40%)
          *   5 multiple or unknown agents (3%)
   
     by favored host category:
          * 116 favor conifers (67%)
          *   50 favor hardwoods (29%)
          *     7 feed on both (4%)
   
     FIDL numbers
          * range from #1 to #176
          * 3 are discontinued: #4, #19, #48
          * #177 was assigned to someone...but we don't know
             who! Please contact the coordinator if you can
             solve this mystery.
• Most recent new FIDL: #176 Invasive Bark Beetles (2007)
• Most recent revised FIDL: #119 Western Tent Caterpillar (2008)
• Oldest unrevised FIDL: #16 Pole Blight of Western White Pine (1957)
• Shortest Time Between Revisions: 6 months
       #76 Annosus Root Rot in Eastern Conifers
       revised in June 1970 and again in December 1970
• Author Information:
  Most Prolific (current versions only): Louis F. Wilson (14)
       runners-up: Bob Mathiasen (9), Jerry Beatty (8)
  Most Prolific (all versions): Louis F. Wilson (23)
       runners-up: Bob Mathiasen (9), Jerry Beatty (8),
       George Struble (8)
  # of Different Authors (all versions): 238

    Thanks to Brennan Ferguson
    for some "FIDL Facts" ideas.