Northeastern Area

Forest Health Protection

Technical Assistance

Featured Topics Bacterial Leaf Scorch Beech Bark Disease Gypsy Moth Hazard Tree Dutch Elm Disease Oak Wilt Ice Storms

Hot Topics Emerald Ash Borer Asian Longhorned Beetle Sudden Oak Death Hemlock Woolly Adelgid Sirex Woodwasp Invasive Plants

Resources Publications Pest Conditions Regional Newsletters Regional Meetings Aerial Survey Viewer State Websites

The Survey and Technical Assistance component of FHP in the Northeastern Area includes a network of surveys detect forest health conditions and provision of technical information in the form of publications and other resource materials.

Each year the individual field offices conduct aerial surveys of federal lands to detect areas of significant insect and disease damage. Other pest surveys are conducted as appropriate for specific pests. The results of aerial surveys on federal and other forested lands are available in GIS format on the Aerial Survey viewer web site."

Forest Health Protection provides technical assistance to all land managers through the development of publications and other resource materials.

The Northeastern Area role in Survey and Technical Assistance is closely related to the role in Forest Health Management.