Current Projects
INSECTS
EFETAC researchers work with other scientists nationally as well as with a variety of Federal, State, and local government agencies, universities, and non-governmental partners to address forest threats. Select a title below to learn more about EFETAC's current projects and collaborations related to insects.
Assessing southern pine beetle effects on viewsheds of South Carolina using modeling, GIS, and 3D visualization - Belle W. Baruch Institute of Coastal Ecology and Forest Science at Clemson University
Assessment of disturbance impacts on U.S. forest carbon sequestration
Assessment of the genetic diversity of American beech and the impacts of beech bark disease - USDA Forest Service Northeastern Area Forest Health Protection, USDA Forest Service Northern Research Station
Community tree inventory - Pest detection and reporting - USDA Forest Service Northeastern Area Forest Health Protection
Development and validation of a Gulf Coast hazard- and risk-rating model for southern pine beetle - Texas Forest Service, Lanworth (formerly Forest One, Inc.)
Effects of hemlock woolly adelgid on aquatic ecosystems - USDA Forest Service Southern Research Station, USDA Forest Service Region 8, USDA Forest Service Northeastern Area State and Private Forestry
Landscape scale modeling of hemlock susceptibility to hemlock woolly adelgid (HWA) and drought stressors in New England - University of Maine, USDA Forest Service Northern Research Station, USDA Forest Service Northeastern Area State and Private Forestry
National-scale risk mapping and modeling for invasive forest pests - North Carolina State University (NCSU) Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources, USDA Forest Service Forest Health Technology Enterprise Team (FHTET)
Predicting forest succession in the wake of invasive species establishment - University of Kentucky Department of Entomology
Remote sensing for ash identification and pre-visual decline assessments - USDA Forest Service Northern Research Station, University of New Hampshire Complex Systems Research Center, USDA Forest Service Forest Health Technology Enterprise Team (FHTET), USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service