Southern California Shared Service Area
 Providing forest health technical assistance, training sessions and technology transfer to:
- Los Padres, Angeles, San Bernardino and Cleveland National Forests
- 1 National Monument
- 1 National Park
- 1 National Recreation Area
- Military lands
- Many State Parks, including Anza-Borrego Desert S.P., greater than 600,000 acres
- 29 Indian Reservations
Unique Features
- All four NF’s are managed primarily for recreation
- Portions of service area comprise one of ten highest biodiversity hotspots at the global level.
- Endemic forest tree species, including Pseudotsuga macrocarpa, Abies bracteata, Pinus californiarum, and rare Cupressus spp. exist in this SSA
- Two thirds of the human population of California lives within the service area, a total of 24 million people
- Much of the service area is subject to drought and density dependent tree mortality, proximally caused by bark beetle infestation
- The Coastal Ranges include areas infested with two exotics, Phytophthora ramorum (sudden oak death) and Fusarium circinatum (pine pitch canker)
- The busiest seaports in the United States are located in southern California, providing opportunities for importation of exotic pests
- Major native forest pests include Heterobasidion annosum, Arceuthobium spp., Dendroctonus spp., Ips spp., and Melanophila californica
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