II. Forest Health Critical Issues:
The next critical issue in Western land management:

A. Are our national forests healthy?
B. Can ailing forests heal themselves?
C. "A cohesive strategy is needed..."

A. What is a healthy forest?
B. Changing conditions
        1. The trees of Idaho's forests
C. Forest health issues
        1. Exotic Intrroductions
        2. Watershed Health
        3. Wildlife Interface Development
        4. Forest Growth
        5. Insects and Disease
        6. Wildlife and Fire Management
        7. Biodiversity
        8. Summary
        9. Conclusion
D. Management Implications
        1. Summary
E. Biomass for Energy Eco-Link publication of the Temperate Forest Foundation (pdf, 164kb) NEW
F. Technology in the Forest Eco-Link publication of the Temperate Forest Foundation (pdf, 633kb) NEW

A. Introduction
B. Forest change
        1. Forest Type
        2. Management and Non-management
        3. Looks are Deceiving
C. Forest health trends
D. Fire and forest health
E. East vs. West forests
        1. Eastern Forests
        2. Western Forests
        3. The 1995 Salvage Rider
F. Forest health concerns in the west
        1. Intermountain
G. Managing for healthy forests
H. Time is Running Out for Southwest Forests (pdf. 353kb)
I.   Forest Health Eco-Link publication of the Temperate Forest Foundation (pdf, 1.9Mb) NEW

A. Idaho Forest Health Conditions (pdf, 52kb)
B. Are Idaho's Forests Healthy?
C. USFS Rocky Mountain Research Station Study on Partial Cutting, Mountain Pine Beetle  NEW
The US Forest Service’s Rocky Mountain Research Station has published a study on the effects of partial cut and thinning treatments on mountain pine beetle infestations. To read the full study, please go to: http://smallwoodnews.com/Docs/PDF/ForestHealth/ParitalCuttingBeetle.pdf
D. FOREST FOUNDATION STUDY QUANTIFIES GASES RELEASED INTO AIR FROM WILDLFIRES NEW

A. Forest insect & disease
        1. External Evidence of Infestation
        2. Galleries and Characteristics of Infestation
        3. Control
B. Douglas-fir beetle in Idaho
        1. Indicators of Attack
        2. Life, History and Habits
        3. Management Options
C. Information on Insects - Bark Beetle Field Guide

A. Forest & Shade Tree Pathology
B. The Floodwood - Multimedia panoramas, video and audio-visual stories
C. Fire Season - Forest Fires in Idaho
D. High Country News
        1. Working the Land Back to Health
        2. Flagstaff Searches for its Forests' Future
        3. Henry Carey & Brett KenCairn Comment
E. White pine in the American West: a vanishing species-can we save it?

A. History of the Priest River Experiment Station from USDA, June 2004 (PDF 2.6mb)

A. Forest Health Issues


	Douglas-Fir Bark Beetle  &  Bug / Disease Infestation and Fire
	Forest Health
	Forest Health...Forest Recreation and Roads