National Forest Health Monitoring

2006 FHM Poster Presentations

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1. A Simulation Study to Assess the Sensitivity of a Forest Health Monitoring Network to Outbreaks of Defoliating Insects
   Christopher B. Edgar and Thomas E. Burk
2. Aerial Detection of Balsam Woolly Adelgid infestations on Subalpine Fir Using Lichen Cover
   David Overhulser¹, Linda Geiser², Alan Kanaskie¹, Iral Ragenovich², and Michael McWilliams¹
   
3. Assessment of the Rate of Progression of Butternut Canker in Vermont
   D.R. Bergdahl, T.F. Schmalz, D. Ruddell, H.B. Teillon, and S. Halik
   
4. Assessment of the Severity and Impact of Alder Dieback and Mortality in Alaska
   Lori Trummer, Roger Ruess, and Jack McFarland
5. An Analysis of Cornus florida Population Trends and Predicted Risk
   William E. Jones¹, William D. Smith², Daniel B. Twardus³, and Edwin K. Yockey¹
6. An Image-based Riparian Vegetation Inventory of Wyoming
   Bonnie Ruefenacht, Mark Finco, Ken Brewer, Tony Guay
7. Are Oaks Declining in the United States?
   Christopher W. Woodall¹, Stephen Shifley², and Patrick Miles¹
8. Aspen Dieback and Decline in Northern Arizona
   Mary Lou Fairweather¹, Kelly Barton², Brian Geils³, and Mike Manthei⁴
9. Beech Mortality and Drought in Maine
   Matthew T. Kasson¹, William H. Livingston¹, And David Struble²
10. Conditions of Ash Trees in Recreational Sites of Lower Michigan With and Without Emerald Ash Borer
    John A. Witter¹, Jennifer Stoyenoff¹, and Andrew J. Storer²
    
11. Distribution, Species, and Ecology of Armillaria Fungi in Wyoming
    J.T. Blodgett¹, and J.E. Lundquist²
12. Ecological Impacts of Invasive Species After Fire
    Leigh Dawson
13. Effects of Western Spruce Budworm Defoliation on the Northern Spotted Owl and Its Habitat in Southcentral Washington: Interim Project Report
    Elizabeth A. Willhite
14. Estimating Carbon in Forest-floor Duff and Litter from FIA Data, 2005 Update
    David C. Chojnacky¹and Michael C. Amacher²
15. Estimating Snag Densities Using Aerial Survey Data
    Keith Sprengel¹, Julie Johnson², Bruce Hostetler³, Kim Mellen⁴, Beth Willhite⁵
16. Evaluation of Yellow-poplar Decline in Indiana
    Stephen G. Krecik and Philip T. Marshall
    
17. Evaluating Environmental and Disturbance Conditions Associated with Invasive Plants Using Allegheny National Forest FHM Intensive Plot Data
    Cynthia D. Huebner, Randall Morin, Daniel Twardus, Ann Zurbriggen, Robert L. White, April Moore
    
18. Evaluating the status of cypress canker on young Port-Orford-cedars in Coos County, Oregon
    Katy Mallams¹, Alan Kanaskie², Jon Laine2, Kevin Nelson², Michael McWilliams², and Michael Thompson²
19. Forest Health Evaluation of Hurricane Katrina Tree Damage:De Soto National Forest, Mississippi
    James R. Meeker, Timothy J. Haley, Saul D. Petty and Jerry W. Windham
20. Intensified Ozone Monitoring in Southern California
    Michael Arbaugh, Andrzej Bytnerowicz, Susan Determann, Susan Schilling, Michael McCorison, and James Allison
21. Invasive, Nonnative Pests In Texas: An Increasing Forest Health Challenge
    Ronald F. Billings, Herbert A. Pase III, and Kim Camilli
22. Major hurricanes from the 2004 and 2005 hurricane seasons
    Dennis M. Jacobs
23. Monitoring and predicting populations of red oak borer in the Ozark Mountains
    F. Stephen¹, M. Fierke¹, L. Chapman¹, D. Crook¹, T. Dahl¹, B. Kelley¹, J. Riggins¹, J. Tullis², and V. Ware¹
24. Monitoring of Upland Pine Tree Vigor and Mortality on Fort Benning, GA/AL
    Robert N. Addington¹,⁶, Wade C. Harrison¹, Lori G. Eckhardt², Roger D. Menard³,⁴, John K. Doresky⁵
25. Monitoring Whitebark Pine in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem
    Steve Cherry¹, Charles C. Schwartz², Gregg A. DeNitto³, Elizabeth Davy³, Melissa Jenkins³, Erin Shanahan4, Daniel P. Reinhart⁴, Robert E. Bennetts⁴,¹ Mary Maj⁴
26. Monitoring Blister Rust Spread and Establishment in the Central Rocky Mountains: Stage 2
    Kelly Sullivan Burns and Brian Howell
27. Mountain Pine Beetle-Induced Changes in Lodgepole Pine Fuel Complexes
    Wesley G. Page, Michael J. Jenkins, Ph.D., Elizabeth G. Hebertson, Ph.D.
28. National Phytophthora ramorum Early Detection Surveys for Forests 2003-2005
    Steve Oak¹, Borys Tkacz², Bill Smith³ and Ed Yockey¹
29. National Technology & Development Center Inventory and Monitoring Program
    Rey Farve and Bob Simonson
    
30. Pinyon Pine and Juniper Mortality in Utah and Nevada: Extent, Severity, and Causal Agents
    Brytten Steed¹, John Shaw², and Gail Durham3
31. Port-Orford-Cedar Mapping within the Biscuit Fire
    Frank Betlejewski
32. Rapid Assessment Model for Determining Extent of Hurricane Damage
    Dennis M. Jacobs
33. Real Time Estimation of Forest Fire Dangers
    Christopher W. Woodall¹, Joseph Charney², Greg Liknes¹, and Brian Potter²
34. Results of Aerial Surveys of Forested Lands Damaged by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita in Southeast and Southwest Parishes, Louisiana
    Chris A.Steiner¹, William W.Bruce¹, Crawford W. Johnson¹, Saul D. Petty²
35. Severity and impact of Douglas-fir beetle infestations in northern Wyoming
    Kurt K. Allen, Denise M. Hardesty and Daniel F. Long
36. Short-term Impacts Of Prescribed Fire And Thinning On Ant Diversity In Loblolly And Shortleaf Pine Ecosystems
    Stephen Clarke, Jerry Cook, Sam Houston
37. Soil Conditions Across Virginia, 2000 – 2002
    Anita K. Rose
    
38. Stand level impacts of Ips and Dendroctonus bark beetles in pine forest types of Northern Arizona
    Joel McMillin¹, John Anhold¹, Neil Cobb², Jose Negrón³, Jesse Anderson²
39. Sudden Oak Death in Oregon Forests, 2001-2005
    Alan Kanaskie¹, Michael McWilliams¹, Jon Laine¹, Ellen Goheen², Bob Schroeter², Everett Hansen³, Wendy Sutton³, Nancy Osterbauer⁴, Michael Thompson¹, Kevin Nelson¹, and Harvey Timeus¹
    
40. Sudden Oak Death (SOD) Survey and Monitoring in Western Washington
    Dan Omdal, Amy Ramsey, and Melanie Kallas-Ricklefs, Washington State Department of Natural Resources
41. Survey for asymptomatic persistence of Sphaeropsis sapinea on or in stems of red pine seedlings from seven Great Lakes region nurseries
    G.R. Stanosz and D.R. Smith
42. The Distribution of Mercury in a Forest Floor Transect
    Charles H. (Hobie) Perry¹, Michael C. Amacher², William F. Cannon³, Randall K. Kolka⁴, Laurel G. Woodruff⁵
43. The Effects of Prescribed Fire and Mechanical Treatments on Insect Pests and Pathogens of Red Pine at Muskrat Lakes, Luce County, Michigan
    Andrew J. Storer¹, Rita M. Koch¹, Linda M. Haugen², Linda M. Nagel¹, and Michael E. Ostry²
    
44. The Gypsy Moth Event Monitor for FVS: A Tool for Forest and Pest Managers
    Kurt W. Gottschalk, Anthony W. Courter
45. The Vermont Monitoring Cooperative A Long-Term Forest Health and Air Quality Monitoring Resource for Vermont
    Sean Lawson
46. Tracking the Distribution and Severity of Balsam Woolly Adelgid (BWA)
    Laustsen, Kenneth M., Maine Forest Service Crews
47. Two-Lined Chestnut Borer Risk Assessment in North Central Minnesota
    Jim Rack, Mike Albers and Jana Albers
48. Update: Estimate of Oak and Tanoak Mortality Caused by Phytophthora ramorum in California Forests
    Meentemeyer, R.¹, Shoemaker, D. A.¹, Cushman, H.², Swiecki, T. J.³, Rizzo, D. M.⁴
49. Urban Tree Crown Evaluation Efforts
    Neil Clark, Philip Araman, Sang-Mook Lee
50. Urban Focus Group 2005 Update
    Anne Buckelew Cumming and Dan Twardus
51. Vegetation structure and diversity on the Caribbean island of St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands
    Sonja N. Oswalt¹, Britta P. Dimick², and Thomas J. Brandeis³
52. Vermont Fall Foliage and Tree Phenology in 2005 - An Unusual Year
    Sean T. Lawson1,2, Thomas S. Simmons1
    
53. Vetiver Grass Removes Lead From Firing Range Soil
    Wilde, E. W., Brigmon, R. L., Dunn, D. L., Heitkamp, M. A., Dagnan, D. C.
54. Where Has All the Root Rot Gone? Ground truthing bear and root disease damage in Western Washington
    Daniel Omdal, Melanie Kallas-Ricklefs, and Jeff Moore
55. White Pine Blister Rust in Juvenile Western White Pine on State Lands in Washington
    Daniel Omdal, Amy Ramsey, and Melanie Kallas-Ricklefs, Washington State Department of Natural Resources