National Forest Health Monitoring

NA-Technical Paper 01-04 September 2004

This report describes forest disturbances and conditions for a 20-state region that constitutes the administrative region of the Northeastern Area, State and Private Forestry, USDA Forest Service. The constituent States are Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia, and Wisconsin. 

The report is available here as sections in pdf format:

Highlights (23K)

Introduction (425K)

Forest Cover and Fragmentation (818K)

Drought (558K)

Fire (470K)

Insects and Diseases (663K)

Air Pollutants (608K)

Soil Erosion (286K)

Tree Health (876K)

Hardwoods

• American Beech (784K)
• Ash Species (783K)
• Aspen Species (767K)
• Basswood Species (757K)
• Birch Species (776K)
• Black Cherry (744K)
• Butternut (224K)
• Flowering Dogwood (220K)
• Hickory Species (767K)
• Oak Species (791K)
• Red Maple (774K)
• Sugar Maple (783K)
• Yellow-Poplar (761K)

Softwoods

• Eastern White Pine (772K)
• Fir Species (826K)
• Hemlock Species (829K)
• Jack Pine (824K)
• Northern White-Cedar (833K)
• Red Pine (840K)
• Spruce Species (823K)
• Yellow Pine Species (834K)

Conclusions, References and Appendices (179K)