Helena National Forest

Here's What's Happening - Learn More

• Forest-wide Hazardous Tree Removal Project

• The Helena's Trees of Many Colors: Why Some Evergreens Are No Longer Green

• Beetle Pamphlet

• Carbaryl Insecticide Pamphlet

• USDA Forest Service Northern Region, News Release, August 22, 2006

• Forest Health Alert - Western Spruce Budworm, July 27, 2006

• Climate Changes

• Map Comparisons, Insect Populations
  • R1 Forest Insect Conditions, 2006

 

• Historic Photos

Identification

• Trees

• Insects
  • USDA Forest Service, Forest Insect and Disease Leaflet 53-Western Spruce Budworm

   

  • Southwest Oregon Forest Insect and Disease Service Center, Mountain Pine Beetle

   

  • Southwest Oregon Forest Insect and Disease Service Center, Douglas-fir Beetle

What can I do?

• Adjacent Landowners Can Cut Infected Trees for Firewood - Click here for the Procedures

• Direct Control of the Mountain Pine Beetle

Determine Your Tree's Susceptibility

• Risk Factors

• Tree Density/Size

Determine if Your Trees Have Been Attacked

• Major Bark Beetles of the Intermountain West

How to Treat Trees that Have Been Attacked

How to Prevent Bark Beetle Attacks

Chemical Treatments

• Pheromone Treatments
  • MCH Fact Sheet, 2007

   

  • Methods for applying MCH to Protect Trees & Stands from Douglas-fir Beetle Infestation

 

• Insecticides
  • Treatment Options for Western Spruce Budworm

What are Land Managers Doing?

• Western Spruce Budworm Management

Where to go for Help or More Information

• Find a Consulting Forester

• Related Links

Bug Series Articles from the Independent Record

• Part 1 of Series, “Insect Activity on the Helena National Forest”
• Part 2 of Series, “Current Condition"
• Part 3 of Series, “The Forecast of Beetle-Caused Mortality”
• Part 4 of Series, "Insect Activity and Outcomes"

Literature

• The Status of Our Scientific Understanding of Lodgepole Pine and Mountain Pine Beetles – A Focus on Forest Ecology and Fire Behavior

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