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Natural Resources
FOREST HEALTH: Staff
If you would like to contact the Forest Health
staff electronically, please use the form on the Contact
Us page and select the subject: Forest Health/Insect/Disease.
Arizona Zone
- John Anhold, (928) 556-2073
Arizona Zone leader, supervisory entomologist
since 2000. Duties include: supervisory and managerial duties
for Arizona Zone staff, oversight of Arizona Cooperative Forest
Health program of the State Forester’s office, Region 3
representative for the National Forest Health Monitoring program.
Interest in western bark beetle technology development and transfer.
Previous work experience in Region 4 working with bark beetles
and coordinator for the Utah gypsy moth eradication project, and
in the Northeast Area working with State cooperators regarding
defoliator issues.
- Steve Dudley, (928) 556-2071
GIS program coordinator for the AZ office
since 1990. Collection, processing, analysis and map production
of current year forest insect and disease activity survey data
remains the primary GIS task. Insect and disease detection aerial
surveyor. Annual detection of mortality, defoliation and abiotic
factors across Arizona.
- Ryan Hanavan, (928) 556-2072
Forest entomologist with the AZ office since 2009.
Primary responsibility is providing technical assistance on forest defoliators
to land managers. Technology development interests include using remote sensing
and GIS applications to improve early pest detection and prevention techniques,
and for monitoring the impacts of climate change on insect pest activity.
- Mary Lou Fairweather, (928) 556-2075
Plant pathologist with the AZ office
since 1989. Primary responsibility is providing technical assistance
on forest diseases to land managers. Current focus: agents involved
in aspen dieback and decline; impacts on aspen regeneration; dwarf
mistletoe ecology and management; and hazard tree identification
and mitigation.
- Joel D. McMillin, (928) 556-2074
Forest entomologist with the AZ office
since 2001. Primary responsibility is providing technical assistance
on bark beetle management to land managers. Currently serving
on Western Forest Insect Work Conference Executive Committee and
Special Technology Development Program Steering Committee. Research
and technology development interests include: short- and long-term
impacts of bark beetles on forest condition, bark beetle semiochemicals,
stand hazard rating systems for bark beetles, fire-bark beetle
interactions, single tree protection against bark beetle attack,
and slash management strategies for reducing bark beetle impacts.
New Mexico Zone
- Debra Allen-Reid, (505) 842-3286
New Mexico Zone Leader, supervisory
entomologist, since 1996. Aside from zone staff supervision and
unit management, duties include administrative oversight for the
New Mexico Cooperative Forest Health program; Region 3 representative
to the STDP Insect Management Working Group; and Region 3 point-of-contact
for the FHP International Activities program. Previous work experience
in gypsy moth suppression, NEPA compliance, southern pine beetle
management, and silviculture.
- Dave Conklin, (505) 842-3288
Forest pathologist with the NM office
since 1979. Key interests: dwarf mistletoe ecology and management,
including effects of fire; white pine blister rust ecology and
management; other diseases and insects; general forest management;
and plant identification.
- Daniel Ryerson, (505) 842-3285
Forest health and GIS specialist with
the NM office since 2003. Responsibilities include GIS program
for New Mexico, aerial detection surveys, technical support, and
field assistance. Involved with the national insect and disease
risk map project to project future risk of forest mortality from
insect and disease activity. Manages the Forest Health Web site.
- Crystal Tischler, (505) 842-3284
Forest health coordinator with the NM
office since September 2008. Responsibilities include aerial detection
surveys, aviation safety & training coordination, and field
assistance to staff.
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