"California Forest Health in 1994 and 1995"

Hard copies of this publication (R5-FPM-PR-002) are available from:

Forest Pest Management
USDA Forest Service
1323 Club Drive
Vallejo, CA 94592

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Contents

• Introduction
  
  
• Influences on Forest Ecosystems
Fire
Current Forest Health Activities
Wildfire Activity
Weather
Animal Damage
Vector-Borne Diseases in Forested Environments
Plague

Sin nombre virus (hantavirus)

Multiple-Agent Interactions and Mortality



• Ecological Sections
Province 261
California Coastal Chaparral Forest and Shrub

261A-Central California Coast
261B-Southern California Coast

Ecology
Forest Health Issues
Current Forest Health Activities



Province 262
California Dry Steppe Province, and
Province M261
Sierran Steppe - Mixed Forest - Coniferous Forest - Alpine Meadow

262A - Great Valley
M261C - Northern California Interior Coast Ranges and
M261F - Sierra Nevada Foothills

Ecology
Forest Health Issues
Current Forest Health Activities



Province 263
California Coastal Steppe, Mixed Forest, and Redwood Forest
263A - Northern California Coast
Ecology
Forest Health Issues
Current Forest Health Activities



Province M261
Sierran Steppe - Mixed Forest - Coniferous Forest - Alpine Meadow
Current, Province-wide Forest Health Activities



M261A - Klamath Mountains
M261B - Northern California Coast Ranges
Ecology
Forest Health Issues
Current Forest Health Activities



M261D - Southern Cascades
Ecology
Forest Health Issues
Current Forest Health Activities



M261E - Sierra Nevada
Ecology
Forest Health Issues
Current Forest Health Activities



M261G - Modoc Plateau
Ecology
Forest Health Issues
Current Forest Health Activities



Province M262
California Coastal Range
Open Woodland - Shrub - Coniferous Forest - Meadow

M262A - Central California Coast Ranges

Ecology
Forest Health Issues
Current Forest Health Activities



M262B - Southern California Mountains and Valleys
Ecology
Forest Health Issues
Current Forest Health Activities



Province 341
Intermountain Semi-Desert and Desert

341D - Mono

Ecology
Forest Health Issues



• Urban Forests
  
  
• Forest Health Detection Monitoring Results, 1992-95
Introduction
General Site and Species Characteristics
Crown Ratings
Damage
Standing Dead Trees
1.0-Hectare Tally
Conclusions



• The Future Health of California's Forests
Fire
Weather
Animal Damage
Defoliators
Bark Beetles
Diseases
Urban Forest
Exotic Diseases and Insects

• Acknowledgments

• References

• Appendix A - Common and Scientific Names
Insects
Pathogens
Trees
Shrubs
Animals



• Appendix B - National Forest Health Monitoring Program

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