USDA Forest Service:What have we done for you lately?

Kerry O. BrittonNational Program Leader for Forest Pathology Research & DevelopmentUSDA Forest ServiceArlington, VA

NPDRS, 2011

National Forest System 20 percent of U.S. forests and many rangelands

The National Forests and Grasslands

193 million acres

Forest land748 million acres

420,000 acres treated to control invasive species in 2010

America’s Forests748 million acres

20%

13%

9%

1%

57%

National forest

Tribal/otherfederal

State govt

Local govt

Private

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Through our State and Private Forestry staff, the Forest Service contributes to sustainable forest management nationwide.

>800,000 acres treated for invasive species

A Century of Research

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Koen

Coram

Delta

Dukes

Paoli

Udell

Coulee

Desert

Entiat

FernowFraser

Santee

Sinkin

Argonne

Calhoun

Chipola

Coweeta

Manitou

Marcell

Olustee

Redwood

Sagehen

StarkeyBartlett

Crossett

Escambia

Harrison

Hitchiti

Pike Bay

Sylamore

Big Falls

Challenge

Kaskaskia

Kawishiwi McCormick

Palustris

Penobscot

San Dimas

Teakettle

Alum Creek

Bent Creek

Massabesic

Wind River

Black Hills

Boise Basin

Fort Valley

Great Basin

Long Valley

San Joaquin

Cascade Head

Caspar Creek

Priest River

Scull ShoalsSierra Ancha

Silas Little

South Umpqua

Tallahatchie

Cutfoot Sioux

Glacier Lakes

H. J. Andrews

Hubbard BrookPringle Falls

North Mountain

Swain Mountain

Vinton Furnace

Blacks Mountain

Deception Creek

Lower Peninsula

Tenderfoot Creek

Stephen F. Austin

Stanislaus-Tuolumne

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Maybeso

Young Bay

Bonanza Creek

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Hawaii (proposed)

Lands

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National Forest

Research Stations

Alaska

Northern

Pacific Northwest

Pacific Southwest

Rocky Mountain

Southern

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U.S. Virgin Islands

LuquilloEstate Thomas

G. Arthaud 8/7/06

USDA Forest Service Experimental Areas

experimental area

National Forest System

research station

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Sentinel Plant Network

Monitor plantings in public gardens for pestsAnd to report invasive behavior in plants

Domestic – EDRRAmerican Public Gardens Association

National Plant Diagnostic Network

Offshore – Prevention

New Strategy for Invasive Species Research

Chapter on Plant Pathogens

Chapter on Prevention

EXPLAINS:

Why

How

Who

What

FOR:

Foresters

Students

Regulators

PHYTOsanitaryrequirements?

Who, Me ????

2.5 new forest pests/yr in the USA1 in 4 cause major damage

Sap Feeders

Foliage Feeders

Wood Borers

“Other insects”

Source: Aukema et al., 2010

TNC – NCEAS STUDIES

Forest Pest Pathway Analysis

Plants for Planting is the most important

Wood packaging and products second

Plants for Planting: 2.5 BILLION plants

imported in 2009

Imports only 3.5% of industry value as a whole

Inspectors overwhelmed

75% of infested shipments PASS undetected at Plant Inspection Stations