forest health

"It does say that there is no forest health crisis of a regional dimension."

Neither position is the accurate way to address forest health problems."

Population monitoring efforts are undertaken every year to provide an assessment of forest health.

The ultimate effect on forest health is unclear, but the findings may have an immediate economic impact.

She plans to propose an omnibus forest health bill during the 2009 session.

Of these, nine countries reported air pollution as being the principal factor responsible for weakening forest health.

And eliminating limits that safeguard forest health will not prevent new tragedies.

Wildfires are naturally occurring events that aid in promoting forest health.

Existing forested wetlands are managed for forest health and wildlife habitat.

Those of us who live in Western states and who have experienced recent fire seasons know that the nation faces a forest health emergency.

"Innovative and extraordinary measures are needed to restore forest health in stressed forests," a summary of the new plan says.

The owl is considered an "indicator species" - its presence or absence allow experts to make deductions about forest health.

Researchers have also investigated techniques for crop-tree management that both increases yields and improves forest health.

Conserve the wide array of bio-diversity through scientific management and improve habitat conditions for improved forest health.

Currently, biomass is most readily available either from the wood products industry or as a by-product of fire mitigation and forest health projects.

The species serves as an indicator of declining forest health, as their populations appear to increase following deforestation and land use change.

Fire is increasingly used as a management tool to maintain forest health in some parts of North America (see fire ecology).

Related programs address fire management, rural development, forest health, and urban forestry, which sustains natural resources in cities and communities.

"We have got to get away from tree harvesting and focus on forest health as the issue," Mr. Racicot said.

The group is currently working on an agreement that will protect the landscape while also allowing for recreation, rural economic development, and forest health and management.

Since then possums have become a major animal pest in New Zealand, compromising both forest health and the country's primary industries.

"He inherits the worst forest health crisis in the history of the national forest service," Mr. Klein said.

As the American Forest & Paper Association pointed out, it is about forest health.

He is especially critical of the continued use of roads through the wild areas and limited logging allowed "for forest health and wildlife habitat improvements".

The endowment is focused on improving forest health and assisting timber-reliant communities in the U.S.