Tag: Southern pine beetle

State Line Meeting with Alabama, Louisiana, and Mississippi

by Stephanie Laseter, R8-SRS Liaison  • 
On August 17 and 18, state foresters from Alabama, Louisiana, and Mississippi, along with their staffs and personnel from the U.S. Forest Service Southern Research Station (SRS), gathered in Biloxi, MS. This was the third State Line Meeting for state foresters Wade Dubea of Louisiana and Charlie Morgan of Mississippi, and the first for Alabama State…  More 

Where Are the Southern Pine Beetles?

by Jennifer Moore Myers, SRS Science Communications  • 
Between 2005 and 2015, only 18 counties in the southern U.S. experienced southern pine beetle outbreaks–fewer than two outbreak counties per year on average. U.S. Forest Service entomologist Chris Asaro wanted to know why and worked with two other Forest Health Protection scientists, John Nowak and Anthony Elledge, on a new review paper published in Forest…  More 

Southern Pine Beetle Prevention Program

by Caroline McGough  • 
The U.S. Forest Service has teamed up with ESRI to create an exciting new tool for the Southern Pine Beetle (SPB) Prevention Program. This web-based application is called a storymap, which is designed for users to navigate through interactive maps accompanied by multimedia content and informative text. The information is provided by the Forest Health…  More 

Southern Pine Beetle Prevention Program

by Caroline McGough, Forest Health Protection  • 
The U.S. Forest Service has teamed up with ESRI to create an exciting new tool for the Southern Pine Beetle (SPB) Prevention Program. This web-based application is called a story map, which is designed for users to navigate through interactive maps accompanied by multimedia content and informative text. The information is provided by the Forest…  More 

For Managers: Guidelines for Regenerating Southern Pine Beetle Spots

by Zoё Hoyle, SRS Science Communications  • 
  Guidelines for Regenerating Southern Pine Beetle Spots, a general technical report (GTR) by the U.S. Forest Service Southern Research Station (SRS), provides detailed guidance for regenerating pines in areas within forest stands where trees have been killed by the southern pine beetle. Authored by scientists from two units located in Pineville, Louisiana—the SRS Restoring…  More 

How Healthy Are Your Pines?

by Sarah Farmer, SRS Science Communications  • 
Seventeen percent of the world’s industrial roundwood comes from U.S. forests – and southern pine forests are among the most productive in the country. Pine plantations in the South often anchor local and regional economies while providing ecosystem services such as clean water and air, and countless recreation benefits. “Forests are an integral part of…  More 

Managing for Natural Disturbances in Central Hardwood Forests

by Zoё Hoyle, SRS Science Delivery  • 
A new book edited by U.S. Forest Service researcher Katie Greenberg and Western Carolina University professor Beverly Collins offers detailed science-based information about the history of natural disturbances in the Central Hardwood Region of the U.S., and provides insight for managers and ecologists on managing the area’s forests. Published by Springer, Natural Disturbances and Historic Range of…  More 

Guidelines for Regenerating Southern Pine Beetle Spots

by Zoё Hoyle, SRS Science Delivery Group  • 
  Guidelines for Regenerating Southern Pine Beetle Spots, a general technical report (GTR) by the Southern Research Station (SRS),  provides detailed guidance for regenerating pines in areas within forest stands where trees have been killed by southern pine beetle. Authored by scientists from two units located in Pineville, Louisiana—the SRS Restoring and Managing Longleaf Pine…  More 

Thinning and Burning: The Best Defense Against Southern Pine Beetle

by Zoё Hoyle, SRS Science Delivery  • 
A recent study by U.S. Forest Service and university researchers shows that thinning and prescribed fire can protect stands of southern pines on a landscape level from infestations by southern pine beetle. The results, published online in the Journal of Forestry, also provide first-time confirmation of the effectiveness of the treatments supported by the Southern Pine…  More 

New Mesoamerican Pine Beetle Described by SRS Scientist and Collaborators

by Zoё Hoyle, SRS Science Delivery Group  • 
A newly-discovered species of tree-killing bark beetle, Dendroctonus mesoamericanus Armendáriz-Toledano and Sullivan, has been described in a paper just published online in the Annals of the Entomological Society of America by a group of researchers that includes a U.S. Forest Service scientist. Numerous and diverse studies by a research team that includes members from the U.S.,…  More