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Thursday, May 16, 2013
This week NASF President Randy Dye testified on invasive species before the House Committee on Natural Resources, Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation. During his testimony, Mr. Dye stressed the importance of continued and improved collaboration between federal, state and local partners to help deal...
Friday, May 10, 2013
Citrus greening, a bacterial disease with no cure, has infected all 32 of Florida’s citrus-growing counties. While the bacteria, which causes fruit to turn bitter and drop from the trees when still unripe, affects all citrus fruits, it has been most devastating to oranges, the largest crop.
First spotted in Florida in 2005...
Friday, May 3, 2013
The Central Texas oak trees that help shade homes and beautify neighborhoods are falling prey to an incurable and deadly disease. Oak wilt is a fungal disease that has caused tree deaths in 74 Texas counties.
Trees infected with oak wilt can spread the disease to surrounding oaks via their interconnected root systems. When...
Friday, April 26, 2013
This week NASF teamed up with the Coalition Against Forest Pests to submit written testimony to the Senate Committee on Appropriations - Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration and Related Agencies. The testimony encouraged the continued funding for programs at the USDA Animal and Plant...
Friday, April 26, 2013
This week NASF joined numerous organizations in the forestry community in letters to the Senate. The letters mirrored those sent to the House last week in support of FY2014 appropriations for priority programs at the USDA Forest Service including: Forest Inventory and Analysis Program, Forest Health Program, Urban and...
Friday, April 19, 2013
A unique, web-based Federal resource for finding species in the U. S. and territories, the Biodiversity Information Serving Our Nation (or BISON) is the only system of its kind.
The resource offers more than 100 million mapped records of nearly every living species nationwide and growing. And the vast majority of the...
Friday, April 19, 2013
Last week NASF carried forward concerns from state foresters regarding APHIS response to Emerald Ash Borer Beetle. The concerns were given during an APHIS Stakeholder Meeting on April 11.
You can view the video of the entire meeting on the USDA - APHIS website. Once the video is loaded, you can see NASF's comments at about...
Wednesday, April 10, 2013
Officials from the New Hampshire Department of Resources and Economic Development (DRED) and Department of Agriculture, Markets & Food (DAMF) have confirmed that the emerald ash borer (EAB), an invasive beetle that attacks and kills ash trees, is in New Hampshire. A suspect tree was spotted in Concord on March 28....
Wednesday, April 10, 2013
New research conducted by North Carolina State University provides the first evidence that heat can be a key driver of pest outbreaks on urban trees. Since urban warming is similar in magnitude to global warming predicted in the next 50 years, pest abundance on city trees may foreshadow widespread outbreaks as natural...
Monday, April 1, 2013
The USDA has released its list of the top pests that threaten America's crops and forestland. Some of the 15 are new, some we've been fighting for decades.
In wilderness areas, bugs are a huge threat and can change forests and tree cover in just a few years, says Chris Martin, Connecticut State Forester and Chair of the...
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