Forest Health Issues

Forest health continues to be very important for natural resource management professionals and forestland owners alike. Insects, diseases, and overall forest health influence forest fire regimes and our enjoyment of the environment. Explore this page and its links to learn more about how to identify potential problems and how to manage outbreaks when they happen. Current issues in forest health are updated often, so check back with us for the latest information.

Forest Health News (updated on 06/16/03)

• Insect defoliaters in the Inland Northwest (pdf)
• Sudden Oak Death (SOD) (reprinted with permission from Christmas Tree Lookout, Winter 2003)

Forest Health Notes:

• An Overview of Forest Health
• Animal and Mechanical Damage
• Annosus Root Disease
• Armillaria root rot, shoestring root rot, and honey mushroom
• Diplodia tip blight and canker
• Douglas-fir beetle
• Douglas-fir tussock moth
• Dwarf Mistletoe
• Elytroderma needle cast
• Fir Engraver
• Indian Paint Fungus a.k.a. Brown Stringy Rot
• Laminated root rot or Yellow root rot
• Mountain Pine Beetle
• Pine Engraver
• Red Turpentine Beetle
• Western Pine Beetle
• Western Spruce Budworm
• White Pine Blister Rust
  

Identification Tools :

• Identifying noxious weeds
• Western Forest Insects and Diseases

Ask an expert:

• DNR Forest Entomologist - email
• DNR Forest Pathologist - email
• Master Gardeners for Western Washington
• Master Gardeners for Eastern Washington
• Locate the expert in your county