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2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002

2009

• Mighty Giants (American Chestnut) Survive First Year In The Woods (Sep 23, 2009)
  See: American Chestnut Restoration Project
• Forest Service Web-Based Tool Helps Manage Environmental Risk (Sep 22, 2009)
• Northwestern United States Could Face More Tamarisk Invasion By Century's End (Sep 15, 2009)
• Keep Eyes Peeled For Asian Longhorned Beetle (PDF | 36 KB) (Sep 2, 2009)
• Impacts of Invasive Insects on Communities Will Be Focus of Upcoming Conference (PDF | 24 KB) (Aug 8, 2009)
  The conference Coping with the Costs: The Economic, Social and Environmental Impacts of Invasive Insects on our Communities will be held at the Morton Arboretum in the Chicago area, Sep 29-30, 2009. The focus of the conference is to develop and share strategies for communities facing or anticipating the economic, social and environmental impacts of invasive pests. These include the emerald ash borer, Asian longhorned beetle, gypsy moth and others.
• Forest Service to Host 2nd International Conference on Forests and Water in a Changing Environment (Aug 6, 2009)
• Mississippi Forests Flourish Despite Major Weather Events, Report Finds (Aug 4, 2009)
• Forest Service Conducts Second Ever Forest Inventory Of U.S. Virgin Islands (Jul 20, 2009)
• Forest Service Hosting Open House on Invasive Species Suppression (Jul 17, 2009)
• Forest Service Seeks Public Input on Invasive Plants Treatment (Jul 14, 2009)
• Insect (Emerald Ash Borer) Threatens Ash Trees in the Northeast (PDF | 29 KB) (Jul 10, 2009)
• Forest Service Seeks Public Input on Invasive Insect Suppression Efforts (Jun 29, 2009)
• Report Shows Tennessee Land In Forests Stable, Yet Changing In Composition (May 27, 2009)
• 'Open house' meetings scheduled to discuss strawberry guava threat, biocontrol management plan (PDF | 28 KB) (Apr 14, 2009)
• Study Assesses Impact of Fish Stocking on Aquatic Insects (PDF | 15 KB) (Mar 26, 2009)
• U.S. Forest Service asks Northeast maple syrup producers to report signs of Asian longhorned beetle (PDF | 32 KB) (Mar 26, 2009)
• New Web site provides information on strawberry guava threat in Hawaii (PDF | 13 KB) (Mar 18, 2009)
• National Forests in North Carolina Approves Non-Native Invasive Species Control Project (PDF | 20 KB) (Mar 4, 2009)
• Study Finds Hemlock Trees Dying Rapidly, Affecting Forest Carbon Cycle (Feb 26, 2009)
• Scientist Names Top Five Invasive Plants Threatening Southern Forests in 2009: New Maps Show Spread of Nonnative Plants across Southeast (Jan 12, 2009)

2008

• Recently-detected Asian insect found in Maine; no tree damage so far (PDF | 24 KB) (Jul 2, 2008)
• Native wasp to be used in search for harmful forest pest (PDF | 26 KB) (Jul 1, 2008)
• Tree-Killing Fungus Officially Named by Scientists (Jun 30, 2008)
• University of Minnesota Awarded Grant by U.S. Forest Service (PDF |37 KB) (Jun 25, 2008)
• Conway and Robison, LLC, Awarded Grant by U.S. Forest Service (PDF |36 KB) (Jun 4, 2008)
• State, federal forest resource managers getting creative over firewood issue (PDF | 30 KB) (May 28, 08)
• Insect Release Proposed To Control Exotic Strawberry Guava (PDF | 161 KB) (May 21, 2008)
• Elongate hemlock scale discovered in NH forest (PDF | 25 KB) (May 16, 2008)
• Illinois Governor Proclaims April 17, 2008 to be Asian Longhorned Beetle Eradication Day (Apr 17, 2008)
• Laurel Wilt of Redbay and Sassafras: Will Avocados be Next? (Apr 3, 2008)
• Sirex noctilio Fabricius in New York State
  

2007

• Forest Service Launches Web-Based Forest Threats Viewing Tool (Dec 17, 2007)
• Gypsy Moths Take a Bite out of Greenbrier State Forest (Oct 18, 2007)
• Loss of Hemlocks Will Affect Water Dynamics in Southern Appalachian Forests (Jul 9, 2007)
• U.S. Forest Service, Northeast States: Don’t Move firewood! (May 23, 2007)
• Invasive Grass (Nepalese browntop or Japangrass) May Impede Forest Regeneration (Apr 5, 2007)
• Campers Beware: Kentucky State Parks Ban Ohio Firewood (Mar 20, 2007)
• Ohio Ag Department Rolls Out Tools for Emerald Ash Borer Education (Feb 22, 2007)

2006

• SRS Researchers Test Chinese Tallow Tree For Use in Building Materials (Jul 26, 2006)
• Forest Service Vaccinates Trees to Protect Against Hemlock Woolly Adelgid (Jun 5, 2006)
• Protect America’s Forests – Leave Your Firewood at Home (May 18, 2006)
• New Predator Enlisted in Fight Against Hemlock Woolly Adelgid (May 16, 2006)
• Hemlock owners urged to keep eye out for tiny tree killer (May 9, 2006)
• Surveys: once-feared browntail moth population continues to collapse (Mar 20, 2006)
• President's FY 2007 Budget Advances Goals of Healthy Forests Initiative and Meets Targets of the Northwest Forest Plan (Feb 6, 2006)
• Log Debarkers Used To Reduce Tree Removal Costs and Increase Value of Trees Affected by Emerald Ash Borer (Jan 12, 2006)

2005

• Forest Service Modifies Requirements for Forage Products Use (Jun 20, 2005)
• Watch for Spruce Aphid in Craig, Sitka, and Ketchikan, Warns Forest Service (Jun 10, 2005)
• Forest Service Moves Forward In Managing Invading Weeds (Jan 31, 2005)

2004

• Forest Service Announces National Strategy To Combat Invasives Species (Oct 28, 2004)
• USDA Forest Service seeks comments on invasive weed plan (PDF | 211 KB) (Aug 27, 2004)
• Oriental Bittersweet Sweep at Bent Creek Starts This Saturday (Jul 7, 2004)
• Summer in the South: Kudzu and Oriental Bittersweet (Jul 7, 2004)
• Oriental Bittersweet: A Patient Invader (Jun 24, 2004)

2003

• NatureServe to Assist USDA Forest Service Work to Protect National Forests (Dec 12, 2003)

2002

• Outbreak of Native Oak Borers Threatens Ozark Forests (Nov 17, 2002)
• USDA Forest Service takes on invasive weed challenge (Sep 17, 2002)
• New Species of Nematode Found Damaging Pine Seedlings (Aug 21, 2002)