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Do not wait to act on insect and disease issues until after you see dead branches. Look for visible symptoms or signs of tree illness and learn how to...

Adapted from peer reviewed publication SREF-FM-0018 May, 2013. L. Jennings, L. Boby, W. Hubbard and M. Megalos. Protecting Your Forest Asset....

If you missed a climate and natural resources webinar of interest, check out the links below. ANREP Climate Science Initiative Webinars:“Extension Leadership...

USDA’s Regional Climate Hubs were established in February of 2014 to deliver science-based knowledge, practical information, and program support to farmers,...

     Wildfire requires three things to burn: an ignition source, fuel, and oxygen. If one of the three requirements is removed, the fire activity will be...

Oak decline is the name given to a slow-acting disease complex stemming from interactions between biotic and abiotic stressors of oaks (Quercus spp.)....

Adapted by Melanie Lenart, University of Arizona, and reviewed by Susan E. Moore and Mark A. Megalos, North Carolina State University, from: Carter, L. M.,...

Adapted from Effects of Climatic Variability and Change on Forest Ecosystems: A Comprehensive Science Synthesis for the U.S. Forest Sector Original article...

The Global Change Research Act of 1990 requires the U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP) to produce the National Climate Assessment (NCA) for the...

 Invasive plants are referred to by many names: nonnative, exotic, nonindigenous, alien, or even noxious weeds. They come in all forms, including trees,...

The tasks of developing and evaluating natural resource management plan options that address potential climate change impacts can be complex and varied. Each...

Written by Peter Kolb, Montana State University Insects perform many roles within forests as pollinators, herbivores, carnivores, decomposers, and food...

Written by Tom DeGomez, University of Arizona Forest disease organisms and abiotic occurrences that lead to diseased trees are common in terrestrial...

Climate change likely will lead to the loss of native species from extensive areas and result in increasingly scarce and fragmented populations in many...

   The Southeast region serves as an example of how rising temperatures can be associated with both increased drought and an increased frequency of...

Understanding the responses of aquatic ecosystems to climate change requires understanding how climate affects the hydrology of streams, rivers, and lakes....

While the majority of climate change impacts on forests focus on tree health, soil impacts should not be overlooked. A changing climate can impact nutrient...

Climate change poses a significant threat to biological diversity in forests. Learn the major changes that are expected.

Insects constitute the most diverse form of animal life in terrestrial ecosystems. Most species are innocuous but essential components of natural ecosystems....

A changing climate will affect different forest stands in different ways, depending on a wide variety of factors including stand vigor, species and age class...

IntroductionForests are among the South’s most abundant resources. More than 214 million acres of forest land cover the region1 (Figure 1). Approximately 69...