Stand hazard rating for central Idaho forests

Robert Steele; Ralph E. Williams; Julie C. Weatherby; Elizabeth Reinhardt; James T. Hoffman; R. W. Thier

doi:10.2737/INT-GTR-332

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Stand hazard rating for central Idaho forests

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Authors:

Robert Steele, Ralph E. Williams, Julie C. Weatherby, Elizabeth Reinhardt, James T. Hoffman, R. W. Thier

Year:

1996

Type:

General Technical Report

Station:

Rocky Mountain Research Station

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2737/INT-GTR-332

Source:

Gen. Tech. Rep. INT-GTR-332. Ogden, UT: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Intermountain Research Station. 29 p

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Abstract

Growing concern over sustainability of central ldaho forests has created a need to assess the health of forest stands on a relative basis. A stand hazard rating was developed as a composite of 11 individual ratings to compare the health hazards of different stands. The composite rating includes Douglas-fir beetle, mountain pine beetle, western pine beetle, spruce beetle, Douglas-fir tussock moth, western spruce budworm, dwarf mistletoes, annosus root disease, Swhweinitzii root and butt rot, and wildfire. The interacting effects of these agents were also considered.

Keywords

insects, bark beetles, fungi, mistletoes, root rots, forest diseases, fire danger, forest fires, forest pests

Citation

Steele, Robert; Williams, Ralph E.; Weatherby, Julie C.; Reinhardt, Elizabeth D.; Hoffman, James T.; Thier, R. W. 1996. Stand hazard rating for central Idaho forests. Gen. Tech. Rep. INT-GTR-332. Ogden, UT: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Intermountain Research Station. 29 p