2010 Federal Campground Survey New England: Forest Health Protection
Cooke R. 2010. 2010 Federal Campground Survey New England: Forest Health Protection
A survey of non-native invasive species that are dangerous to the National Park forests in the United States. From the introduction to the document: Non-native invasive species present a danger to forests of the United States. They have thepotential to change the composition of the ecosystem, alter the ecological processes, and thereby affect human use of the resource, both for recreation and industry. Insects such as the gypsy moth Lymantria dispar affecting the composition of oak stands and diseases such as Dutch elm disease Ophiostoma ulmi and Chestnut Blight Cryphonectria parasitica that effectively removedelm and chestnut from eastern forests, demonstrate the deleterious effect these invasive speciescan have.This is a general report of the findings of the investigation of spreading invasive species of insects and disease being monitored through intensive sampling at various campgrounds. ANP is mentioned, and there is a one-page summary of their findings. NO evidence of Asian longhorned beetle or Emerald as borer activity was found. /STUDY LOCATIONS:/ /MOUNT DESERT ISLAND//Blackwoods Campground/
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Cooke, Robert
- Date of Issue
- 2010
- Units
- ACAD
- Keywords
- Blackwoods Campground, Checklist, Disease, Exotic, Forest, Forest Communities, Invasive Species, Inventory, Invertebrates, Monitoring, Mount Desert Island, Pathogens, Pests, Terrestrial: forested