Managing pitch pine under the threat of southern pine beetle

STRENGTHENING A COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE

TO MITIGATE THE EFFECTS OF SOUTHERN PINE BEETLE

science-, community-, and action-focused fact sheet (PDF)

WORKSHOP SYNOPSIS

On April 28, this three-hour virtual workshop helped participants make practical plans and establish a community of practice around pitch pine barren management in light of southern pine beetle (SPB). Participants shared resources for developing management plans for at-risk pitch pine stands across the northeastern U.S. and information about applications of thinning and prescribed fire. A follow-up workshop on May 12 enabled participants to “woodshed” their individual management plans.

WORKSHOP RESOURCES AND RESULTS

• Background resources

  • Southern Pine Beetle fact sheet (introductory PDF)

  • Southern Pine Beetle Hazard Rating for Pitch Pine Barrens (summary PDF)

  • Southern Pine Beetle in New Jersey (17-min conference presentation)

  • Expansion of Southern Pine Beetle into Northeastern Forests: Management and Impact of a Primary Bark Beetle in a New Region (publication PDF)

  • Southern Pine Beetle Infestations in Relation to Forest Stand Conditions, Previous Thinning, and Prescribed Burning: Evaluation of the Southern Pine Beetle Prevention Program (publication PDF)

• Workshop agenda

• Workshop presentation PDFs (view the workshop recording here)

  • Southern Pine Beetle in New York and New England, by Kevin Dodds

  • Southern Pine Beetle Response in New York, by Jessica Cancelliere

  • Informing adaptive forest management: a hazard rating tool for southern pine beetle in pitch pine barrens, by Elizabeth Jamison

  • Southern Pine Beetle Prevention Program, by John Nowak

• Resources shared by participants (in section three)