Rhode Island Forest Health Program RIFCO Meeting February 11, 2012 What are the key issues affecting the forest resources of Rhode Island.

Regulations Property taxation Water resources (watersheds) Forest Products Marketing Education Forest health ( & disease) Forest Resource Management Recreation and tourism State land management Wildfire Sustainability Development

0.00 0.50 1.00 1.50 2.00 2.50 3.00 3.50 4.00 Issues Critical to Forest Resources in Rhode Island

2.98 Education 3.22

3.12 Forest Health 3.47

3.3 2005 Sustainability 3.28 2010

3.3 Water Resources 3.35

3.75 Development 3.69

0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 Rating Average: 4: Critical / 1: NOT Important

gypsy moth ( Lymantria dispar ) on European white birch ( Betula pendula )

Hannes Lemme, , Bugwood.org gypsy moth ( Lymantria dispar )

USDA APHIS PPQ Archive, USDA APHIS PPQ, Bugwood.org

gypsy moth ( Lymantria dispar )

USDA Forest Service - Region 8 - Southern Archive, USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org nuclear polyhedrosis virus ( Nucleopolyhedrovirus) on gypsy moth ( Lymantria dispar )

Whitney Cranshaw, Colorado State University, Bugwood.org gypsy moth ( Lymantria dispar )

USDA Forest Service - Region 8 - Southern Archive, USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org gypsy moth ( Lymantria dispar )

Joseph O'Brien, USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org gypsy moth ( Lymantria dispar )

John H. Ghent, USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org gypsy moth (Lymantria dispar )

John H. Ghent, USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org forest tent caterpillar ( Malacosoma disstria)

Herbert A. 'Joe' Pase III, Texas Forest Service, Bugwood.org

forest tent caterpillar ( Malacosoma disstria )

USDA Forest Service - Region 8 - Southern Archive, USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org orangestriped oakworm (Anisota senatoria )

USDA Forest Service - Region 8 - Southern Archive, USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org hemlock woolly adelgid (Adelges tsugae) on hemlock ( Tsuga spp. )

USDA Forest Service - Region 8 - Southern Archive, USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org hemlock woolly adelgid (Adelges tsugae) on eastern hemlock (Tsuga canadensis )

James Johnson, Georgia Forestry Commission, Bugwood.org hemlock woolly adelgid ( Adelges tsugae ) on eastern hemlock ( Tsuga canadensis )

Michael Montgomery, USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org hemlock woolly adelgid ( Adelges tsugae ) on eastern hemlock ( Tsuga canadensis )

Great Smoky Mountains National Park Resource Management Archive, USDI National Park Service, Bugwood.org hemlock woolly adelgid (Adelges tsugae) on eastern hemlock (Tsuga canadensis )

Great Smoky Mountains National Park Resource Management Archive, USDI National Park Service, Bugwood.org hemlock woolly adelgid (Adelges tsugae) on eastern hemlock (Tsuga canadensis )

Great Smoky Mountains National Park Resource Management Archive, USDI National Park Service, Bugwood.org emerald ash borer ( Agrilus planipennis )

Howard Russell, State University, Bugwood.org emerald ash borer ( Agrilus planipennis ) on ash (Fraxinus spp.)

Debbie Miller, USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org emerald ash borer ( Agrilus planipennis )

Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources - Forestry Archive, , Bugwood.org emerald ash borer ( Agrilus planipennis ) on ash (Fraxinus spp.)

David R. McKay, USDA APHIS PPQ, Bugwood.org emerald ash borer ( Agrilus planipennis ) on ash (Fraxinus spp.)

James W. Smith, USDA APHIS PPQ, Bugwood.org emerald ash borer ( Agrilus planipennis ) on ash ( Fraxinus spp. )

Debbie Miller, USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org emerald ash borer ( Agrilus planipennis )

Eric R. Day, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Bugwood.org Asian longhorned beetle ( Anoplophora glabripennis ) on boxelder ( Acer negundo )

Dennis Haugen, USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org downy woodpecker ( Picoides pubescens )

David Cappaert, Michigan State University, Bugwood.org emerald ash borer ( Agrilus planipennis )

Dawn Dailey O'Brien, Cornell University, Bugwood.org emerald ash borer ( Agrilus planipennis ) on ash (Fraxinus spp.)

Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources - Forestry Archive, , Bugwood.org Sphecid wasp ( Cerceris fumipennis )

Johnny N. Dell, , Bugwood.org

Asian longhorned beetle (Anoplophora glabripennis)

Kenneth R. Law, USDA APHIS PPQ, Bugwood.org

Asian longhorned beetle ( Anoplophora glabripennis )

Michael Bohne, , Bugwood.org

Asian longhorned beetle ( Anoplophora glabripennis )

Michael Bohne, , Bugwood.org whitespotted sawyer ( Monochamus scutellatus )

Natasha Wright, Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Bugwood.org Asian longhorned beetle (Anoplophora glabripennis) on maple ( Acer spp.)

Kenneth R. Law, USDA APHIS PPQ, Bugwood.org Asian longhorned beetle (Anoplophora glabripennis)

Thomas B. Denholm, New Jersey Department of Agriculture, Bugwood.org Asian longhorned beetle ( Anoplophora glabripennis )

Kenneth R. Law, USDA APHIS PPQ, Bugwood.org Asian longhorned beetle ( Anoplophora glabripennis )

Thomas B. Denholm, New Jersey Department of Agriculture, Bugwood.org WINTER MOTH

elongate hemlock scale (Fiorinia externa)

Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources - Forestry Archive, , Bugwood.org elongate hemlock scale (Fiorinia externa) on hemlock ( Tsuga spp. )

Eric R. Day, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Bugwood.org

Sirex woodwasp (Sirex noctilio ) on Scots ()

Stanislaw Kinelski, , Bugwood.org Sirex woodwasp ( Sirex noctilio)

Vicky Klasmer, Instituto Nacional de Tecnologia Agropecuaria, Bugwood.org Sirex woodwasp ( Sirex noctilio) on Monterey pine ( )

Dennis Haugen, , Bugwood.org Sirex parasite (Schlettererius cinctipes ) on Sirex woodwasp ( Sirex noctilio )

Dennis Haugen, , Bugwood.org

Sirex woodwasp ( Sirex behrensii )

Steven Valley, Oregon Department of Agriculture, Bugwood.org emerald ash borer ( Agrilus planipennis )

International Society of Arboriculture, International Society of Arboriculture, Bugwood.org CONTACT INFORMATION:

Bruce Payton, Supervising Forester RI DIVISION OF FOREST ENVIRONMENT 2185 PUTNAM PIKE CHEPACHET, RI 02814 401-568-2013 [email protected]