State of Utah Forest Health Protection DEPARTMENT of NATURAL RESOURCES DIVISION of FORESTRY, FIRE and STATE LANDS Forest Health Monitoring Au Th O Rs
U TAH FO R E ST HEALTH REPORT A BASELINE ASSESSMENT 1 9 9 9 - 2 0 0 1 Rocky Mountain Research Station State of Utah Forest Health Protection DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES DIVISION OF FORESTRY, FIRE AND STATE LANDS Forest Health Monitoring Au th o rs Colleen Keyes, Dept. of Natural Resources, Division of Forestry, Fire and State Lands, Salt Lake City, Utah Paul Rogers, USDA, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Ogden, Utah Leon LaMadeleine, USDA, Forest Service, State and Private Forestry, Forest Health Protection, Ogden, Utah Vick Applegate, USDA, Forest Service, State and Private Forestry, Northern Region, Missoula, Montana Dave Atkins, USDA, Forest Service, State and Private Forestry, Forest Health Monitoring, Missoula, Montana Ack n owl e d ge m e n t s We would like to acknowledge the dedication and hard work of the 1999 Forest Health Monitoring field and quality assurance crews in Utah. Mark Rubey, Rocky Mountain Research Station, made significant contributions in processing and managing field data. Dennis Collins, also from the Rocky Mountain R e s e a rch Station, provided assistance in map compilation for this re p o rt. John C. Guyon II and Elizabeth G. Hebertson from USDA, Forest Health Protection, Ogden Field Office, made significant contributions to the Insect, Disease, and Plant Disturbances section. Finally, we want to thank the re p o rt reviewers for their helpful suggestions and comments: Michael Kuhns, Extension Forester and Associate Pro f e s s o r, Utah State University; Renee A. O’Brien and Larry T. DeBlander, Rocky Mountain Research Station; Rebecca Hutchinson, Law Student, University of Utah; Ann B.
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