Forest Health Articles

2012

• Mississippi Southern Pine Beetle Prediction For 2012 (Post 5/15/2012)
• Mississippi Southern Pine Beetle Prevention Program Accomplishments  (Posted 4/4/2012)
• Southern Hospitality Exotic Hemlock Woolly Adelgid Finds A New Home In The South (Posted 4/4/2012)
• Advances In Utilization of Southern Pine Beetle Killed Timber (Posted 3/19/2012)
• The Danger of Moving Firewood (Posted 1/12/2012)

2011

• Nantucket Pine Tip Moth Recommendations (Posted 12/21/2011)
• Update 2011 - Redbay Ambrosia Beetle and Laurel Wilt Disease in Mississippi (Posted 11/1/2011)
• Exotic Pest of Pines Threatens North American Pines (Posted 11/1/2011)
• Formosan Termites: A Chronic Problem in Mississippi (Posted 10/18/2011)
• Walnut Twig Beetle and Thousand Cankers Disease Expand Foothold in Eastern U.S.A (Posted 8/9/2011)
• Mississippi Southern Pine Beetle Predictions for 2011 (Posted 7/7/2001)
• Periodical Cicadas Creating a Buzz in Mississippi Forests (Posted 5/4/2011)
• Risky Business: The National Insect and Disease Risk Map For 2011 (Posted 5/3/2011)
• Black Twig Borer (Posted 4/11/2011)
• Asian Long-Horned Beetle (Posted 02/07/2011)
• Keep An Eye Out For Sudden Oak Death (Posted 01/01/2011)

2010

• Update on Redbay Ambrosia Beetle and Laurel Wilt Disease in Mississippi and Alabama (Posted 12/06/2010)
• Autumn Brings Changes To Forest Health (Posted 11/08/2010)
• Update on Thousand Cankers Disease Affecting Walnut (Posted 9/23/2010)
• Another Forest Health Threat Confirmed in Tennessee: Thousand Cankers Disease Affecting Walnut (Posted 8/17/2010)
• Emerald Ash Borer is Getting Closer to Mississippi (Posted 8/3/2010)
• Forest Health Task Force Update - June 2010 (Posted 6/21/2010)
• Southern Pine Beetle Predications for 2010 (Posted 5/25/2010)
• Signs and Symptoms of Forest Health Issues (Posted 4/19/2010)
• Invasive Insects and Diseases Continue to March Toward Mississippi (Posted 3/17/2010)
• Climate Change and Forest Health in Mississippi (Posted 2/19/2010)
• Forest Health In Mississippi - 2010 (Posted 1/19/2010)

2009

• Christmas Trees May Be The Source Of Unwanted Houseguest (Posted 12/22/2009)
• Nonnative Invasive Species (NNIS) Impact Our Forests (Posted 11/13/2009)
• Redheaded Pine Sawfly (Posted 10/20/2009)
• Ghostly Appearing Trees (Posted 9/2/2009)
• Redbay Ambrosia Beetle Found In Jackson County (Posted 8/12/2009)
• Southern Pine Beetle Predications for 2009 (Posted 7/7/2009)
• Are You Seeing Top Dieback in your Pines? (Posted 6/2/2009)
• Threats to Mississippi Forests (Posted 5/4/2009)
• Fusiform Rust: Another Threat to the Health of Forest in Mississippi (Posted 4/06/2009)
• Prevent The Spread of Forest Health Threats (Posted 3/2009)
• Threats to Mississippi Forests (Posted 2/6/2009)
• Firewood Movement Threatens Mississippi Forests (posted 1/21/2009)

2008

• Redbay Wilt or Laurel Wilt (Posted 8/25/2008)
• The Unnecessary Extinction of the Redbay, a Defining Southern Tree (Posted 8/25/2008)
• Laurel Wilt Disease Or “An Ecological Disaster” - Extinction of Red Bay Trees in the Southeast (Posted 6/24/2008)
• Forest Health Task Force Update - June 4, 2008 (Posted 6/9/2008)
• Southern Pine Beetle Forecast for Mississippi - 2008 (Posted 6/9/2008)
• A Spot that is a Pocket (Infection Center): Southern Pine Beetle vs. Annosus Root Rot (Posted 5/13/2008)
• Dieback in Pine:  Pitch Canker (Posted 4/15/2008)
• Another Invasive of Potential Concern: Sudden Oak Death (Posted 3/17/2008)
• Southern Pine Beetle Prevention Program - Mississippi (Posted 2/27/2008)

2007

• Tree Planting Time Brings Challenges: Pales Weevil (Posted 12/12/2007)
• Africanized Honey Bees (Killer Bees) (Posted 11/28/2007)
• Mississippi Africanized Honey Bee Reference Manual (Posted 11/28/2007)
• Laurel Wilt Potential Threat To Mississippi? (Posted 11/05/2007)
• Forest Health Assessment - Risk Rating (Posted 9/24/2007)
• MFC Surveying for Sirex noctilio F an Exotic Woodwasp Capable of Killing Trees (Posted 8/27/2007)
• Ips Engraver Beetle, drought and Hurricane Katrina winds (Posted 6/01/2007)
• Redhumped Caterpillar (Posted 6/01/2007)
• Tree Planting Time Brings Challenges: Tip Moth (Posted 1/16/2007)