Cooperative Aerial Survey, Pacific Northwest, 1947-2016. Celebrating 70 years of Aerial Survey.
Drawing by: Stevie Ruda
Date: 2016
Image source: Forest Health Highlights in Washington - 2016;
www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/fseprd536046.pdf Annual Forest Health Highlights for each state are available here:
www.fs.fed.us/foresthealth/protecting-forest/forest-healt... For more about the Region 6 aerial survey program see:
www.fs.usda.gov/detail/r6/forest-grasslandhealth/insects-... For geospatial data collected during annual aerial forest insect and disease detection surveys see:
www.fs.usda.gov/detail/r6/forest-grasslandhealth/insects-... For related historical program documentation see:
archive.org/details/AerialForestInsectAndDiseaseDetection... Johnson, J. 2016. Aerial forest insect and disease detection surveys in Oregon and Washington 1947-2016: The survey. Gen. Tech. Rep. R6-FHP-GTR-0302. Portland, OR: USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Region, State and Private Forestry, Forest Health Protection. 280 p.
Image provided by USDA Forest Service, Region 6, State and Private Forestry, Forest Health Protection:
www.fs.usda.gov/main/r6/forest-grasslandhealth