A Synthesis Of Evaluation Monitoring Projects Sponsored By The Forest Health Monitoring Program 1998 2007

The national Forest Health Monitoring (FHM) Program of the Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, has three main objectives (Riitters and Tkacz 2004): (1) to identify forest ecosystems where conditions might be deteriorating in subtle ways over large areas; (2) to verify and define the extent of deterioration in forest ecosystems where potential problems are identified; and (3) to understand the processes that cause forest health problems so strategies can be developed for problem mitigation and prevention.