Forest Health What is Forest Health DEFORESTATION Deforestation

DEFORESTATION Deforestation is the clearance of forests by logging and/or burning (popularly known as

FRAGMENTATION Fragmentation is the breaking up of large and continuous ecosystems, communities, and habitats

WEATHER & FOREST FIRES Wildland fires are fires that burn in forests, on prairies,

INVASIVE SPECIES An "invasive species" is a species that is Non-native to the ecosystem

What Can You Do? • Don't pick the flowers of noxious weeds and take

INSECTS & DISEASES When the environment changes, some plants and animals survive and reproduce,

Some things for students to do Even though you will perspire if the temperature

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Forest Health

What is Forest Health?

DEFORESTATION Deforestation is the clearance of forests by logging and/or burning (popularly known as slash and burn).

FRAGMENTATION Fragmentation is the breaking up of large and continuous ecosystems, communities, and habitats into smaller areas surrounded by human land use.

WEATHER & FOREST FIRES Wildland fires are fires that burn in forests, on prairies, or over other large natural areas. They may start naturally or they may be started by human activity. air temperature relative humidity dew point depression wind

INVASIVE SPECIES An "invasive species" is a species that is Non-native to the ecosystem under consideration; and, whose introduction causes or is likely to cause economic or environmental harm or harm to human health.

Oriental Bittersweet

Kudzu

Japanese Honeysuckle

Tree-of-heaven

What Can You Do? • Don't pick the flowers of noxious weeds and take them home. • When using pack animals, carry only feed that is certified weed free. • Remove weed seeds from pack animals. • Don't pick and transport wild flowers that you can't identify. • Do not camp in weed infested areas.

INSECTS & DISEASES When the environment changes, some plants and animals survive and reproduce, and others die or move to new locations.

Southern Pine Beetle

Emerald Ash Borer

Gypsy Moth

Hemlock Woolly Adelgid

Sudden Oak Death

American Chestnut Blight

Some things for students to do Even though you will perspire if the temperature is high, what happens to your perspiration when the dew point depression is low? Write a short paragraph describing how you would begin to educate the people in your community about invasive plants. Design a super alien. Instruct each pair of students to design a super alien plant that can invade a forested area. The new plant must have at least five adaptations that allow it to outcompete native plants. Students should brainstorm new super plants, draw pictures of them, label the adaptations, and share their illustrations with the class.