Metsulfuron Methyl - Human Health and Ecological Risk Assessment – Final Report Prepared for : USDA , Forest Service Forest Health Protection

Chlorsulfuron - Human Health and Ecological Risk Assessment – Final Report Prepared for : USDA , Forest Service Forest Health Protection

Preparation of Environmental Documentation and Risk Assessments for the USDA/Forest Service

A minor change involves a brief note on the addition of an exposure scenario for a small mammal consuming contaminated grass (Section 4.2.2.3). Based on comments from peer-reviewers, this scenario was added to Forest Service risk assessments during 2006. A more substantial modification has been made to Section 4.4 (Risk Characterization for Ecological Effects). This modification involves a much...

Japanese Climbing Fern (Lygodium japonicum) Management in Florida’s Apalachicola Bottomland Hardwood Forests

Japanese climbing fern (Lygodium japonicum) is an invasive vine that has been identified as an economic and ecological threat in forest ecosystems of the Southeast. In two separate studies, we examined the use of directed sprays of glyphosate, imazapyr, and metsulfuron-methyl herbicides, alone and in combination, for control of Japanese climbing fern and for impacts to associated vegetation in ...

Rapid Vulnerability Assessment of Lavizan Urban Forest Park

Although the vulnerability assessment of forest parks is used to determine the threats they face, a rapid and holistic framework has not been established well. The primary objective of this study is to adopt a framework for rapid assessment of forest parks vulnerability, examined in Lavizan forest park in Tehran (Iran) as the case study. The vulnerability assessment has been conducted, using th...

Influence of Tylenchorhynchus ewingi on growth of loblolly pine seedlings, and host suitability of legumes and small grains

Influence of Tylenchorhynchus ewingi on growth of loblolly pine seedlings, and host suitability of legumes and small grains Stephen W. FRAEDRICH 1·*, Michelle M. CRAM 2, Zafar A. HANDOO 3 and Stanley J. ZARNOCH 4 1 Southern Research Station, USDA Forest Service Athens, GA 30602, USA 2 Forest Health Protection, USDA Forest Service, Athens, GA 30602, USA 3 USDA Agricultural Research Service, Nema...