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Prevent the development of and reduce risks associated with hazard trees

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Approach

Prevent the development of and reduce risks associated with hazard trees

Tactics

  • Consider increasing use of pheromone treatments to protect trees in campgrounds, high-value habitats, and after floods
  • Coordinate with entomologists
  • Increase internal education about increasing hazard tree risk
  • Develop options, triggers, and methods for more aggressive management of hazard trees

Sensitivity

Strategy

Citation

Raymond, C.L.; Peterson, D.L.; Rochefort, R.M., eds. (2014). Climate change vulnerability and adaptation in the North Cascades region. Gen. Tech. Rep. PNW-GTR-892. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station.,

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