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1999 Alaska Insect and Disease Condition Report

The following files are all in PDF format. Due to the file size of this report, it has been broken down into segments: 


Map information included in the report: "Forest Insect And Disease Conditions In Alaska -1999":

  • Aerial Detection Survey, Significant Pest Activity, 11x17 in. format, depicting spruce beetle, Ips, larch beetle, larch sawfly defoliation, willow defoliation and cedar decline "hot spots" (color; showing enhanced representation of damage areas).

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  • 1999 Alaska Forest Damage Surveys Flight Lines and Major Alaska Landownership Blocks (includes table listing acres surveyed by landowner based on flight lines flown for the 1999 aerial surveys).

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  • Kenai Peninsula Region Spruce Beetle Activity 1994-1999, 8 ½ x 11 in. format, depicting sequential year-by-year spruce beetle activity in south-central Alaska, including the Kenai Peninsula, Cook Inlet area to Anchorage & Talkeetna (includes vegetation base layer).

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  • Copper River Region Spruce Beetle Impact, 8 ½ x 11 in. format, depicting 1999 damage in red and prior damage, 1989-1998 in yellow (includes color shaded relief base showing extent of forest landscape and sample photos of spruce beetle impact).

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  • Southeast Alaska Cedar Decline 1999 Aerial Detection Surveys, 8 ½ x 11 in. format, depicting cumulative Alaska yellow-cedar decline over several years (includes a sample photo of cedar decline. Forested areas are delineated with color shaded relief background)
[Map data for maps provided by USFS/S&PF and AKDNR, Anchorage; cedar decline data provided by USFS/S&PF, Juneau]

Map and GIS Products Available Upon Request:

1. Digital data file of 1999 forest damage coverage in ArcInfo cover or ArcView shapefile(ESRI, Inc.) format. GIS data files are available at the following URL: http://agdc.usgs.gov/data/projects/fhm/

2. Cumulative forest damage or specific-purpose damage maps prepared from AK/DOF or AK USFS, S&PF, FHP geographic information system database.

3. Forest Insect & Disease Conditions in Alaska CD-ROM (includes most of digital forest damage coverages in the AKDNR/DOF database in viewable formats and a copy of the 1999 Alaska Forest Insect & Disease Conditions Report in .pdf format; a fee may be assessed depending on availability of copies and amount of data required for the project). 

Documents in PDF format require Adobe Acrobat Reader to view, save or print.
 

 
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