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December 8, 2016

AP News: Forests at Risk from Insects Spread by Trade & Climate

Woolly adelgid on a branch.

An Associated Press feature this week about the risks and impacts of invasive tree pests highlights a recent study by the Science Policy Exchange and features HF Forest Ecologist Dave Orwig, who has studied hemlock woolly adelgid and other invasive insects in New England for decades. 

The story has been picked up by at least 200

May 10, 2016

Study: U.S. Must Step Up Forest Pest Prevention

Dead oaks on Martha's Vineyard

Imported forest pests cause more than $2 billion in damage each year and can be found in all 50 U.S. states. Efforts to prevent new pests must be strengthened if we are to slow the loss of our nation’s trees, says a new study co-authored by Harvard Forest scientists David Orwig and David Foster. The study

December 1, 2011

HF Articles on Invasive Species Top Most-Read List

Journal Cover

An August 2011 article by HF forest ecologist Dave Orwig remains the most frequently downloaded article at the Canadian Journal of Forest Research. Also in the top ten is an article co-authored by Orwig and HF ecologist Kristina Stinson on invasive pests. To view the articles, visit the journal's webpage. 

September 1, 2011

Asian Longhorned Beetle Research in the News

Asian Longhorned Beetle causing damage to a sugar maple

A new paper by Harvard Forest ecologist David Orwig and USDA entomologist Kevin Dodds describes the beetle’s threat to closed-canopy forests across New England. Read press clips from the Boston Globe, NSF, and LTER, and see the full journal article, released August 29 in the Canadian Journal of Forest Research.

July 1, 2011

Asian Longhorned Beetle in the News

Forest ecologist Dave Orwig and colleagues have published a new article in the News Quarterly of the New England Society of American Foresters. Their research explored dispersal and tree selection by the Asian longhorned beetle (ALB), with overstory red maple emerging as a commonly exploited tree type. The article is available here. 

June 1, 2011

New Grant and Harvard Forest Publication: Invasive Pests

Hemlock wooly adelgid

Forest ecologist Dave Orwig, along with collaborators Evan Preisser (Principal Investigator-University of Rhode Island), Tom Holmes (USDA Forest Service), and Joe Elkinton (Umass Amherst) have received a $422,000 grant from the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) - Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI). The grant focuses on the two invasive insects that threaten our native hemlock forest

November 1, 2009

Asian Long Horned Beetle in the News

A recent article in Smithsonian Magazine featured the Asian Longhorned Beetle with references to Hemlock Woolly Adelgid, Harvard Forest and Harvard Forest Director, David Foster. Read the article. 

September 1, 2009

Harvard Forest to study impacts of Asian Longhorned beetle

Harvard Forest scientists Dave Orwig and David Foster were recently awarded a USDA Forest Health Management Cooperative Agreement to study vegetation data and associated tree cores from a forested area that was recently infested with an invasive pest, the Asian longhorned beetle (ALB; Anoplophora glabripennis). This invasive insect was recently discovered in Worcester, MA and is a serious threat to