ForWarn II

Satellite-Based Change Recognition and Tracking

Insect defoliation in Fremont National Forest, OR

Date: 
09/2016
Disturbance Type: 
Drought
Insects
Silviculture
Unknown

ForWarn potentially indicates that an area in the Fremont National Forest, Oregon experienced a decline in green vegetation due to the Mountain Pine Beetle from 2004 through 2010 and still may not have recovered in terms of vegetation canopy greenness. The anomaly may also be associated with climate change initiating a shift in vegetation type in the area.