ForWarn II

Satellite-Based Change Recognition and Tracking

Tent Catepillar Defoliation in Roanoke River, NC

Date: 
05/2016
Disturbance Type: 
Insects

ForWarn has detected an anomaly in the bottomlands of Roanoke River, North Carolina. Detected in May 2016, tent caterpillars seem to be defoliating the hardwoods in the forest as well as potential flood damage to the swamps.