regions would use the results of risk rating to 

 prioritize stands and plan silvicultural treatments in 

 those areas at immediate risk. 



• Encourage use of resource management practices that 

 prevent pest losses. Rexiew current prevention needs 

 and technology for major pests, conduct an econom- 

 ic analysis to prioritize possible prevention activities, 

 and develop and implement a strategy for optimizing 

 use of existing programs for prevention to meet 

 resource management objectives. 



• Assist States and private landoumers in preiienting pest 

 damage and unldfire in the urhan-wildland interface. 



With the State Foresters, develop and implement a 

 joint strategy to optimize use of the Cooperative 

 Forest Health, Cooperative Fire Protection, and 

 Cooperative Forestry Programs to meet needs in 

 the urban-wildland interface. 



Experimental restoration plot on the Starkey Forest in the 

 Blue Mountains of Oregon. Douglas-fir and true firs dead 

 from drought stress and 11 years of spruce worm infestations 

 have been removed from the area on the right. Western larches 

 remain and will serve as seed trees. Ponderosa pines are 

 being replanted. Douglas-fir and other trees in the riparian 

 area to the left remain because they are not stressed as 

 severely by the drought. 



26 



Strategic Goals and Actions 



