EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 



Purpose 



THIS PLAN SETS FORTH THE USDA FOREST SERVICE'S 

 STRATEGIC GOALS TO PROTECT THE HEALTH OF 

 AMERICA'S FORESTS. IT UPDATES AND SUPERSEDES THE 

 1988 PLAN ENTITLED FOREST HEALTH THROUGH 

 SILVICULTURE AND INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT— 

 A STRATEGIC PLAN. 



THIS PLAN WILL FURTHER STRENGTHEN FOREST 

 SERVICE POLICIES AND DIRECTION FOR RESPONDING 

 TO FOREST HEALTH PROBLEMS. OF MAJOR CONCERN 

 ARE THE FORESTS IN WHICH ECOLOGICAL CONDITIONS 

 HAVE BEEN ALTERED, RESULTING IN INCREASED 

 SUSCEPTIBILITY TO DROUGHT, PEST EPIDEMICS, AND 

 WILDFIRE. OTHER IMPORTANT CONCERNS ARE INTRO- 

 DUCED FOREST PESTS AND FOREST PEST AND WILDFIRE 

 PROBLEMS IN THE URBAN-WILD LAND INTERFACE. 



Healthy Forests for America 's Future — A Strategic Plan 



