Need to report something?
Are you concerned that you’ve discovered a new infestation of a forest pest or pathogen? Did you find a strange bug, or do your trees look sickly in a way that you’ve never seen before?
United States Reporting Resources:
- Asian longhorned beetle
asianlonghornedbeetle.com/report-your-findings - Emerald ash borer
emeraldashborer.info/call.cfm - Gypsy Moth
http://www.hungrypests.com/YourMoveGypsyMothFree/ - Goldspotted Oak Borer
http://www.gsob.org - Laurel Wilt
http://www.fs.fed.us/r8/foresthealth/laurelwilt/ - Sudden Oak Death
http://www.suddenoakdeath.org/ - Thousand Cankers Disease of Walnut
http://thousandcankers.com - For other pests of high interest to the USDA, try Hungry Pests
http://www.hungrypests.com/
- USDA APHIS Report a Pest map
http://www.aphis.usda.gov/services/report_pest_disease/report_pest_disease.shtml
Canadian Resources:
- Canadian Food Inspection Agency regional offices (they also cover plants and plant pests), http://www.inspection.gc.ca/english/directory/offbure.shtml
This page and the links are accurate as of February 2014. Please note that these things change over time, and this is only a good-faith effort to help you out!