Forest Health Conditions in Ontario

The Forest Health Monitoring Program in Ontario is a partnership between the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) and the Canadian Forest Service (CFS). The program provides 6 MNR and 6 CFS field staff for regular forest health monitoring in 12 work areas covering the province of Ontario.

Through a systematic monitoring program including ground and aerial surveillance, field staff record and report on forest health conditions and the occurrence of biotic (e.g., insect, disease) and abiotic (e.g. severe weather, blowdown) disturbances or events.  Forest health updates are provided throughout the field season to client groups including industry, government, public and other resource stakeholders. These reports include major forest disturbances, invasive species and regional-level reporting on forest health issues for each reporting year. The reports also includes disturbance from invasive forest species and regulated quarantine pests whose management fall under federal responsibility with the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA).

List of Available Reports:

• Forest Health Conditions in Ontario - 2007 (published date - May 13, 2009) (most current version)
• Forest Health Conditions in Ontario - 2006 (published date - January 1, 2007)