Federal · Title 16 — Conservation
16 U.S.C. § 6553: Accelerated information gathering regarding forest-damaging insects
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infestation prevention and suppression methods; effects of infestations and associated disease interactions on forest ecosystems; restoration of forest ecosystem efforts; utilization options regarding infested trees; and models to predict the occurrence, distribution, and impact of outbreaks of forest-damaging insects and associated diseases; to assist land managers in the development of treatments and strategies to improve forest health and reduce the susceptibility of forest ecosystems to severe infestations of forest-damaging insects and associated diseases on Federal land and State and private land; and to disseminate the results of the information gathering, treatments, and strategies. scientists from colleges and universities (including forestry schools, land grant colleges and universities, and 1890 Institutions); Federal, State, and local agencies; and private and industrial landowners; and designate such colleges and universities to assist in carrying out the program.
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