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le of the Forest Healt-%,e'r1 Urlrt.ed <br />W,��I i ngtor)' #ate, forest health leas becin in d 6dir,*'Jer 4verail caries, At a broad scale, " <br />the decline can be attributed to, asf-manacement pi-_ctices, including past fire <br />rnanagement practicesN 0t suited In uncharattenstically overstotked forests, and �! <br />-pi361C,'-drauq fs that Piave irc!-eased the competition among trees for A � <br />#. <br /># rnorsture, resulting in increased stress and lass �of vigof. These rdense .-packed an 1• <br />. + T •`l <br />mo.isture-stressed'forest.hay" p beconle-les. res€!nnl t �'ildfj�es bnd'ir-sects ars dlsel e f <br />1 <br />outbreaks, C ;rribsned'a Ih-record- set tihg. sQn-*eI dM[i0)ts:f0r st fines after hLIM' ith <br />u0C:harg0' r ti+' severit-'-- aril dLi, iIion, in rt b-ocause of dehsa and cantirsu0r.,; <br />a .urrt lax Tree' mortality rate, associ,�t6d with bark beetles -and other'in4�e s and <br />dr,eases nave DIS15 ir3c-rease sUbstar?!ia11ybo er large artp:. Much df the 10 re <br />F of f restland in eastern Wal Kington "aces erieus threats *o to res Lhealth. De cif fir(° <br />sUPPfes5ion and fast management practrces Fave pot 111e5e `orests 2-t higher risk 0.t Y <br />darrroge by disease, i ri se its ar..d willd[irb. a h d redo-r~d c,� Cern resit encL r, t+ �} fact of <br />1 <br />climate cNrage- A.'C1 'analysis by P� Nxuro Corisc.}r-varic.yf and the U.S. F r'12st ervrce <br />iderl.if,ied nearly 2.7 -million acr-e$..O-eastern"W'sh-ir..gtort far-eslianti requiring �ui-ne sort <br />r <br />of active managr~rr7eht Or ditut_ '�J10' a creatd fo,re�t str6ct_urcss fT!Qrc. resilient against <br />_ irrS C;ts, diseases, and wildf res tH;rugo--et X11. ' -1 The acrCs.-of tees-that'have-b.een kriled <br />F ° . •- ; = -. <br />a� <br />of damaged in the first decade o'.i 0 sT erf°en . r tan fi 'a6cc-, <br />"t, k` <br />f4�a Cpl " t.* _ -*•r - s . 4 - f - <br />'-�y- a- rt: ,. ' *•=—_ '}S TCS .� w . a. r U ��r <br />,� Y 4' - ��� � � y - � * Y' -�• t tea' <br />