October 2020 – Kevin M. Potter

Annual Report Monitors Forest Health across All 50 States

Posted onOctober 11, 2020October 11, 2020

Every year, the USDA Forest Service Forest Health Monitoring (FHM) program tracks changing forest conditions, including national assessments as well as focused regional analysis. The resulting report is the only national summary of forest health undertaken on an annual basis. Read More …

Hello, I’m Kevin Potter. I work to conserve natural ecosystems, and the services they provide, in a rapidly changing world.

I aim to advance knowledge about the integrity of forests and tree species, and to inform management and decision-making for these important resources.

To do this, I apply tools provided by the disciplines of landscape ecology, conservation biology, and statistics.

From 2007 to 2022, I was a research professor of forestry at North Carolina State University. I work closely with the Eastern Forest Environmental Threat Assessment Center of the U.S. Forest Service.

Please see my Research page for more details about what I do.

Research Highlights

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Month: October 2020

Annual Report Monitors Forest Health across All 50 States

Research Highlights

Biodiversity Function

Vulnerability Assessment

Genetic Diversity

Forest Health Monitoring

Invasive Species