Forests in the High Allegheny Unglaciated Plateau Subsection of Pennsylvania and New York, including the Allegheny National Forest, have been increasingly impacted by an array of native and introduced forest insects, pathogens, plants, and other disturbances for decades. An unbalanced age-class distribution, changing soil nutrient status, seedling establishment issues, droughts, and storm events also threaten forest health and structure. In 2017, the Allegheny National Forest convened a broad cross-section of forest stakeholders to collaboratively assess and prioritize these threats and develop effective strategies to address them. Relying on consensus and shared learning, the Allegheny Forest Health Collaborative assigned priorities and created working groups to address priority threats. This paper describes the collaboration and features a case study of followup, multilandowner work to assign treatment priorities to affected stands and develop silvicultural strategies for stands with poor and decreasing seed source.

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通过在阿勒格尼高无冰川高原上的合作来管理森林健康

几十年来，宾夕法尼亚州和纽约州阿勒格尼高地未冰川高原分区的森林，包括阿勒格尼国家森林，越来越多地受到一系列本地和外来森林昆虫、病原体、植物和其他干扰的影响。不平衡的年龄分布、不断变化的土壤养分状况、幼苗建立问题、干旱和风暴事件也威胁着森林的健康和结构。2017 年，阿勒格尼国家森林组织召集了广泛的森林利益相关者，共同评估和确定这些威胁的优先级，并制定有效的战略来应对这些威胁。依靠共识和共享学习，阿勒格尼森林健康合作组织分配了优先事项并创建了工作组来解决优先威胁。