Welcome

Welcome to the webpage for the Forest Health Citizen Science Community. The sole purpose of this page is to share information relevant to the community by the community.

Announcements

Join us in Stolkholm, June 2024!

Abstract submissions are open for the XXVI IUFRO World Congress in Stolkholm, Sweden. The deadline to submit abstracts is June 2, 2023.

  • Please consider submitting an abstract for the below session.
    • Public engagement to keep urban trees and communities healthy
      • ID: 50013
      • Session type: Technical (oral and poster presentations welcome)
      • Congress theme: 4: Forests for sustainable societies

Have an additional announcement? Feel free to share it with the community (), update this R Markdown document in the Github Repository, or email .

Join the Community

Anyone working in the space between forest health and society is welcome to join.

Mailing List

Subscribe to the mailing-list by visiting the Groups.io page (https://groups.io/g/ForestHealthCitSci) or by emailing the subscribe email listed below:

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Slack Workspace

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Github Repository

This webpage and the project list below are hosted in a github repository.

Anyone is welcome to collaborate to add or make changes to the github repository (https://github.com/jmhulbert/fhcs). The content on this page is compiled using R Markdown, but the project list is maintained as a .csv file.

Note that you need a github account to collaborate or make changes. Feel free to contact for additional details or instructions.

  • As a repository collaborator:
    • You are welcome to clone the repository to your system and work from the R Project (fhcs.Rproj) file in Rstudio or you can make changes to the ProjectList.csv file.
    • You can also make changes directly to the .csv file through your browser.
    • Or you can make changes by downloading the .csv file, altering, committing and pushing it back to the repository.

Note that the Markdown (index.Rmd) file will need to be knit before the changes will be visible on this webpage.

Tree Health Citizen Science Network (UK)

Practitioners of tree health focused citizen science projects in the UK are encouraged to also join the UK Tree Health Citizen Science Network.

You can also join the conversation on twitter with the hashtag: #treecitsci

List of Forest Health Citizen Science Projects

Have a project to add to this list? Share it with the community (), add it to the .csv file, or email the details to .

The projects below are listed alphabetically. There are currently 29 projects listed below. Email for corrections.
Project Country Sector Institution.Organization Forest.health.field Forest.environment Forest.health.issue Website
Arrest the Pest USA, Minnesota Government Minnesota Department of Agriculture Invasive plants, plant pests and diseases Urban and natural forests Multiple https://www.mda.state.mn.us/plants-insects/arrest-pest
Backyard Bark Beetles USA Public University of Florida Plant pests Urban and natural forests Bark and ambrosia beetles http://www.backyardbarkbeetles.org/
Budworm Tracker Canada, Quebec Government Canadian Forest Service and Healthy Forest Partnership Plant pests Urban and natural forests Spruce budworm https://budwormtracker.ca/#/
Cape Citizen Science South Africa Public University of Pretoria Plant disease Natural forests Phytophthora spp. https://citsci.co.za
Conker Tree Science United Kingdom Public Newcastle University, Natural Environment Research Council Plant pests Urban and natural forests The horse-chestnut leaf-miner http://www.conkertreescience.org.uk/
Early Detection Citizen Science USA, Oregon Public Oregon State University Plant disease Natural forests Sudden oak death http://wrdc.usu.edu/files-ou/Kline-Oak-Death-RCSPR19.pdf
Find-A-Pest New Zealand Private Scion Plant pests and weeds Urban forests, natural forests, plantations Multiple http://www.findapest.nz/
First Detector Program USA Public National Plant Diagnostic Network, Cornell University Plant pests and diseases Urban and natural forests Multiple https://www.firstdetector.org/
Forest Health Watch USA, Washington Public Washington State University Plant pests and Diseases Urban and natural forests Multiple https://foresthealth.org/
Forest Pest First Detector USA, Minnesota Public University of Minnesota Plant pests and diseases Urban and natural forests Multiple https://extension.umn.edu/natural-resources-volunteers/forest-pest-first-detector
Healthy Trees Healthy Cities USA Multiple University of Georgia, USDA Forest Service, and The Nature Conservancy Abiotic factors, plant pests and plant diseases Urban forests Multiple https://healthytreeshealthycitiesapp.org/
Kauri Rescue New Zealand Non-profit Kauri Rescue Plant disease Urban and natural forests Kauri dieback disease (Phytophthora agathidicida) http://www.kaurirescue.org.nz/
LIFE ARTEMIS Slovenia Government Slovenian Forestry Institute Invasive plant pests and diseases Urban and natural forests Multiple https://www.invazivke.si/
Nature’s Notebook USA Public University of Arizona/USA National Phenology Network Plant and animal phenology, timing of treatment, restoration Urban and natural forests https://www.usanpn.org/natures_notebook
Oak bodyguards France Public INRA Plant pests and climate change Urban and natural forests Background herbivory, exotic pests https://sites.google.com/view/oakbodyguards/home
Observatree United Kingdom Government Forest Research Plant pests and diseases Urban and natural forests Multiple https://www.observatree.org.uk
OPAL Tree Health Survey United Kingdom Public Imperial College London Plant pests and Diseases Urban and natural forests Multiple https://www.imperial.ac.uk/opal/surveys/treehealthsurvey/
Oregon Forest Pest Detectors USA, Oregon Public Oregon State University Plant pests Urban and natural forests Multiple https://workspace.oregonstate.edu/course/Oregon-Forest-Pest-Detector?hsLang=en
P-FOR INIA Uruguay Private National Institute of Agricultural Research Plant pests and diseases Plantations Multiple http://inia.uy/estaciones-experimentales/direcciones-regionales/inia-tacuaremb%C3%B3/nueva-herramienta-en-sanidad-forestal-p-for-inia
Pest Scene Investigators USA, Oregon Public Oregon State University Plant pests and diseases Private forests Multiple https://catalog.extension.oregonstate.edu/em9161/html
Phytophthora Citizen Science Sweden Public Swedish University for Agricultural Sciences Plant disease Urban and natural forests Phytophthora dieback https://phytophthora.se/
Phytophthora Stream Monitoring Program USA, Washington Public Washington State University Plant disease Urban and natural forests Phytophthora spp. https://ppo.puyallup.wsu.edu/sod/monitoring/streams/
Save the Ash “Radda asken” Sweden Public Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences Forest Pathology Forests, Urban areas Ash dieback https://www.slu.se/ew-nyheter/2019/5/hjalp-till-att-radda-asken/
Silvalert France Non-profit PLURIFOR consortium Forest tree damages Urban and natural forests Biotic and abiotic agents http://www.silvalert.net
SOD Blitz USA, California Public UC Berkeley Plant disease Urban and natural forests Sudden oak death https://nature.berkeley.edu/garbelottowp/?page_id=148
TreeAlert United Kingdom Government Forest Research Plant pests and diseases Urban and natural forests Multiple https://www.forestresearch.gov.uk/tools-and-resources/tree-alert/
TreeSnap USA Public University of Tennessee and University of Kentucky Tree resistance to plant pests and disesaes Urban and natural forests Multiple https://treesnap.org/
Utah First Detectors Program USA, Utah Public Utah State University Plant pests Urban and natural forests Multiple http://utahpests.usu.edu/caps/get-involved
Vigil’Ink France Multiple National Institute of Agronomic Research and University of Bordeaux Plant disease Urban and natural forests Chestnut ink disease http://ephytia.inra.fr/fr/P/157/Vigil_encre

You can cite this table as: Hulbert J, Barton M, Castagneyrol B, Oraizo C, Rosemartin A. 2023. “Forest Health Citizen Science Project List” FHCS. Commit ID:929469, https://github.com/jmhulbert/fhcs. Updated: February 25, 2023, DOI:10.5281/zenodo.3572753.

Currently the individuals who shared projects in the Google form are listed as authors. Anyone is welcome to add to the project list or be included in the citation. Collaborators in the github repository will also be added to the citation.

Community Publications

Have publications or articles to share here? Share them with the community (), add them to the Github Repository, or email the details to .