11/30/97 - Southern Pine Beetle Activity in Florida - 1997

Up to November 6, 1997

COUNTY              # OF SPOTS               ACRES AFFECTED

Alachua                 7                          12

Clay                    8                          10

Columbia                5                          22

Dixie                   3                         115

Franklin                1                           1

Gadsden                 1                           1

Hamilton               12                          27

Jackson                 2                           3

Jefferson               2                           2

Levy                   380                      1,000+

Madison                 6                          28

Marion                 330                      3,000+

Nassau                  1                          65

Putnam                 18                          50

Suwannee                2                          12

Taylor                  3                           5
____________________________________________________________
TOTAL                  781                      4,353

Estimated value of wood resources from trees killed as a result of the southern pine beetle is currently in excess of $15 million.


The UF/IFAS Pest Alert WWW site is at: http://pestalert.ifas.ufl.edu/