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disease,
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forestry,
weather,
technology,
forest threats
Eastern Forest Threat Assessment Center
EFETAC was established as a part of the USDA Forest Services' program under the Healthy Forests Restoration Act, and is a part of network of early warning activities established by the Forest Service nationwide. The mission of the EFETAC is to generate, integrate, and apply knowledge to predict, detect, and assess environmental threats to public and private forests of the east, and to deliver this knowledge to managers in way that are timely, useful, and user friendly. Center staff members are located in Asheville, Raleigh and Research Triangle Park, NC and have regional, national, and international responsibilities.
SREF provides a number of web design, development, and maintenance activities for the center.
