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Jeff Mai (right) presenting Ben Smith with the 2014 Forest Health Protection Aviation Safety Award.

Photo by: Unknown Date: 2014

Credit: USDA Forest Service, Region 6, State and Private Forestry, Forest Health Protection. Source: Aerial Survey Program collection.

From the FHP Aviation Program website: <a href="https://www.fs.fed.us/foresthealth/aviation/news.shtml" rel="nofollow">www.fs.fed.us/foresthealth/aviation/news.shtml</a>

These exceptional individuals have made significant contributions in 1) Promoting a positive aviation safety culture, 2) Forest health aviation activities directly benefiting the resource, and 3) Building efficiency and effectiveness among Federal and State partners in Forest Health Aviation Safety.

2014 – Ben Smith, acting Unit Aviation Officer, Pacific Northwest Region (left) has been a strong supporter of the cooperative efforts between the USFS, Oregon Department of Forestry and Washington State Department of Natural Resources in the successful and safe execution of forest health aerial detection survey programs for over a decade. Ben continually places safety as the highest priority, promoting Safety Management Systems. He is passionate about all aspects of forest health and forest health aviation, has taken his expertise to the classroom as a qualified Interagency Aviation Training instructor at Fire and Aviation Management-sponsored events and annually at Aerial Survey Aviation Safety and Management for over five years. He is a member of the Aerial Survey Working Group and volunteers for special assignments such as addressing forest conditions issues nationally through the Survey Requirements Team and developing fresh, new training curriculum.

For geospatial data collected during annual aerial forest insect and disease detection surveys see: <a href="https://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/r6/forest-grasslandhealth/insects-diseases/?cid=stelprdb5286951" rel="nofollow">www.fs.usda.gov/detail/r6/forest-grasslandhealth/insects-...</a>

For related historical program documentation see: <a href="https://archive.org/details/AerialForestInsectAndDiseaseDetectionSurveysInORandWA19472016TheSurveyHighRes" rel="nofollow">archive.org/details/AerialForestInsectAndDiseaseDetection...</a> Johnson, J. 2016. Aerial forest insect and disease detection surveys in Oregon and Washington 1947-2016: The survey. Gen. Tech. Rep. R6-FHP-GTR-0302. Portland, OR: USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Region, State and Private Forestry, Forest Health Protection. 280 p.

Image provided by USDA Forest Service, Region 6, State and Private Forestry, Forest Health Protection: <a href="https://www.fs.usda.gov/main/r6/forest-grasslandhealth" rel="nofollow">www.fs.usda.gov/main/r6/forest-grasslandhealth</a>

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