SPB Suppression Grants for landowners, municipalities, or non-profits
SPB Information Session schedule
SPB Current Actions
updated weekly
Contact NJFS for more information on scheduling an SPB session for your group or organization
The Southern Pine Beetle (SPB) Dendroctonus frontalis is a forest pest that attacks stands of pine trees in New Jersey. The New Jersey Forest Service has seen a dramatic increase of SPB infestations in Atlantic, Cape May, Ocean, and Cumberlands Counties in 2010.
Report a beetle sighting
Southern Regional office Trenton office
(609) 625-1124 (609) 292-2531
or contact your local consulting forester or a certified tree expert
Landowners and SPB
Landowners enrolled in the NJ Forest Stewardship Program (FSP) or the Farmland Assessment Program (FLA) should contact a Consulting Forester for a southern pine beetle evaluation. If the Consulting Forester determines that southern pine beetle populations may affect the stand, the forester will implement suppression and pre-suppression activities to reduce outbreak severity. A consulting forester may recommend an injection of emamectin benzoate to protect a tree from SPB for two years. Visit ArborJet for more information on this new insecticide.
Landowners not enrolled in these programs that have 5 acres or more of woodland should contact the NJ Forest Service or a consulting forester to enroll. The FLA program provides property tax break incentives and the FSP will provide cost-share of up to 75% for the development of the plan. Both of these programs contribute to proper forest management while providing sustainable forest resources.
