**AWARDS ISSUED PRIOR TO JANUARY 20, 2025, WERE FUNDED UNDER PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATIONS AND MAY NOT REFLECT THE PRIORITIES AND POLICIES OF THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION.** THE OVERARCHING GOAL OF OUR RESEARCH PROJECT IS TO: UNDERSTAND AND IDENTIFY WAYS TO MITIGATE THE DIRECT AND INDIRECT IMPACTS OF THE EMERALD ASH BORER (EAB) ON THE CAPACITY OF NORTHEASTERN FORESTS TO INCREASE FOREST RESILIENCY, ENSURING THE FUTURE PROVISION OF TIMBER AND OTHER ECOSYSTEM SERVICES. INVASIVE FOREST INSECTS, SUCH AS EAB, HAVE SIGNIFICANT DIRECT IMPACTS ON U.S. FORESTS. THROUGH THE SELECTIVE ELIMINATION OF TREE SPECIES, THEY IMPACT STRUCTURE, COMPOSITION, AND ECOSYSTEM SERVICES INCLUDING TIMBER SUPPLY AND CARBON STORAGE AND HAVE SIGNIFICANT INDIRECT IMPACTS THROUGH THEIR INFLUENCE ON REGIONAL HARVESTING REGIMES. OUR INTERDISCIPLINARY TEAM RECENTLY SURVEYED PRIVATE LANDOWNERS IN THE NORTHEAST AND FOUND THAT MORE THAN 85% OF RESPONDENTS INDICATED A WILLINGNESS TO HARVEST IF THEIR TREES WERE INFESTED WITH INVASIVE INSECTS. WHEN DONE WELL, TIMBER HARVESTING CAN CREATE DESIRED FUTURE CONDITIONS THAT PROMOTE COMPOSITION AND STRUCTURE THAT INCREASE FOREST RESILIENCY. HOWEVER, HARVESTING THAT IS REACTIONARY AND OPPORTUNISTIC CAN REDUCE THE LONG-TERM BENEFITS THAT FORESTS PROVIDE.WE PROPOSE A FOUR-FACETED RESEARCH PROJECT: (1) QUANTIFY ATTRIBUTES OF DISTURBANCE FROM EAB-INDUCED HARVESTING, INCLUDING CHANGES TO FOREST COMPOSITION, STRUCTURE, AND CARBON STORES, (2) SURVEY FORESTERS AND LOGGERS TO UNDERSTAND HOW EAB IS AFFECTING MANAGEMENT AND HARVESTING PRACTICES, ESPECIALLY (I.) THE WAYS IN WHICH LANDOWNERS, FORESTERS, AND LOGGERS PRIORITIZE SITES FOR TIMBER HARVESTING, (II.) HOW TIMBER HARVESTING IN RESPONSE TO EAB DIFFERS FROM STANDARD 'STATUS QUO' TIMBER HARVESTING, AND (III.) TIMBER-RELATED MARKETS AND POLICIES (E.G., QUARANTINES), (3) DEVELOP SILVICULTURAL STRATEGIES WITH PROJECT PARTNERS THAT PROMOTE LONG-TERM SUSTAINABILITY OF TIMBER QUALITY AND CARBON STORAGE BY INCORPORATING THESE FIELD AND SOCIAL SCIENCE DATA INTO A FOREST STAND MODELING FRAMEWORK AND QUANTIFYING THE LONG-TERM IMPACTS OF EAB ON THE FUTURE FOREST CONDITIONS, AND (4) DEVELOP NEW EXTENSION INFRASTRUCTURE TO DISSEMINATE THIS KNOWLEDGE TO KEY STAKEHOLDERS THROUGHOUT NEW ENGLAND.