Volcanic ash advice to berry growers

Recommendations for evaluate plant damage are given to berry growers whose crops were covered by volcanic ash in the may 1980 eruption of Mt. St. Helens Volcano

Poultry - Bees - livestock

Main a preliminary study of the toxicology of the volcanic fallout from the 1980 eruption of Mt. St. Helens. The results indicate that the volcanic ash has very litte capacity for producing acute toxicity following ingestion by domesticated animals. Most of which will recover from exposure to the ash. A few exeptions exist: Milk Production is down due to loss of apetite of dairy cows and honey production is expected to be severely reduced since a high percentage of bee colonies were wiped out

Wildlife and plant community impacts

Much attention has been focused on the effects of the Mount St. Helens eruptions on earm crops & livestock. Many of the findings of such agricultural studies are relevant to wildlife and their habitats. This report briefly surves the effects of ashfall on wildlife in the subrounding areas