The importance of mice and other small mammals for forest health and especially in forest restoration is an increasing challenge. Mouse population dynamics in emerging forest habitats created by storm and beetle damage not only have ecologi-cal implications, but may also have important implications for the development and spread of human pathogens. Mice serve as reservoirs and vectors for a number of pathogens that can be harmful to humans, including hantaviruses, borrelia causing Lyme disease and the tularemia bacterium. Changes in mouse populations and their habitats can therefore have a direct impact on the risk and spread of these diseases. Methods for monitor-ing and controlling rodent damage in forests and approaches for damage prevention and control are presented below.