2009 CFPC Annual Meeting Powerpoint Presentations
58th Annual Meeting of the California Forest Pest Council – 2009
What’s Ailing California’s Forests?
November 17 -18, 2009
Heidrick Ag History Center http://www.aghistory.org/
1962 Hays Lane, Woodland, CA 95776
530-666-9700
Meeting Overview: An update of new and ongoing forest health issues in California’s forests will be presented and discussed. Highlights include updates on the goldspotted oak borer, thousand cankers on walnut, and a “Firewood: A risk to California Forest Health?” panel. There will also be a poster session, social, and diagnostic “show and tell” with forest entomologists and plant pathologists.
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
9:00 Registration and Continental Breakfast
9:45 Welcome – Chairperson Rynearson, Audio
10:00 – 11:15 Insect Committee Meeting, Forest Insects in California
Moderator: Beverly Bulaon, Insect Committee Chairperson
A Century of Jeffrey Pine Beetle-Caused Mortality in Southern Lake Tahoe (1912-2009) Joel Egan, USDA Forest Service, Forest Health Protection. Slide Show, Audio
Evaluation of Multiple Funnel Traps and Stand Characteristics for Estimating Western Pine Beetle-Caused Tree Mortality Christopher J. Hayes, USDA Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station. Slide Show, Audio
Managing Slash to Minimize Colonization of Residual Trees by Ips and Other Bark Beetle Species Christopher J. Fettig, USDA Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station. Slide Show, Audio
Verbenone-Plus: A New Tool for Protecting Trees from Bark Beetle Attack Stephen R. McKelvey, USDA Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station. Slide Show, Audio
Insect Committee Business – Committee Chairperson Bulaon, Audio
11:15 – 11:45 Laws and Regulations
Moderator: Don Owen, California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection
California’s Enforcement Response Regulations – Scott Johnson, Wilbur-Ellis Company. Slide Show, Audio
LUNCH PROVIDED 12:00
1:00 – 3:10 Disease Committee Meeting – Forest Diseases in California
Moderator: Paul Zambino, Disease Committee Chairperson
New Wood Decay Diagnostics Program – Matteo Garbelotto, UC Berkeley. Slide Show
An Introduction to the National Ornamental Research Nursery at Dominican University Cheryl Blomquist, CA Department of Food and Agriculture. Slide Show, Audio
Climbing the Disease Curve – Seasonal Variation in Phytophthora lateralis Sporeload in Southwest Oregon Watersheds – Frank Betlejewski, USDA Forest Service, Southwest Oregon Forest Insect and Disease Service Center. Slide Show, Audio
Spatial and Ecological Analysis of Red Fir Decline in California Using FIA Data, Leif A. Mortenson, Oregon State University. Slide Show, Audio
Sudden Oak Death in Redwood Forests: Vegetation Dynamics in the Wake of Tanoak Decline – Benjamin Ramage, UC Berkeley. Slide Show
Mortality of Douglas-Fir at the Southern Limit of its Range, Martin MacKenzie, USDA Forest Service. Slide Show, Audio
Effects of De-Icing Salts on Roadside Trees in the Lake Tahoe Basin, Isabel Munck, University of Nevada
Disease Committee Business – Committee Chairperson Zambino, Audio
3:10 – 4:30 Poster Session, “Stump the Experts,” and Social
What’s wrong with my tree? Stump the Experts II
Forest entomologists and plant pathologists will be available to diagnose specimens. Participants are encouraged to bring samples and pictures of tree damage for examination. (Please carefully safeguard specimens so pests are not introduced to Woodland or points along the way.)
ADJOURN 4: 30 pm
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
7:45 Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:45 Welcome – Chairperson Rynearson, Audio
9:00 – 10:00 What’s Ailing California’s Forests?
Moderator: Chairperson Rynearson
2009 California Forest Pest Conditions Overview: An Aerial View of Forest Pest Activity, Zachary Heath, USDA Forest Service, Forest Health Protection. Slide Show, Audio
New Snags for Forest Health from the Goldspotted Oak Borer in Southern California, Tom Coleman, USDA Forest Service, Forest Health Protection. Slide Show, Audio
Thousand Cankers: Status in California, Janine Hasey, Farm Advisor, UC Cooperative Extension. Slide Show, Audio
Light Brown Apple Moth: Current Conditions and Activities in California, Bob Dowell, CA Department of Food and Agriculture. Slide Show, Audio
BREAK 10:00 – 10:30
10:30 – 12:00 What’s Ailing California’s Forests?, continued
Moderator: Vice-Chairperson Morrison
Sudden Oak Death: What’s new? – Kamyar Aram, UC Davis. Slide Show, Audio
Palm Wilt and Other Diseases Affecting Phoenix Species in California, Suzanne Latham, CA Department of Food and Agriculture. Slide Show, Audio
Black Oak Leaf Miner Species Determination. Eriocraniella aurosparsella (Walsingham) – Danny Cluck, USDA Forest Service, Forest Health Protection. Slide Show, Audio
Current Fir Mortality in California: An Overview, Beverly Bulaon, USDA Forest Service, Forest Health Protection. Slide Show, Audio
News from the Diagnostician’s Desk, Cheryl Blomquist, CA Department of Food and Agriculture. Slide Show, Audio
California’s New Invasive Species Council – Doug Johnson, CA Invasive Plant Council. Slide Show, Audio
LUNCH PROVIDED 12:00
1:00 – 1:30 CFPC 2009 Business Meeting and Elections
Chairperson Rynearson Slide Show
1:30 – 2:45 Firewood: A Risk to California Forest Health?
Moderator: Martin MacKenzie, USDA Forest Service
Introduction – Martin MacKenzie
Insects Detected in Firewood, Roger Cline, CA Department of Food and Agriculture, Border Protection Stations. Slide Show, Audio
Firewood Movement: A Probable Introduction Pathway for One of California’s Newest Pests – Tom Coleman, USDA Forest Service, Forest Health Protection. Slide Show, Audio
Current Firewood Regulations in California, Dorthea Zadig, CA Department of Food and Agriculture. Slide Show
Progress Towards a Federal Firewood Strategy, Helene Wright, USDA Animal Plant Health Inspection Service. Slide Show
Best Management Practices to Prevent Movement of Insects and Pathogens on Firewood Gary Man, USDA Forest Service, Forest Health Protection. Slide Show, Audio
Discussion – Led by Martin MacKenzie, Audio
BREAK 2:45 – 3:00
3:00 – 3:45 Aspen and Alder Issues
Moderator: Julie Lydick, USDA Forest Service, Forest Health Protection, Pacific Southwest Region
A Review of Aspen Decline with a Focus on California, Toni Lyn Morelli, USDA Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station. Slide Show, Audio
Phytophthora siskiyouensis on Alders in Southern California: An Update, Michael D. Coffey, UC Riverside and Deborah Mathews, UC Riverside. Slide Show
3:45 – 4:30 Invited Papers – Other Forest Health Challenges
Moderator: Tom Smith, California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection
An Ecosystem Management Strategy for Sierran Mixed-Conifer Forests, Malcolm North, Pacific Southwest Research Station, Sierra Nevada Research Center. Slide Show, Audio
The Boomerang Project: An Invasive Bark Beetle and its Fungal Hitch-Hikers, Nancy Gillette, USDA Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station. Slide Show, Audio
Effect of Site and Silvicultural Treatment on Insect Pests and Diseases of Young Ponderosa Pine – Danny Norlander and Dave Shaw, Oregon State University. Slide Show, Audio
Adjourn 4:30PM
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