2012 California Forest Pest Council 61st Annual Meeting – Presentations now Available!
Thursday, January 3rd, 2013
The Abstracts and Power Points for the speakers are now available!
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Wednesday, November 7, 2012
12:00 – 12:45 pm Registration
12:45 – 12:50 Welcome – Bob Rynearson, California Forest Pest Council Chairperson; W. M. Beaty and Associates
12:50 – 1:05 2012 Forest Conditions and Aerial Survey Report – Tom Smith, California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection and Zachary Heath, USDA Forest Service
1:05 – 2:30 Insect Committee Meeting
Moderator: Danny Cluck, Committee Chairperson; USDA Forest Service
Development of Novel Semiochemical Tools to Protect Trees from Bark Beetle Attack – Chris Fettig, USDAForest Service Pacific Southwest Research Station
Ecological Assessment of Jeffrey Pine Beetle-Caused Mortality from 1991-1996 near Spooner Junction, Lake Tahoe Basin – Joel Egan, Entomologist
Update on Invasive Pests from US Customs and Border Protection – Lisa Krekorian, US Customs and Border Protection
Insect Committee Business Meeting – Danny Cluck
2:30 – 2:45 BREAK
2:45 – 4:15 Disease Committee Meeting
Moderator: Patricia Maloney, Committee Secretary; UC Davis
Tree Diseases in Southern California – James Downer, UC Cooperative Extension, Ventura County
Forest Health and Mortality Trends Across Elevation Zones in the Lake Tahoe Basin – Camille Jensen, UC Davis and Tahoe Environmental Research Center
Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Colonization of Giant Sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum) in Response to Canopy Gap Restoration – Robert York, UC Berkeley
Forest Health and Mortality Trends Across Elevation Zones in the Lake Tahoe Basin– Margaret Metz, UC Davis
Disease Committee Business Meeting – Tom Smith, Committee Chairperson; Cal Fire
4:15 – 4:30 BREAK
4:30 – 5:30 Pesticide Laws and Regulations
Moderator: George Gentry, California Board of Forestry and Fire Protection
Laws and Regulations – Are You Ready for Your Final? – David Bakke, USDAForest Service
5:30 – 6:30 Poster Session and Social
Thursday, November 8, 2012
8:00 – 8:30 am Registration (coffee, tea)
8:30 – 8:35 Welcome – Bob Rynearson, CaliforniaForestPest Council Chairperson; W. M. Beaty and Associates
8:35 – 10:10 New and Noteworthy Moderator: Phil Cannon, USDAForest Service
Update of the Huanglongbing Situation in California – Tim Tidwell, California Department of Food and Agriculture
Fusarium Dieback and the Polyphagous Shot Hole Borer: An Invasive Disease/Pest Complex Threatening Agricultural and Natural Landscapes in California – Akif Eskalen, UC Riverside
Epic Devils Windstorm and Forest Blowdown in the Middle Fork of San Joaquin River Valley – Deanna Dulen, National Park Service
Forest Health Survey of Northeastern California Aspen – Danny Cluck, USDA FS
jack marshall Interesting New Leaf Spot and Canker Pathogens on Native and Non-Native Hosts in California – Suzanne Rooney-Latham, California Department of Food and Agriculture
2012 Update of Balsam Woolly Adelgid, Adelges piceae, in Northwest California – Jack Marshall, California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection
10:10 – 10:30 BREAK
10:30 – 11:20 New and Noteworthy, continued – Sheri Smith, USDA Forest Service
California High-Risk and Dog Team Programs – Amber Morris, California Department of Food and Agriculture, Jennifer Berger and Dozer, Sacramento Agricultural Detector Dog Team
General Invasive Species iPhone® Application – Susan Sawyer, California Department of Food and Agriculture
iPhone® Mobile Application for Citrus Disease Reporting – Larry Hawkins, USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
11:20 – 12:30 Ongoing California Forest Health Issues
Moderator: Martin MacKenzie, Council At-Large Director, USDAForest Service
Susceptibility and Induced Wound Response of Oaks to Goldspotted Oak Borer Injury – Tom Coleman, USDAForest Service
Sudden Oak Death– Matteo Garbelotto, UC Berkeley
Trends and Causes of Severity, Size, and Number of Fires in Northwestern CA – Carl Skinner, USDA FS Pacific Southwest Research Station
California Firewood Task Force (http://www.firewood.ca.gov) – Don Owen, California Firewood Task Force, California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection
12:30 – 1:30 LUNCH (provided)
1:00 – 1:30 CFPC Business Meeting
1:30 – 2:35 The Impact of Illegal Activities on California Forest Health, In Cooperation with the Jere Melo Foundation
Moderator: Christopher Zimny, California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection
Take Back Our Forests – Madeleine Melo, Jere Melo Foundation
Impacts on Natural Resources from Toxicants Associated with Illegal Marijuana Cultivation on our Public and Tribal Lands – Mourad Gabriel, UC Davis
Cannabis: Impacts and Eradication on the Stanislaus National Forest – Jay Power, retired, Stanislaus National Forest
2:35 – 3:00 BREAK
3:00 – 3:40 Managing Forest Pathogens, Insects, and Weeds During Complex Construction Projects
Moderator: Susan Frankel, Council At-Large Director, USDAForest Service
Forest Health Issues During Land Development – Jim Clark, HortScience, Inc.
Managing Invasive Species While Rebuilding the Historic Hetch Hetchy Regional Water System – Ellen Natesan, San Francisco Public Utilities Commission
3:40 – 4:45 Forest Issues Related to Vertebrate Management
Moderator: Greg Giusti, Animal Damage Chair, UCCE Lake County
Barred Owl Control to Try and Help Northern Spotted Owl? – James ‘JB’ Bond, US Fish and Wildlife Service
Anticoagulant Rodenticides: Secondary Poisoning of Wildlife in California – Stella McMillin, California Department of Fish and Game
Porcupines: An Increasingly Rare Sight in California Mid-Elevation Mixed ConiferForests, and the Possible Consequences for the Conservation of Pacific Fishers – Rick Sweitzer, UC Berkeley
4:45 ADJOURN