2020 Weed Tour – CANCELLED
Monday, March 16th, 2020

Weed Committee Chair, Steve Kafka, Sierra Pacific Industries, skafka@spi-ind.com
Weed Committee Secretary Rob Fecko, Sierra Pacific Industries, rfecko@spi-ind.com
Weed Committee Chair, Steve Kafka, Sierra Pacific Industries, skafka@spi-ind.com
Weed Committee Secretary Rob Fecko, Sierra Pacific Industries, rfecko@spi-ind.com
Date: July 16th
Location: Tour begins at 9:00 am at Mendocino College Coast Center Main Parking Lot: 1211 Del Mar Drive, Fort Bragg, CA.
Bring your lunch, water, and clothes appropriate for moderate hiking on a sometimes uneven trail with some tall grass.
We will view and discuss damage caused by animals, insects, and pathogenic agents, including bear, balsam woolly adelgid, sudden oak death, and more.
DPR & SAF credits will be available.
Please RSVP Chris if attending: christopher.lee@fire.ca.gov, 707.726.1254
July 17th and 18th, Fort Bragg, CA
Online Registration: Online Weed Tour Registration
Mail-In Registration: Mail-In Weed Tour Registration
TOUR HAS REACHED THE LIMIT OF 100 ATTENDEES, TICKETS SALES HAVE ENDED
Date: Wednesday and Thursday, July 17 & 18, 2019
Price: $175/person – includes lunches on both days and dinner on Wednesday
Tour includes transportation, lunch and beverages for both days and dinner on evening of July 17th.
This year’s tour will be hosted at the Emerald Dolphin Inn in Mendocino County, just west of Jackson State Forest along the coast. Discussion topics will cover: site prep, planting and release treatments in coastal forests. Though managers share common challenges in the region, each ownership has unique approaches. Herbicides play a key role. Specifically we will see:
There will not be a golf tournament this year.
Optional Events for July 16, 2019 – Fishing Trip (TBA) Contact: Beau Miller at beau.miller@corteva.com
Note: The California Forest Pest Council Insect and Disease Field Tour will take place on Tuesday July 16.
Wednesday 7/17/19: Other: 6.5
Thursday 7/18/19: Other: 6.5, Laws: 1.0
Emerald Dolphin Inn
1211 South Main St., Fort Bragg, CA
Day 1 Tour departs at 7 am from Emerald Dolphin Inn
Day 2 Tour departs at 7 am from Emerald Dolphin Inn
Registration and breakfast will start at 6:15 am each day
Emerald Dolphin Inn
Phone – (707) 964-6699
Rate is $126 per night
Ask for FVMC Weed Tour Rates Cut off reserved date is June 16, 2019
For more information about the hotel visit
www.emeralddolphin.com/
Sea Bird Lodge $95 (until June 1 only)
By phone only (707) 964-8000 (8 am 10pm)
Ask for the FPC Vegetation Management Weed Tour
For more information about the hotel visit
www.redlion.com/ca/fort-bragg/seabird-lodge-signature-inn
Harbor Lite Lodge
Phone – 800-643-2700.
Rooms start as low as $119.
Ask for the FPC Vegetation Management Weed Tour
For more information about the hotel visit www.harborlitelodge.com
For any information or questions please contact:
Steve Kafka, skafka@spi-ind.com
Please Click Here to see the Registration flyer
Location of the tour is in Tuolumne County at the Black Oak Casino, 19400 Tuolumne Rd.
Tour is Limited to first 120 attendees!
To Register for this years combined tour please click here
Admission is FREE and the public is welcome and RSVPs are Highly Encouraged!!
To download the flyer for the meeting with all the information, Insect and Disease Tour Agenda.
Where and when to meet:
We will depart from the US Forest Service Happy Camp District Office at 8:00am. From there we will travel up the Grayback (Indian Creek) Road. Be prepared for short hikes and inclement weather. Bring your own lunch, water, sunscreen and hardhat. We will return through Happy Camp around 2:00pm, at which point we will travel east on highway 96 and go up to Lake Mountain Lookout. The tour will end at Lake Mountain Lookout at 4:30pm.
Take I5 north from Redding to Yreka (100 miles; ~1.5 hours). Then left on US 96 to Happy Camp (70 miles: ~1.5 hours).
Topics and stops on the tour:
Join us in the land of Bigfoot!
The tour will feature:
Progeny test site where we will discuss the White Pine Blister Rust Program from the onset in the late 50s through the present
Blackstain Root Disease Permanent Plots to discuss blackstain root disease in Douglas-fir;
Clear Creek Trailhead to look at Port-Orford cedar root disease treatments.
Lodging in Happy Camp:
For those who choose to stay in Yreka, the distance is ~70 miles, about 1½ hour drive. We will be beginning at 8:00am sharp in Happy Camp so adjust your schedule as needed.
PREREGISTRATION IS REQUIRED!!!
Contact: Patricia Maloney, 530-574-2540, pemaloney@ucdavis.edu
To register online please click the link: Online Registration, the number of attendees is limited to 50 people
Registration will end on 10/23 at 5:00PM after which registration must be paid in person at the meeting by cash or check.
Registration does NOT include parking or lunch. There will be time to get lunch during the morning break. Coffee and snacks will be provided.
Felton Community Hall, 6191 Highway 9, Felton, CA 95018
Agenda Overview
10:00 am to 12:30 pm – Felton Community Hall, 6191 Hwy 9, Felton, CA 95018
(Check-in available at 9:30 am)
12:30 to 3:30 pm Lunch and field stops: Henry Cowell SP, 101 N Big Trees Park Rd, Felton, CA 95018
Objectives
Summary
Pest infestation is often used as a justification for tree removal, so accurate pest diagnostic skills are needed to assure that removals are done appropriately. We will review ways to identify insects, pathogens and abiotic damage, how to take samples for lab evaluation and available resources to assist arborists in figuring out what’s wrong with a tree.
This training combines indoor and outdoor field stops.
We will focus on recognition and management of hardwood and conifer invasive tree pests, such as pitch canker, sudden oak death, and other urban forest health problems. Attendees will receive up-to-date information on current issues threatening local urban areas and have an opportunity to fine-tune field skills.
Preliminary Agenda
Indoors at Felton Community Hall
9:30 am Registration – check in
10:00 am Welcome. Objectives. Workshop overview.
Susan Frankel, Plant Pathologist, USDA Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station – Albany; sfrankel@fs.fed.us
10:10 am Managing Pitch Canker
– Thomas Gordon, Professor, UC Davis Plant Pathology Department, trgordon@ucdavis.edu
10:35 am Construction concerns
James Allen, owner, consulting arborist, James P. Allen & Associates, Consulting Arborists, Santa Cruz
11:00 am Look –a-likes – Can you tell what’s bothering this tree?
Chris Lee, Forest Health Specialist, California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection
Fortuna, CA, christopher.lee@fire.ca.gov
11:20 am – Effects of drought on pests and diseases of trees
Steven Tjosvold, University of California Cooperative Extension Santa Cruz and Monterey Cos. Watsonville, satjosvold@ucanr.edu
11:40 am – Sudden oak death/Phytophthora ramorum treatment update
Doug Schmidt, UCB
12:05 pm – Forest pests traveling on native plants: Phytophthora tentaculata in native plant nurseries and restoration sites
– Timothy Miles, CA State Monterey Bay
12:30 pm – Depart for Henry Cowell State Park, 101 N Big Trees Park Rd, Felton 95018, Picnic Area 1
Lunch at picnic area 1
1:30 – 3:30 pm Field stops at Henry Cowell State Park
Decay fungi and hazard trees. David Chambers, arborist and biologist, UC Cooperative Extension, Santa Cruz and Monterey Cos., dlchambers@ucanr.edu and Steve Tjosvold, UC Coop. Ext..
Sudden oak death – Kerri Frangioso, biologist, UC Davis Plant Pathology Department; kfrangioso@ucdavis.edu and Doug Schmidt, UC Berkeley
Insect pests – TBA
Workshop organizers and sponsors:
California Forest Pest Council, Pitch Canker Task Force, California Oak Mortality Task Force
USDA Forest Service – Pacific Southwest Research Station
UC Cooperative Extension – Santa Cruz and Monterey Counties
Hazardous Fuels Reduction Demonstrations in Central and Southern California
Background
The USDA Forest Service, in conjunction with the University of California Center for Forestry, TSS Consultants and other partners, is sponsoring a series of hazardous fuels reduction demonstrations (demos) at strategic locations in central and southern California. Demos are one week in duration at each location (three locations total) and will include a demo day (Friday of each week) for guests to view operations first hand. The primary purpose of the demos is to raise awareness about different hazardous fuels treatment alternatives and provide key stakeholders with up-to-date information regarding resource impacts, efficiencies and cost of fuels treatment equipment and techniques. Both conventional and innovative equipment and techniques will be deployed and resource professionals will be on site to answer questions. Vendors that will be showcasing their equipment include Caterpillar, FAE – Prime Tech, Fecon, John Deere, Kaiser, Morbark, and Takeuchi. For a complete list of equipment go to the HFRD webpage: http://ucanr.edu/HFRD Once completed, results of the demos will be summarized and disseminated.
Demo Day – Where & When
Who Should Attend
Target audiences include fire agencies, natural resource managers, fuels treatment contractors, electric utilities, water conservation districts, homeowner associations, fire safe councils, resource conservation districts, tribal staff, county and city planning departments, elected officials, and any others interested in fire safe practices.
How to Register
Additional information, including demo locations and an online registration form, can be accessed using this link:
http://ucanr.edu/register_hfrd Alternatively, the attached registration form can be used and returned via USPS. However, online registration is preferred. Please register early (no later than October 1) as space will be limited.
Mail in registration – click here.
Cost
There is no cost to attend the demos.
What to Bring
Contacts
Tad Mason, TSS Consultants, 916.600.4174 tmason@tssconsultants.com
Peter Tittmann, UC Center for Forestry, 510.665.3518 pwt@berkeley.edu
Larry Swan, Region 5, USDA Forest Service, 707.562.8917 lswan01@fs.fed.us
Ted Luckham, Southern California Edison, 626.302.1752 theodore.luckham@sce.com
Project Partners
To register for the Golf Tournament and Weed Tour click here:
Online Registration: Online Weed Tour Registration
Mail-In Registration: Mail In Weed Tour Registration.
Date: Weed Tour – Wednesday & Thursday, July 15 & 16, 2015
Price: $145/person – includes lunches and dinner on Wednesday
Tour includes transportation, lunch and beverages for both days and dinner on the evening of July 16.
Date: Golf Tournament – Tuesday, July 14, 2015
Price: $40/person – includes lunch
Location: Lake Shastina Golf Resort, 5925 Country Club Dr., Weed, CA 96094
The tour will highlight local forestry operations including industrial and small landowners response to wildfire, USFS fuel treatments, Cal Fire fuel management, County management of timberlands around recreational facilities, herbicide trials, seed orchards and most notably a tour of the devastating wildfire that burned thru the town of Weed in September 2014 that made national headlines. We will also visit a glacial mud flow and view meadow restoration.
Dinner on the 15th catered by Raymond Zanni at the Weed Brewery. Lunches will be provided.
Tour Meeting Location: Comfort Inn, Registration from 7-8am with departure at 8am sharp!
CDPR, ODA, IDA, SAF, and ISA Arborist/Tree worker have been applied for and will be available.
The newly remodeled Comfort Inn: 1844 Shastina Dr, Weed, CA 96094
$94.99 /night king + tax
$104.99/night double queen deluxe+ tax
$113.99/night king suite + tax
We have a block of rooms held at discounted rates from July 14-16th under “Ca Forest Pest Council-Weed Tour”
For more information or questions please contact Danielle Lindler, fvmc1979@gmail.com, 530-938-3785
Target Audience – Arborists in San Mateo, Santa Clara, and Santa Cruz Counties
Date: September 30, 2014
Location: Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve; Stanford University, 4001 Sand Hill Road; Woodside, CA 94062.
Registration: Click to register online
Registration for this event is now closed! We have reached the maximum number of registrants for this event.
Continuing Education Credits –
DPR Other: 2.5
ISA: 4.5
Objectives
Summary
This training combines indoor and outdoor activities to sharpen insect and disease diagnostic and management skills for arborists working in urban areas of the South Bay. Arborists are the first line of defense against urban forest invasive species such as the polyphagous shot hole borer, which was recently trapped near Los Gatos and is causing dramatic damage on a broad range of trees in southern California.
This workshop focuses on recognition and management of hardwood and conifer invasive tree pests, such as pitch canker, sudden oak death, and other urban forest health problems. Attendees will receive up-to-date information on current issues threatening local urban areas and have an opportunity to fine-tune field skills. Ted Swiecki’s 2013 sudden oak death management guide will also be provided.
Continuing Education Units
ISA and DPR credits will be available.
Workshop Organizers: California Forest Pest Council; Western Chapter, International Society of Arboriculture; California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, Urban Forestry; and USDA Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station and Forest Health Protection.
9:15 – 9:45 a.m. Registration – Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve; Stanford University, 4001 Sand Hill Road; Woodside, CA 94062
9:45 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Indoor Session
Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve, Leslie Shao-ming Sun Field Station
9:45 – 9:50 Welcome – Susan Frankel, USDA Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station
9:50 – 10:10 Looking for the Polyphagous Shot Hole Borer – Steve Seybold, USDA Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research
Station
10:15 – 10:35 Practical Realities to Tree Health Care – Ralph Mize, City of San Jose
10:40 – 10:55 Emerging Invasive Species – Igor Lacan, UCCE, San Francisco Bay Area
11:00 – 11:20 Pitch Canker Diagnosis and Management – Tom Gordon, UC Davis
11:25 – 11:50 Sudden Oak Death Diagnosis and Management – Matteo Garbelotto, UC Berkeley
12:00 Depart for Lunch and Field Session
12:30 – 1:00 Lunch – picnic (provided)
1:00 – 3:00 p.m. – Field Detection Huddart Park, 1100 Kings Mountain Rd, Woodside
Polyphagous Shot Hole Borer Trapping Demonstration – Tom Coleman, USFS FS, Forest Health Protection, San Bernardino
Pitch Canker – Tom Gordon, UC Davis
Sudden Oak Death Sampling and Symptoms – Matteo Garbelotto, UC Berkeley
Other Local Pests and Concerns – Andrew Sutherland, UCCE Alameda County
Insect and Disease Considerations for Evaluating Hazard Trees – David Chambers, UCCE Santa Cruz County
2:45 – 3:00 Recap, Questions, and Answers – Susan Frankel, USFS Pacific Southwest Research Station
3:00 p.m. – Adjourn
Agenda is subject to change.
For any questions or concerns please contact Katie Palmieri at kpalmieri@berkeley.edu