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
Topics: Tree Genetics; spray technique demonstration with spot gun; fountain fire thinning; herbicide alternatives; operational test of milestone/hexazinone; fuel break establishment and maintenance; soil tilling effect; ponderosa fire reforestation; and brush control following fire.
$138 per person for July 16 & 17 field tour
$86 per student for field tour
To register online click link: Online Registration
Tour includes transportation, lunch and beverages for both days and dinner on the evening of July 16.
Transportation will be provided. Buses will depart for tour at 8:00 A.M sharp.
$67 per person – includes 18 holes, golf cart, range balls and dinner following golf tournament.
Tournament starts at 11:30am at Gold Hills Golf Club, 1950 Gold Hills Dr., Redding, CA.
Registration for the Golf Tournament is due by July 12th.
To register online click link: Online Registration
To mail in registration click link: Mail in Registration
Click on the links for each days agenda.
Holiday Inn
1900 Hilltop Dr.
Redding, CA 96002
530-221-7500
Other area lodging:
Best Western, 2300 Hilltop Dr., Redding, CA, 530-221-6100
La Quinta, 2180 Hilltop Dr., Redding , CA, 530-221-8200
Oxford Suites, 1967 Hilltop Dr., Redding, CA, 530-221-0100
Topics: Organic herbicides/Vegetation management on State Parks and State Forest/Caspar thinning plots/JDSF herbicide treatment and thinning plots/Noxious weed control: broom, iceplant, gorse, pampas grass, tansy ragwort/Ragwort flea beetle IPM/Microtus control & study/PCT/hardwood control/Balsam woolly adelgid/Hack and squirt hardwood & blueblossom/Hack stump trials/Foliar applications for herbaceous competition/Tanoak competition studies/Bear damage/Eucalyptus control
$120 per person for July 17 & 18 field tour
$75 per student for field tour
FIll out and mail form to register for this event: Weed Tour Registration Form
Online Registrationa by credit card: Online Registration
Tour includes transportation, lunch and beverages for both days and dinner on the evening of July 17.
Cal Forest Nursery will provide morning refreshments at 7:00 A.M, during the registration. Transportation will be provided. No vehicles allowed on tour. Buses will depart for tour at 8:00 A.M sharp.
$60 per person – includes 18 holes, golf cart, range balls and BBQ following golf tournament.
FIll out and mail form to register for this event: Golf Tournament Registration Form
Emerald Dolphin Inn (Host hotel) Surf Motel
1211 South Main Street (Hwy 1) 1220 S. Main Street (Hwy 1)
Fort Bragg CA 95437 Fort Bragg, CA 95437
707-964-6699 800-339-5361
http://emeralddolphin.com/ http://www.surfmotelfortbragg.com/
Reserve by JUNE 16th to get group rate. Reserve by JUNE 16th to get group rate
Mention you are with : CFPC Mention you are with: CFPC
$82.50/night or 25% discount) ($74-Q, $84-K or $94 double occup)
Other area lodging:
Harbor Lite Lodge, 120 North Harbor Dr., Fort Bragg 800-643-2700 http://harborlitelodge.com/
Holiday Inn Express, 250 West Hwy 20, Fort Bragg, 707-964-1100
Contact Heather Morrison (clfa@volcano.net; (707) 964-4815) or Mark Gray (MGray@spi-ind.com, (530) 378-8187
Admission is FREE and the public is welcome!
Where and when to meet:
The event starts at 8am at the Taylor Creek Visitor Center, located on Visitor Center Rd off of Emerald Bay Rd.
The Taylor Creek Visitor Center is located approximately 3 miles north of South Lake Tahoe on the lake side of Highway 89. The Visitor Center entrance is just past the entrance to the Tallac Historic Site and Fallen Leaf Lake Road.
Click here to view information on the Taylor Creek Visitors Center and where it is located.
Topics and stops on the tour:
We will be making stops to post-Angora Fire and new pest activity at Taylor Creek Visitor Center, local Tahoe neighborhood, and Spooner State Park.
Contact Beverly Bulaon (bbulaon@fs.fed.us; 209) 532-3671 ext. 323) or Martin MacKenzie (mmackenzie@fs.fed.us, (209) 532-3671 ext. 242)
The potential for accidental, long-distance transport of invasive insects and pathogens in untreated firewood has become a topic of considerable concern in North America. The issue has been the subject of national-scale public awareness campaigns in both the U.S. and Canada, as well as similar campaigns by individual states and provinces. Currently, a majority of U.S. states have imposed restrictions on firewood movement, in some cases enforced with fines or other penalties for violations. Nevertheless, despite this attention, there has been little quantitative analysis of the risks posed by recreational movement of firewood. This may be partially explained by a lack of data on firewood transport and utilization by campers. In this webinar, the presenter will provide some context regarding firewood and forest pests, and will also discuss what has been learned about this issue through indirect analysis of camper travel patterns rather than their actual use of firewood.
For information on this webinar put on by the southern regional extension foresty please go to this website:
