California Forest Pest Council

Thank you all for making the 60th Annual California Forest Pest Council meeting a huge success! Click on the links below to view pictures from the conference as well as the Book of Abstracts! The presenter’s Power Point presentations will be available to view soon!

Photo’s of the meeting – coming soon!

Meeting Abstract Book – CFPC 2011 Book of Abstracts

“If the Forest Could Tweet:
California Forest Insect and Disease Updates”

Tuesday, November 15, 2011

9:30 – 10:30 am  Registration

10:30 –10:35  Welcome – Bob Rynearson, California Forest Pest Council Chairperson; W. M. Beaty and Associates

• Remembering Fields Cobb

10:35– 10:55  2011 Forest Conditions - Tom Smith, California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection

10:55 – 11:55  Special Session: Pesticide Laws and Regulations – Moderator:  Scott Johnson, Wilbur-Ellis Company

•  Pesticide Laws and Regulations Update – Inspector for a Day; Dave Bakke, USDA FS, Forest Health Protection

12:55 – 2:05  Disease Committee Meeting – Moderator:  Patricia Maloney, Disease Committee Secretary; UC Davis

• An Update on the Taxonomy, Hosts, and Current Taxonomic Research on Dwarf Mistletoes in California – Robert Mathiasen, Northern Arizona University
• Secrets of the Subterranean Pathosystem of Armillaria  – Kendra Baumgartner, USDA Agricultural Research Service
• What’s Happened to Names of Annosus Root Disease: Update on Status of H. annosum, H. parviporum, H. irregular? – Matteo Garbelotto, UC Berkeley
• High-Elevation White Pines of California: Blister Rust Surveys, Conservation, and Restoration-  Patricia Maloney, UC Davis
• Cypress Canker, Seiridium cardinale: An Overview with New Insights on Pathogen Origin -  Matteo Garbelotto, UC Berkeley
• Expanding the Host Range of the Pitch Canker Pathogen Beyond the Pinaceae: Fusarium circinatum as Symptomless Endophyte of Grasses (Poaceae) – Cassandra Swett, UC Davis
• Disease Committee Business Meeting – Tom Smith, Disease Committee Chairperson

4:00 – 5:30 Poster Session and Social

5:30 Adjourn for day

Wednesday, November 16, 2011

7:30 – 8:00 am  Registration

8:00 – 8:05 Welcome – Bob Rynearson, CFPC Chairperson; W. M. Beaty and Associates

8:05 – 9:45  New and Noteworthy – Moderator:  Julie Lydick, USDA Forest Service, State and Private Forestry

•  Goldspotted Oak Borer Update – Tom Coleman, USDA Forest Service
•  Red Palm Weevil – David Pegos, CA Department of Food and Agriculture
•  First Detection of Raffaelea canadensis on Avocado: Should we be Concerned for our Forests? - Akif Eskalen, UC Riverside
•  Sudden Oak Death Updates – Dave Rizzo, UC Davis

Two Exotic Tree Diseases with Different Biological Consequences:

•  Alder Rust in California Nurseries – Cheryl Blomquist, CA Department of Food and Agriculture
•  Phytophthora ramorum on Camphor Trees in Mill Valley, CA – Suzanne Rooney-Latham, CA Department of Food and Agriculture

9:45 – 10:15 BREAK

10:15 – 11:25  Insect Committee Meeting – Forest Insects in California – Moderator:  Danny Cluck, Insect Committee Chairperson; USDA FS, Forest Health Protection

• Pinyon Pine Needle Scale Outbreak in Nevada – Gail Durham, Nevada Division of Forestry
• The Semiochemical Saga:  Continued Research on Verbenone Plus for Small-Scale Stand Protection – Chris Dabney, USDA
  FS, Pacific Southwest Research Station
• Preliminary Results of Monitoring Mountain Pine Beetle Life Cycle Timing and Phloem Temperatures at Multiple Elevations and Latitudes in California - Sheri Smith, USDA FS, Forest Health Protection
• Insect Committee Business Meeting – Danny Cluck, Insect Committee Chairperson

11:25 – 12:00 Managing Firewood – Moderator:  Don Owen, California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection

•  Patterns of Firewood and Forest Pests Brought to California in 2011 – Matthew Bokach, USDA FS, Forest Health Protection

12:00 – 1:15  LUNCH  (Provided)

12:30– 1:15 CFPC Business Meeting

1:15– 2:15  Managing Hazard Trees – Moderator:  Pete Angwin, US Forest Service, Forest Health Protection

•  Illusions and Consequences in Tree Risk Assessment: When Law and Arboriculture Collide – Dennis Yniguez, Tree Decisions

Break   2:15 – 2:30

 2:30 – 3:45 Focus on Northwest California Forest Health  – Moderator:  Greg Guisti, UC Cooperative Extension,
Mendocino County

• Redwood Symposium, Bishop Pine Decline – Greg Guisti, UCCE Mendocino
• Black Bear Damage to Conifer Plantations: A Growing Concern for Forest Management in Hoopa and Beyond – Mark Higley, Hoopa Tribe
• Bear and Bait Trap Video – Mark Higley, Hoopa Tribe
• Forest Pathogen Dynamics in Old-Growth White fir/Douglas-fir Forests of Northwestern California – Ashley Hawkins, UC Davis
• Heart Rot Fungi and Plant Community Composition in Coniferous Forests of Northwestern California – Nikos Najarian, Humboldt State University

3:45 – 4:30  Special Papers – Moderator:  Kim Camilli, California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection

• Pityophthorus boycei: A Little Known Twig Beetle - Martin MacKenzie, USDA Forest Service
• Mapping the risk of establishment and spread of sudden oak death in California -  Danny Cluck, USDA FS, Forest Health Protection

4:30  ADJOURN

Save the Dates and Mark Your Calendars Now!!

Date:

November 15th & 16th, 2011

Registration:

Click on the link for online registration: Online Registration Link 

If you would like to register my mail, click on the mail registration link: Mail-In Registration Form – PDF, Mail-In Registration Form – Word Document

Registration will be available at the door by check or cash only. We are not equiped to handle debit or credit cards.

Agenda:

The agenda for the meeting can by found by clicking on the link below
-2011 Meeting Agenda

Don Dahlsten Memorial Fund – Invitation and Announcement to Students:

The CFPC encourages students to participate in the annual meeting by presenting a poster or a talk. The council is providing travel grants for those that apply and qualify. For more information and details please click on the link below.
- Don Dahlsten Memorial Fund Invitation and Announcement

Poster Session:

For those interested in prestenting a poster at the meeting this year, please click on the link below for details.
Poster Information and Requirements

Location:

Pacific SW Region, US Forest Service Wildland Fire Training & Conference Center
3237 Peacekeeper Way
McClellan, CA 95652
Click Here for Driving Directions

Please Enter Through “Main Training Center Entrance” door noted on map.
Click here for Wildland Fire Training & Conference Center Map

Hotel:

Hotel accommodations within walking distance from this year’s CFPC meeting are
available the nights of 11/14, 11/15, and 11/16 at:

LIONS GATE HOTEL
3410 Westover Street (McClellan Park)
Sacramento, CA 95652

http://www.lionsgatehotel.com/

The room rate is $84 (+ tax), and includes a complimentary hot breakfast and
shuttle service to and from Sacramento International Airport.   All
shuttle rides must be scheduled 24 hours in advance and are based on
availability.

The room block will be held until November 9, 2011.

To make a reservation, call (877) 215-9656 and refer to booking code:
CFPC11.

DPR CREDITS

Day 1: Laws & Regulations: 1.0, Other: 3.0
Day 2: Other: 6.0

SAF CREDITS

Day 1: 3.5  Category 1CF
Day 2: 6.0 Category 1CF

The Insect, Disease and Animal Damage Tour will be held in the Fort Bragg area this year.

The Field tour will focus on coastal pine forest pest problems in Mendocino County Topics to bve covered include sudden oak death management, insect, disease rengeration and management of coastal pines and pathogen management in wildland, rural and urbanizing environements.

Meeting Location:
College of the Redwood
1211 Del Mar DriveRoom 112
Fort Bragg, CA

Tour Date: July 26th, 2011  

Tour Time: 9:30Am

Tour Agenda: Tour Agenda

Most of the field trip will be in the woods, come prepared for the outdoors and bring your own lunch.

CE Credits fromDPR have been approved

For more information contact Tom Smith 916-599-6882 or tom.smith@fire.ca.gov

Insect, Disease, Animal Damage, & Weed Committees Tour

Dates: July 13 & 14Location: Calaveras and Tuolumne Counties near Murphys, CA

TOPICS

Western pine beetle management Plantation/ IPM management Insecticide injection mortality protection/ giant sequoia establishment and management/ giant sequoia sensitivity to herbicides/ fuel hazard reductions and wildfire fuel breaks/ prescribed fire and herbicide use for brush reduction/ Velpar and Velossa product results on SP, IC and GS/ high elevation multi-species plantation management/ gopher baiting/ climate change test plots/ IPM on right of Way management/ Insect canopy research in giant sequoia/ cattle grazing as weed abatement/ biomass for pest and disease control/ aerial conifer release/ forest to oak woodland site conversion/ Annosus root disease & mistletoe treatments/ Landslide regeneration treatments/ aspen regeneration.

 TOUR PRE-REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Registration Fee:      
$120.00 per person for July 13 & 14 Field Tour
$75.00 Student Rate per person for July 13 & 14 Field Tour

Includes information packet, transportation, lunch and beverages for both days and a BBQ dinner the evening of July 13^th.

Golf Tournament (optional)
 $50.00 per person, scheduled for July 12^th at Forest Meadows. Please refer to flyer for the 11^th Annual Weed Tour Golf Tournament.

14.5 Continuing Education Credits for CA PCA, QAL, QAC & Private Applicator Certificates

REGISTRATION: Murphys Suites, Highway 4, Murphys, CA. 7:00 A.M. on July 13^th

1^st Day        Cal Forest Nursery will provide coffee, muffins, bagels and fruit at 7:00 a.m. at registration. No vehicles are allowed on tour, except for pre-approved vehicles. Transportation will be provided. Buses leave at 8:00 AM sharp.

 2^nd Day       Dupont will provide coffee, muffins, bagels and fruit at 7:00 a.m. at registration. No vehicles are allowed on tour, except for pre-approved vehicles. Transportation will be provided. Buses leave at 8:00 AM sharp.

Please click on the links below for more information:

Golf Tournament: July 12th – Golf Tour Brochure

Field Tour Dates: July 13th & July 14th – Field Trip Agenda

CDPR Accreditation approval for tour:
Day  Laws    Aerial    Other    Total
1        2.0      0.0      5.5         7.5
2        2.5      1.0      3.5         7.0

Idaho Dept. of Agriculture CEU approved credits:
7 hours

Registration Information   – Please fill out the form below and mail registration to Steve Kafka, P.O. Box 132, Martell, CA 95654
     – Registration Form

Online Registration: http://www.eventbrite.com/event/1825007647

Thank you all for making the 59th Annual California Forest Pest Council meeting a huge success! Click on the links below to view pictures from the conference as well as the presenter’s Power Point presentations.

Photo’s of the meeting

Meeting Abstract Book – CFPC 2010 Book of Abstracts: The Changing Forests of California

Meeting Agenda with PowerPoint Presentations
- Click on the title of the presentation you would like to view as a PDF.

Tuesday, November 16, 2010

1)  Remembrances of Andi koonce and Dick Parmeter- Provided by Paul Zambino and Det Vogler, USDA Forest Service.

2) 2010 Forest Conditions -  Beverly Bulaon and Phil Cannon, USDA FS, Forest Health Protection.

3)  California Insect and Disease Atlas (CAIDA) WebGIS – Zhanfeng Liu, USDA FS, Forest Health Protection.

4) Effects of Fire Seasonality and Severity on Ponderosa Pine Resistance to Bark Beetles in Northeastern California-Amanda Garcia Grady, USDA FS, Forest Health Protection, and others.

5) Forest Soil Arthropods in the High Canopy of California’s Coastal Redwoods: Community Structure and Dynamics – Michael Camann, Humboldt State University, and others.

6) Firewood Movement: A Threat to California’s Forests – Matthew Bokach, USDA FS, Forest Health Protection, and others.

7)  Update on Pitch Canker in California – Tom Gordon, UC Davis.

8)  White Pine Blister Rust Research at the Institute of Forest Genetics after Major-Gene Resistance – Annette Delfino Mix, USDA FS Pacific Southwest Research Station, and others

9) True Fir Dwarf Mistletoe in the Sierras: Long-Term Growth and Mortality Trends – Heather Mehl, UC Davis, and others

10) An Overview of Mistletoes on Hardwoods in California – Katy Mallams, USDA FS, Forest Health Protection.

11) Potential Impacts of Court-Ordered Injunctions on Pesticide Use and the Protection of Endangered Species – Leopoldo Moreno, California Department of Pesticide Regulation.

Wednesday, November 17, 2010

1) Forest Stand Impacts Associated with the Goldspotted Oak Borer, Agrilus auroguttatus, in Native and Introduced Oak Woodlands – Tom Coleman, USDA Forest Service, and others.

2) Fungal Species Associated with Coast Live Oak (Quercus agrifolia) Mortality in Southern California – Akif Eskalen, UC Riverside, and others.

3) Thousand Cankers – Steve Seybold, USDA Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station.

4) Phytophthora ramorum and Sudden Oak Death in Forestlands – Yana Valachovic, UCCE Humboldt and Del Norte.

5)  Forest Responses to Increasing Aridity and Warmth in the Southwestern United States – Park Williams, UC Santa Barbara, and others.

6) Using Provenance Tests to Understand Forest Responses to Climate Change – Jessica Wright, USDA Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station.

7) Pinyon-Juniper/Shrublands Long-Term Successional Trends: Implications for Woodland Health and Management- Robin Tausch USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station.

8 ) Changes and Challenges to High Elevation Conifers of the White Mountains, California -  John Louth, USDA Forest Service, Inyo National Forest.

9) Renewable Landscapes: Climate and Health as Drivers of Change in High Sierran Ecosystems – Constance Millar, USDA Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station, and others.

10)Western Wildlands Environmental Threats Assessment Center – Nancy Grulke, WWETAC.

11)Observations and Projections of Sudden Oak Death-Induced Tanoak Mortality at Point Reyes National Seashore: A Tale of Two Forest Types – Ben Ramage, UC Berkeley, and others.

12) Blackstain Root Disease in Eastside Pine, a Brief Overview of Ongoing Research – Bill Otrosina, USDA Forest Service, Southern Research Station, Athens, Georgia.

13) Redbay Ambrosia Beetle and Laurel Wilt: A Destructive Duo in the Southeast and a Potential Threat to California – Don Duerr, USDA Forest Service, Forest Health Protection, Atlanta, GA.

14) Emerald Ash Borer: Biology, Impacts, and Management – Andrew Storer, Michigan Technological University.

15) Asian Longhorned Beetle Infestation in Massachusetts – Michael Bohne, USDA, Forest Service, Forest Health Protection, Durham, NH.

“The Changing Forests of California”

Date: November 16 – 17, 2010
Time: Tuesday 16th – 11:30am to 7:30pm &  Wednesday 17th – 7:30am to 4:30pm

Meeting Overview:

Forest insect and disease issues and challenges will be presented and discussed, including topics on damaging insects and pathogens not yet found in California forests as well as climate change induced stress on pines.  Attendees will also have the opportunity to attend an evening poster session and social on 11/16.  Refreshments will be provided both meeting days, with lunch offered on the 11/17.

Tuesday, November 16 (all sessions are open to all interested)

Welcome and 2010 Forest Conditions – Overview
Insect Committee – Forest Insects in California
Disease Committee – Forest Diseases in California
Pesticides – Laws and Regulations
Posters and Social

Wednesday, November 17

California Forest Insect and Disease Challenges
Climate Change – How will Pines Fare?
Lunch – provided
CFPC Business Meeting
On the Lookout for Tomorrow’s Threats to California’s Forests
Southern CA Tree Mortality

Location:

Pacific SW Region, US Forest Service Wildland Fire Training & Conference Center
3237 Peacekeeper Way
McClellan, CA 95652
Click here for Driving Directions

Please Enter Through “Main Training Center Entrance” door noted on map.
Click here for Wildland Fire Training & Conference Center Map

Hotel:

Lions Gate Hotel
3410 Westover Street
Sacramento, (McClellan Park) CA, 95652
916-643-6222

The Lions Gate Hotel (www.lionsgatehotel.com) is within walking distance from the CFPC meeting location at the Wildland Fire Training and Conference Center (3237 Peacekeeper Way; McClellan, CA  95652).  Lions Gate will be offering a hotel conference room rate until October 26, 2010 for attendees interested in overnight accommodations.  For reservations, contact Lions Gate Hotel at (916) 643-6222 and refer to the booking code: CFPC. Hotel check-in time is 3 p.m. and check-out time is 12 p.m.

Local Area Restaurants:

There are a variety of great restaurants near the Conference Center. Click here for a list of local area restaurants.

Pre-Meeting Announcements:

Don Dahlsten Memorial Scholarship

Poster Announcement

CFPC Annual Meeting Registration and Agenda Information:

Agenda: CFPC 2010 Annual Meeting Agenda

Registration: Choose either online or mail in registration

Online registration link:  CFPC Online Registration

Mail-in registration form: Check payments are also accepted by printing off the registration form (59th Annual Meeting Registration Form) and mailing in the registration.

Please make checks payable to CFPC and return to:
Kim Camilli
CDF Fire Station #12
635 N Santa Rosa
San Luis Obispo, CA 93405

PLEASE NOTE THE EARLY REGISTRATION DEADLINE IS NOVEMBER 12, 2010.

Continuing Education Credits:

DPR Credits:
Day 1:   1.0 – Laws and Regulations, 2.5 – Other
Day 2:   5.0 – Other

SAF Credits:
Day 1:   4.0 – Category 1
Day 2:   5.0 – Category 1

The California Forest Pest Conditions Report are an important part of California history regarding forest insects and diseases that have impacted the forests of the state in past years.  Many of the older copies existed as one bound copy in a library. Recently we have had these copies scanned and are now available via the web for viewing and enjoyment.

To view a past conditions report please click link below.

California Forest Pest Conditions Reports – 1990 thru 2011:
http://www.fs.fed.us/r5/spf/publications/pestconditions/index.shtml

California Forest Pest Report – 1989

California Forest Pest Report – 1988

California Forest Pest Report – 1987

California Forest Pest Report – 1986

California Forest Pest Report – 1985

California Forest Pest Report – 1984

California Forest Pest Report – 1983

California Forest Pest Report – 1982

California Forest Pest Report – 1981

California Forest Pest Report – 1980

California Forest Pest Report – 1979

California Forest Pest Report – 1978

California Forest Pest Report – 1977

California Forest Pest Report – 1976

California Forest Pest Report – 1975

California Forest Pest Report – 1974

California Forest Pest Report – 1973

California Forest Pest Report – 1972

California Forest Pest Report – 1971

California Forest Pest Report – 1970

California Forest Pest Report – 1969

California Forest Pest Report – 1968

California Forest Pest Report – 1967

California Forest Pest Report – 1966

California Forest Pest Report – 1965

California Forest Pest Report – 1964

California Forest Pest Report – 1963

California Forest Pest Report – 1962

California Forest Pest Report – 1961

California Forest Pest Report – 1960

The 2009 California Forest Pest Conditions Report is completed!  This publication could not have be done without everyone’s input and time, thank you for those that contributed!

The file is fairly large (28MB) so please be patient when downloading.

2009 California Forest Pest Conditions Report

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

The information presented below are resolutions and communications in the form of letters with other agencies that were adopted by the CFPC members and/or the CFPC Executive Board.

• The Continental Dialogue on Non?Native Forest Insects and Diseases (“Dialogue”) – APHIS’ Agricultural Quarantine Inspection User Fees
• Board of Forestry and Fire Protection Memo to Del Walters – Cal Fire Program Nursery Program Cuts
• Board of Forestry and Fire Protection – GSOB Prevention of Spread Justification
• Board of Forestry and Fire Protection – GSOB Informative Memo 8-25-09