California Forest Pest Council

Agenda (PDF, 68 KB)

Carbon Management Issues and Prospects

Keynote: The Impacts of Vegetation Management on Carbon Sequestration (PDF, 4.6 MB)

Dr. Robert F. Powers, USDA Forest Service, PSW Research Station, Redding

Carbon Cycle and the Role of Forestry (PDF, 2.5 MB)

Dr. Dale Johnson, University of Nevada, Reno

Benefits of Biomass Power Generation as a Fossil Fuel Offset (PDF, 216 KB)

Dr. Greg Morris, Green Power Institute, Berkeley

Carbon Accounting Protocols for Forestry: A Review & Comparison (PDF, 69 KB)

Dr. Steve Mader, CH2M Hill, Portland, OR

Cumulative Effects Issues

Cumulative Effects Issues – CDFFP Perspective (PDF, 150 KB)

Bill Snyder, California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection, Sacramento

DPR’s Regulatory Program & CEQA Functional Equivalency (PDF, 71 KB)

Mark S. Rentz, Esq., California Department of Pesticide Regulation, Sacramento

Cumulative Effects Issues – A Forester Perspective (PDF, 1 MB)

Arne Hultgren, Roseburg Resources Co., Weed

Laws & Regulations

Pesticide Monitoring in Forest Streams (PDF, 2.2 MB)

Dr. Kean S. Goh, Environmental Program Manager, Surface Water Protection, California Department of Pesticide Regulation, Sacramento

US EPA/USFWS Red–Legged Frog Pesticide Consultation Status (PDF, 177 KB)

Scott Johnson, Wilbur-Ellis Company, Sacramento

Revisiting 2-4,D and Atrazine (PDF, 5.8 MB)

Bruce Kelpsas, Helena Chemical Company, Corvallis, OR

The 57^th annual meeting of the California Forest Pest Council will provide the membership a chance to review 2008 California forest health status and issues, formulate and vote on resolutions and address topics of special concern. Membership in the CFPC is granted to anyone attending the meetings.

Tuesday, November 18, will cover issues in animal damage, forest insects and pathogens, and conclude with a social, and a poster session featuring “What’s wrong with my tree? Stump the Experts”. Participants are encouraged to bring in samples for identification.

Wednesday, November 19 includes an overview of new and notable pest activity and the featured topic: California Forest Health: A Practical Approach, and a Case Study in Managing Forest Health Issues: The Lake Tahoe Basin.

• CFPC Meeting Announcement, Registration Form and Agenda (PDF)

• Click here to register online via active.com.

We look forward to seeing you!

CALIFORNIA FOREST PEST COUNCIL
55^th ANNUAL MEETING

Featured Topic: Forest Health in Northeastern California

November 14-15, 2006

Heidrick Ag. Center
1962 Hays Lane, Woodland, CA

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Insect Committee 11/14 Disease Committee 11/14 General Session 11/15

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November 14^th2006

INSECT COMMITTEE MEETING- Dave Schultz, Chair

• Welcome to Fall Meeting of Insect Committee – Brief mention of Summer Insect & Disease Field Meeting
  Dave Schultz, Chair, USDA-FS, Redding. dschultz01@fs.fed.us; Beverly Bulaon, Secretary, USDA-FS, Sonora. bbulaon@fs.fed.us
• Control of Forest Lepidoptera with LASTCALL Attract and Kill Technology
  Darek Czokajlo, Forests Alive, Inc., Marylhurst, OR. dczokajlo@comcast.net
• The Role of Ambrosia and Bark Beetles in Sudden Oak Death
  Brice McPherson, UC Berkeley, aoxomoxo@nature.berkeley.edu
• Delayed Conifer Mortality Following Fire in California
  Danny Cluck, Entomologist, USDA-FS, Susanville. dcluck@fs.fed.us
• Efficacy of Verbenone Flakes for Area-Wide and Individual Tree Protection from Attack by Mountain Pine Beetles
  Don Owen, Entomologist, CDF&FP, Redding. Don.Owen@fire.ca.gov
• Phoresy Rates and Spore Loads of an Exotic Pathogen, Fusarium Circinatum¸ on Native Bark Beetles Induce Resistance to F. Circinatum in Natural Monterey Pine Forests
  Nadir Erbilgin, UC Berkeley, erbilgin@nature.berkeley.edu
• Douglas-Fir Tussock Moth Outbreak on Shasta-Trinity National Forest
  Dave Schultz, Entomologist, USDA-FS Redding, dschultz01@fs.fed.us
• Business Meeting. Resolutions, Announcements and Election

DISEASE COMMITTEE MEETING-Bill Woodruff, Chair

Welcome, Summer Insect & Disease Committee Meeting
Bill Woodruff, Chair, USDA FS Susanville,wwoodruff@fs.fed.us;
Tom Smith, Secretary, CDF, Davis,tom.smith@fire.ca.gov

• 2006 California Tree Diseases
  Tim Tidwell, CDFA Plant Pest Diagnostic Center, ttidwell@cdfa.ca.gov
• Resistance to Western Gall Rust in Ponderosa Pine
  Detlev Vogler, USDA Forest Service, PSW Institute of Forest Genetics, dvogler@fs.fed.us
• 
  Final Report: 5-Needle-pine Blister Rust Survey in California (not posted at presenter’s request)
  Patricia Maloney, UC Davis - patricia-maloney@sbcglobal.net
• The Institute of Forest Genetics Past, Present and Future
  Annette Delfino-Mix, USDA Forest Service, PSW Institute of Forest Genetics, amix@fs.fed.us
• Genotype to Phenotype: Understanding the Association between Natural Genetic Variation and Complex Traits in Forest Trees
  David Neale, UC Davis, dbneale@ucdavis.edu
• 2006 CFPC Meeting Monitoring Streams for Phytophthora ramorum
  Shannon Murphy, UC Davis, skmurphy@ucdavis.edu
• Annosus Root Disease and SPORAX^®
  Bill Woodruff, USDA FS, Susanville, wwoodruff@fs.fed.us
• Disease Business meeting — Election of committee officers

Wednesday, November 15^th2006 — General Session

Featured Topic: Forest Health in Northeastern California

• Update on Southern California Forest Health
  Glenn Barley, California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, Glenn.Barley@fire.ca.gov
• Sudden Oak Death Update
  Dave Rizzo, Professor, Department of Plant Pathology, UC-Davis, dmrizzo@ucdavis.edu
• Asian Longhorned Beetle Project for 2006
  Mark Lubinski, California Department of Food and Agriculture, Sacramento, mlubinski@cdfa.ca.gov
• High Risk Seaport Survey for Asian Gypsy Moth
  Mark Lubinski, CDFA
• First Report of Japanese Dodder
  Bob Dowell, CDFA, Sacramento, bdowell@cdfa.ca.gov
• First Report of P. cinnamomi in Oak Woodlands in California
  Dave Shaw, UC Cooperative Extension, San Diego, dshaw@ucdavis.edu
• Red Turpentine Beetle Outbreak, Near Chester in Ponderosa Pines Thinned in 2004; Continuing Outbreak of DIplodia Blight in the Upper Sacramento River Canyon
  Don Owen, California Department of Forestry, Redding, dowen@fire.ca.gov

Featured Topic: Forest Health in Northeastern California

Moderator: Dave Evans, USDA Forest Service, Silviculturist Lassen NF, devans01@fs.fed.us

• Historical Changes to Forests in Northeastern California
  Tom Rickman, Wildlife Biologist, Eagle Lake Ranger District, trickman@fs.fed.us
• Insects and Pathogens of Northeastern California
  Sheri Smith, USDA-FS, Supervisory Entomologist, NE California Shared Services Area, Susanville, ssmith@fs.fed.us
• Maintaining Structure and Minimizing Mortality in an Interior Ponderosa Pine Forest: the Blacks Mountain Project
  Martin Ritchie, Redding Silviculture Laboratory, Pacific Southwest Research Station, Redding, mritchie@fs.fed.us
• Challenges in Maintaining a Healthy Forest in Northeastern California
  Dave Evans, devans01@fs.fed.us

Afternoon

• CFPC Business Meeting; Scott Johnson, CFPC Chairman, mbohne@fs.fed.us
• Overview of Animal Damage in California Forests
  Greg Giusti, UC Coop. Extension, gagiusti@ucdavis.edu

Panel: Managing Forest Insects And Pathogens: What Can Be Done?

Moderator: Jack Marshall, California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, Willits, Jack.Marshall@fire.ca.gov

• The Effectiveness of Vegetation Management Practices for Mitigating the Impacts of Bark Beetles on Forest Ecosystems
  Jose Negron, Research Entomologist, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Fort Collins; jnegron@fs.fed.us
• Suppressing Phytophthora ramorum in Humboldt County
  Yana Valachovic, Forest Advisor, UCCE Humboldt County, Eureka. yvala@ucdavis.edu
• Eradication of Phytophthora lateralis, Cause of Port Orford Cedar Root Disease at Scott Camp Creek
  Dave Schultz, USDA-FS, Entomologist, Northern California Service Center, Redding, dschultz01@fs.fed.us
• Manzanita and Phytophthora
  Ted Swiecki, Phytosphere Research, Vacaville, phytosphere@phytosphere.com
• Update on Pesticide Laws and Regulations: CDPR’s Enforcement Response Policy
  Ralph Shields; Department of Pesticide Regulation, Environmental Monitoring Branch, Sacramento, CA,rshields@cdpr.ca.gov

Adjourn

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CALIFORNIA FOREST PEST COUNCIL
54^th ANNUAL MEETING

California Forest Health Issues: An Update and Focus on the Southern Sierra Nevada

November 15-16, 2005

Heidrick Ag. Center
1962 Hays Lane, Woodland, CA

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Insect Committee 11/15 Disease Committee 11/15 General Session 11/16

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November 15^th 2005

INSECT COMMITTEE MEETING- Chris Fettig, Chair

• Systemic Insecticide Injections for Protection of Conifers Against Bark Beetles
  Donald M. Grosman, Texas Forest Service, Forest Pest Management
• Development of Semiochemical-Based Tools for Protecting Ponderosa Pine from Western Pine Beetle Infestations in Northern California
  Stephen R. McKelvey, USDA Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station
• Refining the Aggregation Pheromone of the California Five-spined ips, Ips paraconfusus, in the Central Sierra Nevada
  Steven J. Seybold, USDA Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station
• Development of An Attractant for the Banded Elm Bark Beetle, Scolytus schevyrewi: Results of Field Tests in Reno, NV and Lakewood, CO
  Jana C. Lee, USDA Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station and UC Davis
• Effects Of Nitrogen Additions On Insects Of Pine And Oak
  Michele Eatough Jones, Department of Entomology, UC Riverside
• Insect Committee Business meeting — Election of committee officers

DISEASE COMMITTEE MEETING-Bill Woodruff, Chair

Bill Woodruff, Chair, CFPC Disease
CommitteeUSDA Forest Service, Forest Health Protection, Susanville

• 5-Needle-Pine Blister Rust Survey in California
  Joan Dunlap, USDA Forest Service, and Patricia Maloney, UC Davis
• Survival and Viability of the Pitch Canker Fungus
  Chris Friel, UC Davis
• Pitch Canker Update
  Tom Gordon, UC Davis
• Sudden Oak Death Update
  Janice Alexander, COMTF
• Dwarf Mistletoe Resistance Program
  Paul Stover and Dennis Ringnes, USDA Forest Service
• Disease Business meeting — Election of committee officers

Wednesday, November 16^th 2005 — General Session

California Forest Health Issues: An Update and Focus on the Southern Sierra Nevada

• 2005 California Forest Pest Conditions
  Michael Bohne, USDA Forest Service, Forest Health Protection
• An Overview of the Ecology of the Southern Sierras with a Focus on Insects and Pathogens
  Brian Mattos, Yosemite National Park
• Canopy Gaps and Root Diseases in the Yosemite Valley
  Dave Rizzo and Garey Slaughter, Department of Plant Pathology, UC Davis
• Fungi, Fire and the Fate of Sugar Pine in the Southern Sierra Nevada
  Phillip van Mantgem, U.S. Geological Survey, Western Ecological Research Center
• Douglas-Fir Tussock Moth Status in California
  Beverly Bulaon, USDA Forest Service, Forest Health Protection
• Thinning Using the Uneven-aged Management System, The Kings River Project
  Mark Smith, USDA Forest Service, Sierra National Forest
• Incense Cedar Growth Studies and Observed Mortality
  Freider Schurr, UC-Blodgett Forest

2005 Forest Health Issues Update

• Asian Longhorned Beetle
  Joan Scheiman, California Department of Food and Agriculture
• Mediterranean Pine Engraver, Orthotomicus
  Jana Lee, USDA Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station
• Southern California Bark Beetle Update
  Glenn Barley, Kevin Turner and Thomas Porter, California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection
• True Fir Mortality in the Central Sierras
  John Pronos, USDA Forest Service, Forest Health Protection and
• True Mistletoe in White Fir Stands In the Central Sierra Nevada
  Ed Struffenegger, Sierra Pacific Industries
• Oak Anthracnose
  Don Owen, California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection
• Introduction to the Western Wildlands Environmental Threat Assessment Center
  Terry Shaw, USDA-Forest Service, Senior Scientists, Western Wildlands Environmental Threat Assessment Center
• Use of Pheromone Releasing Flakes for Individual Tree Protection
  Nancy Gillette, Pacific Southwest Research Station
• An Update on Pesticide Laws and Regulations
  Patricia Lesky, Deputy Agricultural Commissioner/Sealer, Amador County Department of Agriculture
• Minutes of 11/16 CFPC Business Meeting/Elections (PDF file)

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CALIFORNIA FOREST PEST COUNCIL
53^rd ANNUAL MEETING

What’s New in Forest Insect and Pathogen Research and Management?

November 9-10, 2004

Heidrick Ag. Center
1962 Hays Lane, Woodland, CA

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November 9^th 2004

DISEASE COMMITTEE MEETING-Bill Woodruff, Chair

Bill Woodruff, Chair, CFPC Disease Committee. USDA Forest Service, Forest Health Protection, Susanville

• What’s happening in USDA- Forest Service, Forest Health Protection?
  Julie Lydick, Director, USDA-FS, Forest Health Protection, Pacific Southwest Region, Vallejo
  Presentation not available at this time
• Oak Decline Investigations in Mexico – a Cooperative Effort (11kb PDF Abstract)
  John Kliejunas, USDA -FS, Forest Health Protection, Pacific Southwest Region, Vallejo
• Highlights of Results for Blister Rust on Colorado Limber and Bristlecone Pine: Inoculation Conditions, Host Phenology, and Suggestions for Screening High-Elevation White Pines
  Det Vogler, USDA FS, Institute of Forest Genetics, Pacific Southwest Research Station, Davis
  Presentation not available at this time
• Pathogens and Plant Community Structure in a Sierra Mixed-Conifer Old-Growth Forest — PhD Dissertation
  Tom Smith, California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, Davis
  Presentation not available at this time
• National Hazard Tree Database (792kb PDF file)
  John Pronos, USDA-FS, Forest Health Protection, Sonora, CA
• 2004 High Elevation Five-Needle Pine and White Pine Blister Rust Survey in California (1,636kb PDF file)
  Joan Dunlap, USDA-FS Sugar Pine Blister Rust Program Manager, Placerville; Patricia Maloney, UC Davis; and Dan Duriscoe, National Park Service, Death Valley NP
• Disease Business meeting — Election of committee officers (24kb PDF file)

INSECT COMMITTEE MEETING- Chris Fettig, Chair

• Status of Pinyon Pine Mortality in Northern California
  Sheri L. Smith (Forest Health Protection, USDA Forest Service, Susanville)
  Presentation not available at this time
• Status of Pinyon Pine Mortality in Southern California (2.837kb PDF file)
  Laura Merrill (Forest Health Protection, USDA Forest Service, Riverside)
• Studies on the Aggregation Pheromone of the Pinyon Ips, Ips confusus, in Nevada and the Southwestern United States (2,597kb PDF file)
  Steven J. Seybold, (Pacific Southwest Research Station, USDA Forest Service, Davis), Thomas Eager (Forest Health Protection, USDA Forest Service, Gunnison), Brytten Steed (Forest Health Protection, USDA Forest Service, Ogden), and Sheri L. Smith (Forest Health Protection, USDA Forest Service, Susanville)
• Sudden Oak Death Research: Disease Progression (Watershed Monitoring (and the Role of Scolytid Beetles in the Disease)
  Brice A. McPherson (UC Berkeley), David L. Wood (UC Berkeley), Andrew J. Storer (Michigan Technological University), Pavel Svihra (University of California Cooperative Extension), Sylvia R. Mori (U. S. Forest Service (Albany), Nadir Erbilgin (UC Berkeley), Richard B. Standiford (UC Berkeley), Maggi Kelly (UC Berkeley)
  Presentation not available at this time
• Efficacy of Microencapsulated Pheromone for Mating Disruption of Western Pine Shoot Borer, Eucosma sonomana
  Nancy E. Gillette (Pacific Southwest Research Station, USDA Forest Service, Berkeley), Donald R. Owen (California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, Redding), J. Webster (Total Forestry, Redding) and John D. Stein (Forest Health Technology Enterprise Team, USDA Forest Service, Morgantown)
  Presentation not available at this time
• Disruption of Western Pine Beetle, Dendroctonus brevicomis, Response to Baited Traps with Angiosperm Volatiles and Verbenone (2,743kb PDF file)
  Christopher J. Fettig (Pacific Southwest Research Station, USDA Forest Service, Davis) and Dezene P. Huber (Pacific Southwest Research Station, USDA Forest Service, Davis and University of California, Davis)
• Disease Committee Business meeting — Election of committee officers (39kb PDF file)

November 10^th — General Session

What’s New in Forest Insect and Pathogen Research and Management?

• Forest Conditions 2004
  David Schultz, USDA Forest Service, Forest Health Protection, Redding
  Presentation not available at this time

Focus on Southern California

• Southern CA Die-Off – Status and Update on Treatment Progress (3,320kb PDF file)
  Glenn Barley, Unit Forester, California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, San Bernardino
• Southern CA Edison’s Challenge – Managing the Southern California Die-Off
  Bonnie Burchill, Environmental Resource Solutions, Inc, Santa Rosa
  Oral presentation – No paper submitted
• The Influence of Stand Density on Mortality in California’s Forests – An Analysis of Inventory Data (2,585kb PDF file)
  Michael Landram, Regional Silviculturist, USDA-Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Region

Forest Pathogens

• Principles of Emergent Forest Diseases – Principles and Examples (619kb PDF file)
  Gregory Gilbert, UC Santa Cruz
• An Update on Sudden Oak Death and Sudden Oak Death as an Emergent Disease (2,704kb)
  David Rizzo, Department of Plant Pathology, UC-Davis
• An Update on Pitch Canker in the Sierra Nevada (2,403kb PDF file)
  Det Vogler, USDA- Forest Service Research, Davis CA

Forest Insects

• Efficacy Tests Of New Insecticides and Formulations Registered For Protection of High-Valued Trees from Bark Beetle Attack (2,514kb PDF file)
  Christopher P. Dabney and Christopher J. Fettig, Pacific Southwest Research Station, USDA Forest Service, Davis
• The Effect of Hazardous Fuel Reduction Treatments in the Wildland-Urban Interface On the Amount and Distribution of Bark Beetle-Caused Tree Mortality (6,876 KB PDF File)
  Christopher J. Fettig, Joel McMillin, John A. Anhold, Robert R. Borys and Steven J. Seybold, Pacific Southwest Research Station and Forest Health Protection-R3, USDA Forest Service
• The Banded Elm Bark Beetle: Update on an Invasive Pest of Elms (2,219kb PDF file)
  Steven J. Seybold, USDA Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station Davis

Miscellaneous Topics

Moderator – John Pronos, USDA Forest Service, Forest Health Protection, Sonora

• A Review of Methods Used to Evaluate Decay in Trees (2,688kb PDF file)
  Larry Costello, UC Cooperative Extension, Half Moon Bay
• An Update on California Pesticide Laws and Regulations (599 kb PDF file)
  Kathy Brunetti, California Department of Pesticide Regulation
• Minutes of 11/9 CFPC Board Meeting; and 11/10 CFPC Business Meeting/Elections (24kb PDF file)

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The CFPC, through its Editorial Committee, publishes an annual California Forest Pest Conditions Report. The Council presents it to the Board of Forestry and Fire Protection in book form. The Pest Conditions are also published online at the USDA Forest Service Pacific Southwest Regions 5 State and Private Forestry Web site.

Topic Areas

• Insects
• Diseases
• Animal Damage
• Pollution and other abiotic factors
• Weeds