California Forest Pest Council

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

The CFPC 58th annual meeting was a great success! Thank you all for attending and your participation!

The Abstract book for the meeting is posted below:

CFPC 2009 Book of Abstracts

Welcome to the CFPC Annual Meeting Registration Page.

Date:
November 17-18, 2009

Location:
Heidrick Agriultural Heritage Center
1962 Hays Lane
Woodlands, CA 95776.

Hotel:
Holiday Inn Express,
2070 Freeway Drive,
Woodland, CA 95776
530-662-7750

A Block of rooms have been reserved for this meeting. All Reservations must be made by phone. Individuals requesting a government rate will be asked to provide verifications upon check in.  When making your reservations explain that you are with the California Forest Pest Council (CFPC) Meeting and thenrequest either the “General”, “Federal”, or “State” rates.

Don Dahlsten Memorial Fund

Call for Posters

Stump the Experts Flyer

CFPC Annual Meeting Registration and Agenda Information

CFPC Annual Meeting Registration, Agenda and Hotel Information

1) To register online please click on the link below
Online Registration

2) Check payments are also accepted by printing off the registration form (58th Annual Meeting Registration Form and
mailing in the registration.

Please make checks payable to CFPC and return to:
Kim Camilli
CDF Fire Station #36
4050 Branch Rd
Paso Robles, CA 93446.

PLEASE NOTE THE EARLY REGISTRATION DEADLINE IS NOVEMBER 3, 2009.

Continuing Education Credit Hours Given:

Society of American Foresters:
Insect Committee Mtg on 11/17 – 1.5 hours of Category 1-CF
Disease Committee Mtg on 11/17 – 2 hours of Category 1-CF
CFPC Mtg on 11/18 – 5.5 hours of Category 1-CF

International Society of Arboriculture:
11/17 – 3 credit hours
11/18 – 7 credit hours

Department of Pesticide Regulation:
Will be posted here when available.

To view the photos at full size, click on the link below

2009 Insect and Disease Tour Photo’s

Brief Summary Information on GSOB:

The goldspotted oak borer (GSOB), Agrilus coxalis Waterhouse, was first detected in 2004 in San Diego County California during an exotic woodborer survey.  In 2008 it was found in the same county attacking coast live oak, Quercus agrifolia, California black oak,  Q. keloggii and canyon live oak, Q. chrysolepis.  The area of infestation to date in southern California around the Cleveland National Forest.  These insects are aggressive and attack seemingly healthy trees.  The GSOB larvae feed under the bark primarily at the interface of the sapwood and phloem on the main stem and larger branches.  Larvae kill patches and strips of phloem and cambium, which result in limb and branch dieback and eventualy tree death.

Board of Forestry and Fire Protection Information:

A presentation on GSOB was presented to the Resource Protection Committee (RPC) on the status of the recently introduced invasive insect. The RPC requested that the CFPC advise the Board of Forestry & Fire Protection on possible actions that the Board could take to address this issue.

For more information on GSOB  and the memo and cover letter to the Board of Forestry by CFPC please see information below:

GSOB website: http://gsob.org

California Firewood Website: http://www.firewood.ca.gov/

Don’t Move Firewood Website: http://www.dontmovefirewood.org/

GSOB Signs/Symptoms Video: http://www.fs.fed.us/r5/spf/fhp/gsob.shtml

GSOB ID Guide: GSOB Field Identification Guide

Tree Note 31: Goldspotted Oak Borer

CFPC and Board of Forestry & Fire Protection: Memo to Board of Forestry, Cover letter to the Board of Forestry

CALIFORNIA FOREST PEST COUNCIL
57^th ANNUAL MEETING

Featured Topic: California Forest Health – A Practical Approach

November 18-19, 2008

Heidrick Ag. Center
1962 Hays Lane, Woodland, CA

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Tuesday, November 18

Animal Damage: Recognizing the Habitat Connection

This informal mini-course will cover the basic concepts of how habitat structure and composition affects animal
behavior and then move into how silvicultural practices that produce appropriate habitat characteristics elicit
damage behaviors.

Speaker – Gregory A. Giusti, UCCE Lake County Director, Forest Advisor, RPF#2709 Wildlands Ecology Advisor,
IHRMP Advisor and Affiliate-College of Natural Resources UCB; gagiusti@ucdavis.edu

Insect Committee Meeting – Beverly Bulaon, CFPC Insect Committee Chairperson

Invasion of Redhaired Pine Bark Beetle into the Southern California National Forest System Following Fires
Deguang Liu, USDA Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station and UC Davis. dgliu@ucdavis.edu

Protecting Individual Pines from Bark Beetles: Systemic Insecticides and Semiochemicals
Sheri L. Smith, USDA Forest Service, Forest Health Protection, Susanville, CA ssmith@fs.fed.us and Brian L. Strom,
USDA Forest Service, Southern Research Station, Pineville, LA. brianstrom@fs.fed.us.

Bark Beetles, Fires and Fuel Management Treatments
Christopher J. Fettig, USDA Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station, Davis. cfettig@fs.fed.us

Insect committee business meeting

Disease Committee Meeting - Paul Zambino – CFPC Disease Committee Chairperson

Genome Approaches for Forest Health Management
David Neale, UC-Davis, Dept. of Plant Sciences, dbneale@ucdavis.edu

Phytophthora cinnamomi: An Emerging Pathogen in California Forests
Elizabeth Fitchner, UC-Davis, Plant Pathology Department, ejfichtner@ucdavis.edu and Ted Swiecki, Phytosphere
Research, phytosphere@phytosphere.com

Pitch Canker Status and Research Update
Tom Gordon, UC-Davis, Plant Pathology Department, trgordon@ucdavis.edu

Disease committee business meeting

Poster session, “Stump the Experts” and Social

What’s wrong with my tree? Stump the Experts

Entomologists and 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.)

Diagnosticians:

California Department of Food and Agriculture Pathologists (Sacramento):

Cheryl Blomquist, CBlomquist@cdfa.ca.gov;
Suzanne Latham, SLatham@cdfa.ca.gov;
Kathy Kosta, kkosta@cdfa.ca.gov.

USDA Forest Service and CAL Fire Entomologists :

Don Owen, California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, Redding
Beverly Bulaon, USDA Forest Service, Stanislaus National Forest, Forest Health Protection, Sonora, bbulaon@fs.fed.us

Wednesday, November 19 – General Session
Welcome – Bob Rynearson, Chairman, CA Forest Pest Council; W.M. Beaty and Associates, McArthur, CA. bobr@wmbeaty.com

Featured Topic: Case Study in Managing Forest Health Issues: The Lake Tahoe Basin
Moderator: Hugh Safford, Regional ecologist, USDA Forest Service, Vallejo. hughsafford@fs.fed.us

The Fate of Tahoe Basin forests after the Angora Fire
Hugh Safford, Regional ecologist, USDA Forest Service, Vallejo. hughsafford@fs.fed.us

Fire Management and Forest Restoration in the Lake Tahoe Basin
John Pickett, The Sugar Pine Foundation. firesafechapters@yahoo.com

Forest Health and Environmental Change in the Lake Tahoe Basin
Patricia Maloney, UC-Davis, Department of Plant Pathology. patricia-maloney@sbcglobal.net

Featured Topic: 2008 New and Noteworthy Forest Health Issues
Moderator: Mike Bohne, formerly, USDA- Forest Service, Forest Health Protection, Sacramento. Currently, Forest Health Group Leader, Durham, NH. mbohne@fs.fed.us

2008 California Forest Conditions Overview: An Aerial View of Forest Pest Activity
Zachary Heath, USDA Forest Service, Forest Health Protection, Sacramento, zheath@fs.fed.us; and Mike Bohne, USDA
Forest Service, Forest Health Protection, Durham, NH. mbohne@fs.fed.us

Gold-Spotted Oak Borer in Southern California
Steven Seybold, USDA Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station, Davis. sseybold@fs.fed.us

Biogeography of San Diego Co. Oak Mortality
Thomas Scott, University of California Cooperative Extension, Riverside. Thomas.Scott@ucr.edu

An Overview of the 2008 Fire Year
Ken Pimlott, California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CALFIRE). Ken.Pimlott@fire.ca.gov

Sudden Oak Death Update
David Rizzo, UC-Davis, Plant Pathology Department, dmrizzo@ucdavis.edu and Janice Alexander, CA Oak Mortality
Task Force, UC Cooperative Extension, Marin County. jalexander@ucdavis.edu

CA Aspen: Distribution and Health
Kenneth W. Tate, Rangeland Watershed Specialist, Department of Plant Sciences, University of California – Davis.
kwtate@ucdavis.edu

Walnut Twig Beetle/Thousand cankers
Steven Seybold, USDA Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station, Davis. sseybold@fs.fed.us

CA Forest Pest Council annual business meeting

Featured Topic: Innovative Forest Health Monitoring Techniques
Moderator: Lisa Fischer, USDA Forest Service, Forest Health Protection, Davis. lisafischer@fs.fed.us

Using MODIS Imagery to Enhance Aerial Detection Survey
Frank Sapio, USDA Forest Service, Forest Heath Technology Enterprise Team, Fort Collins, CO. fsapio@fs.fed.us

Emerald Ash Borer Biosurveillance, using Cerceris fumipennis to Detect Buprestidae
Michael Bohne, Forest Health Group Leader, USDA Forest Service, Durham, NH. mbohne@fs.fed.us

Lichens as a Forest Health Indicator in California
Sarah Jovan, USDA-Forest Service, Forest Inventory and Analysis. Portland, OR. sjovan@fs.fed.us

Molecular Techniques for Forest Health Monitoring
Rachel Linzer, UC Berkeley, Environmental Policy, Science and Management. rwarner@nature.berkeley.edu

Featured Topic: On the Ground Management of Forest Insects and Pathogens
Moderator: Don Owen, California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, Redding. don.owen@fire.ca.gov

Factors Influencing the Abundance and Severity of Recent Bark Beetle Infestations in Coniferous Forests of Western US: What Can be Done?
Christopher J. Fettig, USDA Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station, Davis. cfettig@fs.fed.us

Forest Thinning and Bark Beetle-Caused Mortality in the Warner Mountains
Joel Egan, USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station and Colorado State Univ. jegan@fs.fed.us or
joelegan@holly.colostate.edu

Managing Insects and Diseases in Commercial Plantations
Paul Violett, pviolett@soperwheeler.com and Bill Morrison, Soper-Wheeler, Strawberry Valley, CA.
bmorrison@soperwheeler.com

Ongoing and Upcoming Pesticide use Injunctions and their Impacts
Polo Moreno. CA Department of Pesticide Regulation, Pest Management and Licensing Branch – Endangered Species,
Sacramento. PMORENO@cdpr.ca.gov

Adjourn

Integrated Pest Management In Western Forests

Agenda and Registration (PDK 261KB)

Facilitated Vegetation Management Discussion

Keynote Speaker: IPM, What is it and why use it?

Dr.  Joe DiTomaso, UC Davis

Future Threats to Western Forests

Susan Frankel, Pacific Southwest Research Station

Goat Vegetation Management

Wes Woolery, Wookery Vegetation Management, Hat Creek, CA

Managing Insects and Disease in Commercial Plantations

Bill Morrison, Soper Wheeler, LLC, Strawberry Valley, CA

Semiochemical Sabatoge: Exploiting Bark Beetle Behavioral Chemicals to Protect Forest Stands

Nancy Gillette, USDA Forest Service, PSW Research Station, Albany, CA

BASF Aerial Site Preparation

Harry Quicke, BASF Corp., Auburn, Alabama

Evaluation of Gopher Control Methods

Gregory Guisti, Forests & Wildlands Ecology Advisor, UC Coop Ext., Lakeport, CA

Stream Buffers: Can we get good Heat Protection with Less Buffer?

Dr. Mike Newton & Liz Cole, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR

Using the MtnRT Forecast System for Forest Management, Fire Weather, Agricultural Weather, and Precipitation.

Alan D. Fox, Fox Weather LLC, Fortuna, CA

Herbicide Resistance and Chemical Vegetation Management

Carol Mallory-Smith, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR

Managing Plantations in a Fire-Prone World. Can You Have Your Carbon and Use It, Too?

Dr. Robert F. Powers, Jianwei Zhang, & Dave Young, USDA Forest Service, PSW Research Station, Redding, CA

Seedling Caliper vs. Vegetation Control

Eric Dinger, VMRC Assistant Director, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR

Beyond Nitrogen

Doug Maguire and Doug Mainwaring, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR

Swiss Needle Cast

David Shaw, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR

Sudden Oak Death in Oregon

Alan Kanaskie, Oregon Department of Forestry, Salem, OR

Laws & Regulations

Label Registration Process

Jeff Birk, BASF Corp., RTP, North Carolina

Aerial Application A to Z

John Mateski, Western Helicopter

Pesticide Container Disposal

Brad Bittleston, Interstate Ag Plastics, Buttonwillow, CA

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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