This year we are combining the Insect, Disease, Animal Damage and the Weed tours for one extraordinary tour. There will be many things to see and learn from this tour!

Registration information please click on the links below:

Golf Tournament Date: July 20^th

Field Tour Dates: July 21^st and 22^nd

To Register online, please click on the link below and you will be directed to Eventbrite payments page:

http://www.eventbrite.com/event/696916496

To view a past conditions report please click link below.

California Forest Pest Conditions Reports – 1990 thru 2009:
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 file is fairly large (28MB) so please be patient when downloading.

2009 California Forest Pest Conditions Report

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 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 Abstract book for the meeting is posted below:

CFPC 2009 Book of Abstracts

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.

2009 Insect and Disease Tour Photo’s

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://groups.ucanr.org/GSOB/index.cfm

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

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

2009 Weed Tour Photos

Continuing Education Credits

California DPR

7/15/09
3.5 hours (all “other”)

7/16/09
4.5 hours  (.5 laws and regs, .5 aerial, and 3.5 other)

SAF
7/15/09
4.5 hours Category 1-CF

7/16/09
3.5 hours Category 1-CF

Oregon
7/15/09
4 hours

7/16/09
4 hours

Idaho
7/15/09
4 credits

7/16/09
4 credits