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