California Forest Pest Council

The California Forest Pest Council's 73rd Annual Meeting - Save the Date!

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​Dates:  November 12th, & 13th, 2024

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Location: UC Davis, Putah Creek Lodge

Putah Creek Lodge is located on the UC Davis Campus on Garrod Dr. by the Unitrans Building and across the creek.
See location on the map here

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Registration: Scan the QR code or Get Tickets Button

​​Early registration ends October 13th, 2024

Standard registration ends November 8th, 2024

Registration accepted at the door by check, cash and credit card

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Don Dahlsten Student Grant: For more information and for students interested in applying, click here.

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Poster Session: If you are interested in submitting a poster please contact Leif Mortenson, leif.mortenson@usda.gov, for guidelines and sizing information. 

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Agenda: the agenda is still being finalized.

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Familiar Threats and Unexpected Newcomers: Primary and Secondary Forest Pest Issues in California

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 12

1:00 - 1:15 Meeting Introduction and Housekeeping—Danielle Lindler, CFPC Chair

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1:15 - 1:45 Disease Committee Meeting

• Forest Pathology in the United States: The Science and Practice – Patrick Bennett, USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station

• Committee meeting – 5 min.

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1:45 - 2:30  Insect Committee Meeting

• Effects of forest management practices on native bee species – Marissa Chase, University of Minnesota

• Semiochemical treatments for bark beetles in new systems - Chris Fettig or Leif Mortenson, USDA Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station

• Insect committee business meeting – 5 min.

2:30 BREAK

2:45 - 4:15 Tour of UC Davis Arboretum – Tyler Kern and Sebastian Fajardo, UC Davis

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4:15 – 4:30 BREAK

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4:30 - 5:30 Pesticide Updates

• Forest pesticide update - Stacey Clark, USDA Forest Service Region

• Treatments for ISHB - Dawn Fluharty, Target Chemical​

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5:30 - 6:30 Evening Social and Poster Session

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 13

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8:30 - 10:20  Forest Health Year in Review, Part I 

• USDA Forest Service, 2024 Aerial Detection of Tree Mortality Survey - Jeff Moore, US Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Region, Forest Health Protection

• California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) Plant Pest Diagnostic Center 2024 Annual report - Cheryl Blomquist, California Dept. of Food & Agriculture, Plant Pest Diagnostics Center

• Emerald Ash Borer action plan and monitoring – JDavid Pegos, Joanna Fischer, or Valeh Ebrahimi, California Dept. of Food & Agriculture

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10:20 - 10:35 BREAK

10:35 - 11:50 Forest Health Year in Review, Part II

• Northeastern California update -- Danny Cluck, USDA Forest Service, Forest Health Protection, Northeastern California Shared Service Area 

• Port Orford-cedar root disease in northwestern California – Ashley Hawkins, USDA Forest Service, Forest Health Protection, Northern California Shared Service Area

• Armillaria root disease in old-growth redwood ecosystems -- Cameron Tavis, Cal Poly Humboldt 

• Research update on ghost canker in southern California – Akif Eskalen, UC Davis / UC Cooperative Extension 

• The Visalia Legacy Giant Sequoia – Martin MacKenzie, USDA Forest Service, Forest Health Protection, Southern Sierra Shared Service Area

• Updates from southern California: bacterial wetwood, sooty mold, and Biscogniauxia on oaks – Charlie Barnes, USDA Forest Service, Forest Health Protection, Southern California Shared Service Area 

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11:50 - 12:45  Focus Session 1: Interactions between humanized environments and wildland plan health

• Overview of the problem – Shannon Lynch, UC Davis

• Phytophthora, Ilyonectria, and other examples of “ag crop” pathogens in north coast trees – Chris Lee, California Dept of Forestry & Fire Protection

• Spillover of bacterial and viral plant pests to wild plants – Jaimie Kenney, UC Riverside

12:45 - 1:35 LUNCH

1:35 - 1:55 CFPC Business Meeting (with memorial tribute to David Wood)

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1:55 - 3:25  Focus Session II: Giant Sequoia Health

• Giant sequoia health and GS research overview – Anthony Ambrose and/or Wendy Baxter, Ancient Forest Society

• Giant sequoia Phloeosinus research – Nate Foote, Colorado State University

• Vegetation treatments for sustaining giant sequoia health – Jim Kral, California Dept of Forestry & Fire Protection

3:25 - 3:35  BREAK

3:35 - 4:35 Focus Session III: New methods and technologies for study of wildland plants

• Necessity of incorporating water-stress treatments into pathogenicity studies – Matteo Garbelotto, UC Berkeley

• Using drones to estimate leaf wetness and produce geographic disease suitability models – Jon Detka, CSU Monterey Bay

4:35 - 4:40 Meeting wrap-up and farewell

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Parking:

Parking is $16/day and the easiest and closest parking is located off of Garrod Dr - Putah Creek Lodge parking.  The Putah Creek lodge parking is a small lot, there are two larger lots, parking lot 50 and 55, a bit further down Garrod Dr on the left. These parking lot are a 5 minute walk to the meeting location at Putah Creek Lodge. 

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• Putah Creek Lodge parking is a small parking lot and would like to keep available for folks with limited mobility.

• Putah Creek Lodge, Lot 50 and 55 need permits purchased through the AMP Park app. Download the AMP Park app here for Android phones, or iPhones.   For iPhones, ensure IOS is updated to IOS 17 for the app to work.​​

• You can also purchase the parking permit online at https://aimsmobilepay.com/. 

  • ​You will need to create an account and add vehicle information to purchase the permit.

  • Permit is purchased for the same day and can not be purchased for a future date.

• A valid permit is required to park on campus and is valid for the date purchased, Monday-Friday from 7 a.m.–10 p.m

• No need to put a receipt or permit on your vehicle.

• UC Davis Parking Map

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CEUs:  DPR - 11/12:  Law 0.5, Other 3.0,  11/13: Other 6.0