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59th Annual Meeting of the California Forest Pest Council – 2010 “The Changing Forests of California” November 16 - 17, 2010 Wildland Fire Training & Conference Center 30 Mile Room 3237 Peacekeeper Way McClellan, CA 95652 Meeting Overview: Forest insect and disease issues and challenges will be presented and discussed, including topics on damaging insects and pathogens not yet found in California forests as well as climate change induced stress. Attendees will also have the opportunity to attend an evening poster session and social on 11/16. Refreshments will be provided both meeting days, with lunch offered on 11/17. Tuesday, November 16 (all sessions are open to all interested) Welcome and 2010 Forest Conditions – Overview Insect Committee – Forest Insects in California Disease Committee – Forest Diseases in California Pesticides – Laws and Regulations Posters and Social Wednesday, November 17 California Forest Insect and Disease Challenges Climate Change – How will Forests Fare? Lunch – provided CFPC Business Meeting On the Lookout for Tomorrow’s Threats to California’s Forests 1 2 Tuesday, November 16, 2010 11:30 am – 12:30 pm Registration 12:30 pm Welcome Bob Rynearson, California Forest Pest Council Chairperson, W.M. Beaty & Associates, Inc. Remembrances of Andi Koonce and Dick Parmeter Provided by Paul Zambino and Det Vogler, USDA Forest Service 2010 Forest Conditions Beverly Bulaon and Phil Cannon, USDA FS, Forest Health Protection California Insect and Disease Atlas (CAIDA) WebGIS Zhanfeng Liu, USDA FS, Forest Health Protection 1:25 Insect Committee Meeting - Forest Insects in California Moderator: Beverly Bulaon, Insect Committee Chairperson Effects of Fire Seasonality and Severity on Ponderosa Pine Resistance to Bark Beetles in Northeastern California Amanda Garcia Grady, USDA FS, Forest Health Protection, and others Forest Soil Arthropods in the High Canopy of California's Coastal Redwoods: Community Structure and Dynamics Michael Camann, Humboldt State University, and others Firewood Movement: A Threat to California’s Forests Matthew Bokach, USDA FS, Forest Health Protection, and others Insect Committee Business – Beverly Bulaon 2:40 – 2:55 BREAK 2:55 Disease Committee Meeting - Forest Diseases in California Moderator: Tom Smith, Disease Committee Chairperson Update on Pitch Canker in California – Tom Gordon, UC Davis White Pine Blister Rust Research at the Institute of Forest Genetics after Major-Gene Resistance Annette Delfino Mix, USDA FS Pacific Southwest Research Station, and others True Fir Dwarf Mistletoe in the Sierras: Long-Term Growth and Mortality Trends Heather Mehl, UC Davis, and others 3 An Overview of Mistletoes on Hardwoods in California Katy Mallams, USDA FS, Forest Health Protection Disease Committee Business – Tom Smith 4:30 Pesticide Laws and Regulations Moderator: William Morrison, California Forest Pest Council Vice Chairman, Soper-Wheeler Company Potential Impacts of Court-Ordered Injunctions on Pesticide Use and the Protection of Endangered Species Leopoldo Moreno, California Department of Pesticide Regulation Discussion 5:30 – 7:00 Poster Session and Social Wednesday, November 17, 2010 7:30 – 8:30 am Registration and Continental Breakfast 8:30 Welcome Chairman Rynearson 8:35 Forest Insect and Disease Challenges Moderator: Brian Mattos, National Park Service, Yosemite Forest Stand Impacts Associated with the Goldspotted Oak Borer, Agrilus auroguttatus, in Native and Introduced Oak Woodlands Tom Coleman, USDA Forest Service, and others Fungal Species Associated with Coast Live Oak (Quercus agrifolia) Mortality in Southern California – Akif Eskalen, UC Riverside, and others Thousand Cankers Steve Seybold, USDA Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station Phytophthora ramorum and Sudden Oak Death in Forestlands Yana Valachovic, UCCE Humboldt and Del Norte 10:00 – 10:30 BREAK 4 10:30 Climate Change – How will Forests Fare? Moderator: Eli Ilano, USDA Forest Service, Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit Forest Responses to Increasing Aridity and Warmth in the Southwestern United States Park Williams, UC Santa Barbara, and others Using Provenance Tests to Understand Forest Responses to Climate Change Jessica Wright, USDA Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station Pinyon-Juniper/Shrublands Long-Term Successional Trends: Implications for Woodland Health and Management Robin Tausch USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station Changes and Challenges to High Elevation Conifers of the White Mountains, California John Louth, USDA Forest Service, Inyo National Forest Renewable Landscapes: Climate and Health as Drivers of Change in High Sierran Ecosystems – Constance Millar, USDA Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station, and others 12:30 – 1:30 LUNCH PROVIDED 1:30 CFPC 2010 Business Meeting and Elections Chairperson Rynearson 2:00 Special Papers Moderator: Julie Lydick, USDA Forest Service, Forest Health Protection Western Wildlands Environmental Threats Assessment Center Nancy Grulke, WWETAC Observations and Projections of Sudden Oak Death-Induced Tanoak Mortality at Point Reyes National Seashore: A Tale of Two Forest Types Ben Ramage, UC Berkeley, and others Blackstain Root Disease in Eastside Pine, a Brief Overview of Ongoing Research Bill Otrosina, USDA Forest Service, Southern Research Station, Athens, Georgia 2:55 – 3:15 BREAK 3:15 On the Lookout for Tomorrow’s Threats to California’s Forests Moderator: Patricia Maloney, UC Davis Redbay Ambrosia Beetle and Laurel Wilt: A Destructive Duo in the Southeast and a Potential Threat to California Don Duerr, USDA Forest Service, Forest Health Protection, Atlanta, GA 5 Emerald Ash Borer: Biology, Impacts, and Management Andrew Storer, Michigan Technological University Asian Longhorned Beetle Infestation in Massachusetts Michael Bohne, USDA, Forest Service, Forest Health Protection, Durham, NH 4:30 ADJOURN 6