| TUESDAY, June 15TH | |
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| 7:00-8:00am | Registration |
| 8:00-8:15pm | Welcome Ellen Goheen, USDA Forest Service Pathologist, Central Point, OR |
| Panel discussion: USDA Forest Service Roadside Danger-Tree Policies and Programs Moderator: Greg Filip, USDA Forest Service Regional Forest Pathologist, Portland, OR |
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| 8:15-9:00am | Oregon and Washington (R6) Roadside Danger-Tree Policy: Five-Year Lessons Tom Erkert, USDA Forest Service, Region 6 Transportation Group Leader, Portland, OR |
| 9:00-9:30am | National Roadside Danger-Tree Policy: A New Directive Bruce Moltzan, USDA Forest Service National Pathologist, Washington, DC |
| 9:30-10:15am | R6 Danger-Tree Guidebooks, Workshops, and Qualification Process: Do They Work? Rick Toupin and Greg Filip, USDA Forest Service, Portland, OR |
| 10:15-10:45am | Break |
| 10:45-12:00pm | Panel discussion: Top-10 Lessons Learned about Hazard Trees Moderator: Pete Angwin with speakers Nelda Matheny, Ken Russell, and Jim Hadfield |
| 12:00-5:00pm | Lunch on the Road and Field Trip along Hwy 62, Prospect Corridor Laminated Root Rot in Developed Recreation Sites, Roadside Danger-Tree-Project Case Studies, Ellen Goheen, Don Goheen, and Katy Mallams |
| 7:00-9:00pm | Evening workshop, poster session, and photo contest (deserts will be provided) Moderators: Jessie Glaeser and Kris Chadwick Hazard tree fungus identification clinic - Jessie Glaeser will teach techniques to identify common decay fungi associated with hazard trees with emphasis on those associated with oaks. Please bring fungal fruiting bodies if you have something that needs to be identified. Please bring your posters for the Tuesday night workshop, photo contest and poster session. We will have everything necessary to hang them. However, space is limited in the conference room so please let Kristen Chadwick know you will be bringing one at klchadwick@fs.fed.us or 503-668-1474. |
| WEDNESDAY, June 16TH | |
| 8:00-9:30am | Illusions and Consequences in Tree-Risk Assessment Dennis Yniguez, Registered Consulting Arborist, Berkeley, CA |
| 9:30-10:00am | Break |
| 10:00-11:00am | Panel discussion: Biology and Taxonomy of Wood-Decay Fungi Moderator: Jessie Glaeser with speaker Matteo Garbelotto 10:00 - 10:30 Wood decay fungi associated with hazard trees - who are they and what do they do? Dr. Jessie Glaeser, US Forest Service, Northern Research Station, Madison, WI 10:30-11:00 Identifying wood decay fungi through DNA analysis. Dr. Matteo Garbelotto, University of California, Berkeley |
| 11:00-12:00pm | Panel discussion: Oak Defects, Decays, and Failures Moderator: Alan Kanaskie with potential speakers Larry Costello, Ted Sweicki, Joe O’Brien, Everett Hansen |
| 12:00-1:00pm | Lunch |
| 1:00-1:45pm | Tree-Failure Incidents in the Southwest Mary Lou Fairweather, USDA Forest Service pathologist, Flagstaff, AZ |
| 1:45-2:15pm | Powerlines, Wildfires, and Tree Failures: School Fire Case Study Craig Schmitt, USDA Forest Service pathologist, La Grande, OR |
| 2:15-2:45pm | Effects of Pruning on Douglas-fir: Ten-Year Case Study in a Mistletoe-Infected Old-Growth Campground in Central Oregon Kris Chadwick, USDA Forest Service pathologists, Oregon |
| 2:45-3:15pm | Break |
| 3:15-4:00pm | Options for Not Removing Hazard Trees and Specimen Trees Paul Ries, Oregon Department of Forestry, Salem OR |
| 4:00-5:00pm | Panel discussion: Decay from Phellinus pini: Case Studies and Lessons Learned 1. Jessie Glaeser, USFS Wood Decay Lab, Madison, WI What is Porodaedalia anyway? 2. David Shaw, Oregon State Univ, Corvallis, OR What does one conk or a few conks mean? 3. Don Goheen, FHP, Central Point, OR Ecology and management of Phellinus pini 4. Mary Lou Fairweather, FHP, Flagstaff, AZ Pini stem decay in Engelmann spruce and vegetation management planning at the Arizona Snowbowl Ski Area |
| 6:00-9:00pm | Dinner at the Goheens Workshop attendees and their guests are invited to a get-together at Don and Ellen Goheen's house outside of Jacksonville. Dinner and drinks will be provided and are included in the cost of registration. You do not need to bring anything unless you have special dietary requirements. Directions to the Goheen's will be provided at the workshop. Because parking is limited, please car-pool to the event. Carpooling to the Wednesday Night Get Together At the Goheen's If you have a multi-passenger vehicle/van available to bring to the meeting it would helpful to aid in the transportation from hotels to the J. Herbert Stone Nursery and for the Wednesday night get together at the Goheen's. This will especially help cut costs for people who fly into Medford and can't afford to rent a car. |
| THURSDAY, June 17TH | |
| 8:00-5:00pm | All-Day Field Trip along Hwy 140 1) Oak Problems, 2) Specimen Trees: World’s Largest White Pine, and 3) Fir Problems at Lake of the Woods Resort, Summer-homes, and Campgrounds – Ellen & Don Goheen, Katy Mallams, Kris Chadwick, Everett Hansen, and Alan Kanaskie. ***FIELD TRIP PRECAUTION*** Because weather conditions may vary, you'll need to be prepared for sun, rain, heat or cold. Bring appropriate field clothing and footwear, as well as sunscreen and insect repellent. Due to the hazardous condition of many of the trees we will be looking at, you will be REQUIRED to have an OSHA-approved hard hat to board the bus and participate in the field trips. Contact Don Goheen if you will need one provided for you - a limited number will be available. |
| 7:00pm | Back in Medford and Workshop Adjourn |
| FRIDAY, June 18TH | |