Tentative Agenda for
WIFDWC Field Trip

Wednesday, September 12, 2001

Managing pathogens on State and Private lands
Featured pathogens: Pitch Canker, Sudden Oak Death, Western gall rust

(Times are estimated – speakers are confirmed)

8:30 am  Leave Carmel Mission Inn

9:00        Arrive Pebble Beach

Native Monterey Pine stands: ecology and mgt. - Stephen Staub, Chairperson, Pitch
Canker Task Force, Del Monte Forest Foundation

Pitch Canker  - Tom Gordon, UC Davis
Pitch Canker Resistant tree program  – Tom Gordon, UC-Davis and Pebble Beach Co.

Insect vectors of pitch canker – Andrew Storer, UC- Berkeley

Also we will see Diplodia tip dieback, twig beetle damage

10:30      Western Gall Rust – Det Vogler, USDA Forest Service, Pacific Southwest  Research Station, Davis

12 noon   Lunch

12:45       Depart for Pfeiffer State park

1:15         Pfeiffer State Park

Sudden Oak Death  - Dave Rizzo, Garey Slaughter

2:45         Redwoods and tree failure – John Pronos, Pfeiffer State Park Campground

3:45         Depart for Carmel Mission Inn

5:00         Adjourn.