Saturday, September 24, 2005

 
 

All Day

Fishing with Fred Baker on Yellowstone Lake

 
         
 

Sunday, September 25, 2005

 
 

All Day

Fishing with Fred Baker on Yellowstone Lake

 
         
 

Monday, September 26, 2005

 
 

Some of Day

Fishing with Fred Baker on Yellowstone Lake

 
 

1:00 PM

5:00 PM

Nursery Pathology Meeting, Bob James - Chair (Jackson Room)

 
 

5:00 PM

7:00 PM

Registration (Lobby)

 
 

6:00 PM

9:00 PM

Social (Lobby)

 
 

 
 

Tuesday, September 27, 2005

 
 

6:45 AM

8:30 AM

breakfast buffet for all (Rafferty's)
WPBR Committee Breakfast,
Brian Geils - Chair (Rafferty's then TBA)

 
 

8:00 AM

12:00 PM

Registration (Mezzanine level)  
 

8:30 AM

8:45 AM

Opening Welcome, Mary Lou Fairweather (Grand Room)

 
 

8:45 AM

9:30 AM

Keynote Address, Bob James (2004 Outstanding Achievement Award Winner)

 
 

9:30 AM

10:00 AM

break

 
 

10:00 AM

10:30 AM

Introductions

 
 

10:30 AM

12:00 PM

Regional Reports

 
 

 
 

12:00 PM

1:30 PM

Hazard Tree Committee Lunch, Chair - John Pronos (Rafferty's then TBA)

 
 

 
 

1:30 PM

3:00 PM

Panel: Current Issues in Forest Pathology, Moderator - Ellen Goheen

Molecular tools provide new insights on an old fungus - Phellinus weirii. Rona Sturrock, Research Plant Pathologist, Canadian Forest Service, Pacific Forestry Centre.
Early warning for forest health threats - national and regional perspectives. Borys Tkacz, National Program Manager, Forest Health Monitoring,USDA Forest Service, Forest Health Protection and Jerry Beatty, Center Director, Western Wildland Environmental Threat Assessment Center, USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station.
Caught in the crossfire: Translating Phytophthora ramorum into quarantine policy. Susan J. Frankel, Sudden Oak Death Research Program Manager, USDA Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station.
Towards a better biological understanding: Seeking the origin of Phytophthora ramorum. Ellen Michaels Goheen, Plant Pathologist, USDA Forest Service, Forest Health Protection.

 
 

3:00 PM

3:30 PM

break

 
 

3:30 PM

5:00 PM

Panel: Canker Diseases Near and Far, Moderator - Diane Hildebrand

Nectria canker of Radiata pine. Margaret Dick, New Zealand Forest Research.
Beech Bark Disease. Martin MacKenzie, USDA Forest Service Northeastern Area.
Nectia canker of red alder. Craig Cootsona, University of Washington.
Fusicoccum arbuti on Pacific madrone. Marianne Elliott, University of Washington .

 
 

 
 

5:00 PM

7:00 PM

Poster Session Setup, Moderator - Kristen Fields (541-383-5587)

 
 

7:00 PM

9:00 PM

Poster Session, Reprint Swap and Ice Cream Social (Teton Room)

 
         
 

Wednesday, September 28, 2005

 
 
6:45 AM
8:30 AM
breakfast buffet for all (Rafferty's)  
 

8:00 AM

10:00 AM

Panel: White Pine Blister Rust, Moderator - Brian Geils

White pines and blister rust in western North America : impacts, spread, and restoration. John Muir (presenter), retired from British Columbia Ministry of Forests; John Schwandt and Blakey Lockman, USDA-FS, Forest Health Protection, Northern Region; and John Kliejunas, USDA-FS, FHP, Intermountain Region.
An assessment of white pine blister rust in high elevation white pines in California. Patricia Maloney (presenter), University of California-Davis, Department of Plant Pathology, and John Kliejunas, USDA-FS, Forest Health Protection, Pacific Southwest Region.
Rusts and Ribes of the Rocky Mountains. Eugene Van Arsdel, Volunteer, and Brian Geils, Pathologist, USDA-FS, Rocky Mountain Research Station.
Applications of molecular and genomic techniques for the identification and characterization of rust fungi and other forest pathogens. Detlev Vogler, Geneticist, and Kathie Jermstad, Biologist, USDA-FS, Pacific Southwest Research Station, Institute of Forest Genetics.
Modeling the potential distribution of white pine blister rust in the central Rocky Mountains. Holly Kearns, USDA-FS, Forest Health Protection, Northern Region, and Dr. William R. Jacobi, Professor, Colorado State University , Department of Bioagricultural Sciences and Pest Management.

 
 

10:00 AM

10:30 AM

break

 
 

10:30 AM

12:00 PM

Panel: Aspen, Moderator - Mary Lou Fairweather

Browse history of aspen and implications for response following wolf reintroduction in the northern winter range of Yellowstone National Park. Roy Renkin, Management Biologist, Yellowstone National Park.
Impact of the 2001-2003 drought on productivity and health of western Canadian aspen forests. Ted Hogg, Research Scientist, Canadian Forest Service, Natural Resources Canada.
Are the changes in aspen forests in the Western United States a forest decline? John Guyon, Forest Pathologist, USDA-FS, Forest Health Protection, Ogden Field Office, Intermountain Region.

 
 

 
 

12:00 PM

1:30 PM

Dwarf Mistletoe Committee Lunch, Chair - Fred Baker (Timberline One Room)

 
 

 
 

1:30 PM

3:00 PM

Panel: Past and current research on the biology of Armillaria ostoyae in the southern interior of British Columbia, Moderator - Duncan Morrison

Fifteen years of research on Armillaria ostoyae; a legacy of the western root disease model project and FRDA II. Duncan Morrison.
Resistance in western redcedar against Armillaria ostoyae: host response to infection and mortality incidence in juvenile stands in the southern interior of BC. Michelle Cleary.
Determination of A. ostoyae infection events in roots of juvenile Douglas-fir, subsequent fungal spread and effects on tree growth. Mike Cruickshank.

 
 

3:00 PM

3:30 PM

break

 
 

3:30 PM

5:00 PM

Panel: Forest Health Success Stories, Moderator - Will Littke

Root disease research in support of forest management: Some recent examples Walt Thies, Research Plant Pathologist, USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station
Forest pest surveys: Changing forestry in Manitoba Fred Baker, Professor, Utah State University
Pest management prescriptions and eagle habitat management Will Littke, Weyerhaeuser Forestry

 
 

 
 

6:00 PM

9:00 PM

No-host reception and banquet (Grand Room)

 
         
 

Thursday, September 29, 2005

 
 
6:45 AM
8:15 AM
breakfast buffet for all (Rafferty's)
Root Disease Committee Breakfast,
Chair - Ellen Goheen (Rafferty's, then TBA)
 
 

8:20 AM

5:00 PM

All Day Field Trip (Lobby) - *Group photos will be taken on the field trip.

 
         
 

Friday, September 30, 2005

 
      breakfast - on your own  
 

8:00 AM

9:30 AM

Business Meeting, Moderator - MaryLou Fairweather (Lodge Room at the Pavilion)

 
 

9:30 AM

10:00 AM

break

 
 

10:00 AM

11:30 AM

Student Panel, Moderator - Holly Kearns hkearns@fs.fed.us, (208) 765-7493

Impacts of magnesium chloride based dust suppression products on the health of roadside vegetation. Betsy Goodrich, Colorado State University
Classifying blister rust cankers on western white pine: Can canker characteristics predict tree mortality? Amy Eckert, Oregon State University
Ecology of fungal endophytes in Douglas-fir and ponderosa pine roots in eastern Washington. Amy C. Ramsey, University of Washington
Technology transfer in forest science. Amanda Van der Meer, Colorado State University
Role of Armillaria spp. in canopy gap formation in the western hemlock zone of the Hoh River Valley , Olympic National Park. Nicholas J. Brazee, University of Washington

 
 

11:30 AM

12:00 PM

Discussion and Closing Ceremony

 
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