| MONDAY, October 10TH |
| 8:00am -5:00pm |
Pre-meeting Field trips click here for details |
| 5:00pm-10:00pm |
Registration and Welcome Social |
| TUESDAY, October 11TH |
| 7:30-8:30am |
Registration (continued) |
| 7:00-8:30am |
Foliar & Twig Disease Breakfast Meeting, Harry Kope (chair) |
| 8:30-9:00am |
Welcome from Conference Chair Pete Angwin, USFS; Program & housekeeping, Alan Kanaskie, ODF |
| 9:00-9:15am |
Welcoming comments – Aaron Everett, Washington State Forester |
| 9:15-9:45am |
Keynote Address: Jim Hadfield, USFS Wenatchee |
| 9:45-10:00am |
2011 Outstanding Achievement Award presentation by OAA committee Pete Angwin, Bill Jacobi, Harry Kope |
| 10:00-10:30am |
Break |
| 10:30-11:00am |
2010 Outstanding Achievement Award speech, Paul Hennon, USFS |
| 11:00-12:00pm |
Graduate Student Introductions and Brief Project Descriptions |
| 12:00-1:30pm |
Rust Committee Lunch Meeting, Holly Kearns (chair) |
| 1:30-2:30pm |
Panel: Monitoring on the margins; a new USFS Forest Health Monitoring program focused on species at risk from climate change or invasive species, Borys Tkacz (moderator)
- Program purpose and description, Eric Smith and Borys Tkacz, USFS.
- Whitebark and limber pine information system, Blakey Lockman, USFS.
- High elevation five-needle pines, Speaker TBA
|
| 2:30-3:10pm |
Contributed papers |
| 3:10-3:40pm |
Break |
| 3:40-5:00pm |
Panel: Interactions of endophytic fungi and forest disease, Dave Shaw (moderator)
- Rusty Rodriguez, U.S. Geological Survey
- Root fungal endophytes and tree diseases, Amy Ramsey-Kroll, Washington DNR
- George Newcomb, University of Idaho (tentative)
|
| 5:00-6:30pm |
Climate Change Committee Meeting, Susan Frankel and Dave Shaw (co-chairs) |
| 7:00-9:00pm |
Ice Cream Social/Poster Session/Silent Auction |
| WEDNESDAY, October 12TH |
| 8:30am-5:00pm |
All-Day Field Trip:
- Pest impacts in the Chiwawa River Valley, Greg Filip and Michelle Satterfield;
- Hazard-tree management in Lake Wenatchee State Park Campground, Dan Omdal and Amy Ramsey-Kroll;
- Tree damage from highway de-icing, Angel Saavedra, USFS
|
| 7:00pm-9:00pm |
Nursery Pathology committee meeting, Willis Littke (chair) |
| THURSDAY, October 13TH |
| 7:00-8:30am |
Hazard Tree Committee Breakfast Meeting, Pete Angwin (chair) |
| 8:30-9:45am |
Business meeting |
| 9:45-10:00am |
Break |
| 10:00am-12:00pm |
Panel: Synthesis of stump removal trials in the northern hemisphere, Amy Ramsey-Kroll (moderator)
- Stumping to control root rot in forest stands: aspects of bio-energy and biodiversity, Rimvys Vasaitis, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
- Stumping to control root disease in interior B.C., Canada -- what did we get for $50,000,000? Michelle Cleary
- 35-year results from the Glenwood trial to control Armillaria root disease in Ponderosa Pine, Dam Omdal, WA DNR.
- Stumping for control of root rots, including Phellinus in coastal environments, Tomentosus in Northern BC and elsewhere, and Heterobasidion in campgrounds and Christmas tree plantations, Rona Sturrock.
- Is stumping a wise solution for the long-term? Geral McDonald.
|
| 12:00-1:30pm |
Root Disease Committee Lunch Meeting, Michelle Cleary(chair) |
| 1:30-5:00pm |
Afternoon Field Trip:
Icicle Creek Area
- Fire and fire surrogates study, Bob Edmonds and Amy Ramsey-Kroll;
- Hazard trees in developed recreation sites, Jim Hadfield.
|
| 6:00-9:00pm |
Banquet –Guest speaker: “A year in Afghanistan”, Jim Hoffman |
| FRIDAY, October 14TH |
| 7:00-8:30am |
Dwarf Mistletoe Committee Breakfast Meeting, Fred Baker (chair) |
| 8:30-9:30am |
Panel: Phytophthora ramorum (sudden oak death) eradication in Oregon – what have we learned in 10 years? Everett Hansen (moderator)
- Everett Hansen, Oregon State University
- Ellen Goheen, USFS Medford
- Alan Kanaskie, Oregon Department of Forestry
|
| 9:30-10:10am |
Contributed papers |
| 10:10-10:40am |
Break |
| 10:40am-12:00pm |
Contributed papers |
| 12:00pm |
Adjourn |
