14th USDA Interagency Research Forum on Gypsy Moth and Other Invasive Species

Tuesday, January 14 – Friday, January 17, 2003, Loews Annapolis Hotel Annapolis, Maryland

This is a web site providing information about the 14th annual USDA Interagency Research Forum on Gypsy Moth and Other Invasive Species.

General Session Topics:

• Invasive Plants and Their Impacts.
• Update on Gypsy Moth Pathogens
• Asian Longhorned Beetle
• Recent Progress in Gypsy Moth Research
• Risk Assessment for Invasive Species

Topics of some of the invited presentations:

• Emerald Ash Borer in Michigan
• Brown Spruce Beetle in Nova Scotia
• Sudden Oak Death
• Exotic Pest Detection
• Siberian Moth Monitoring System
• Painted Apple Moth Eradication in New Zealand

Keynote presentations:

• New strategies and opportunities in pest detection
• The role of invasive species in the demise of U.S. Forests.

For the latest information email Mike McManus (mlmcmanus@fs.fed.us).

Click below to see more information about the meeting.

• First Annnouncement (Oct. 9, 2002).
• Informational letter on local arrangements from Kathy McManus (READ THIS FIRST!). *
• Meeting and Hotel Registration Forms.
• Guidelines for preparing abstracts for the conference proceedings.
• Draft Program

Here are some sites providing information about the meeting location.

• Loews Annapolis Hotel
• City of Annapolis

Here's a map of how to get to Loews Hotel:

last updated 10/11/02 by Sandy Liebhold.