2018 California Forest Pest Council
Annual Meeting Presentations
Will California Forests Regain a Path Toward Recovery?
Tuesday, November 13, 2018
Insect Committee Meeting
Moderator: Jodi Axelson, CFPC Insect Committee Chair; UC Berkeley Environmental Science, Policy, and Management
White Satin Moth in the Lake Tahoe Basin– Gene Phillips, Nevada Division of Forestry and Patricia Maloney, CFPC Disease Committee Secretary; UC Davis Tahoe Environmental Research Center
Forest Entomology and Pathology in the Northern Region, Getting to Know the Neighborhood – Curtis Ewing, California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CALFIRE)
Assessment of Tree Mortality and Short-Term Impacts to Forest Structure and Composition in the Central and Southern Sierra Nevada – Leif Mortenson, CFPC Insect Committee Secretary; US Forest Service (FS) Pacific Southwest Research Station (PSW)
Mechanisms of Bark Beetle-Caused Mortality Following Variable Density Thinning and Prescribed Fire Treatments in a Central Sierra Mixed-Conifer Forest –Alexis Bernal, Humboldt State University
Cold Tolerance and Seasonal Generations of the Western Pine Beetle in California – Danny Cluck, USFS Forest Health Protection (FHP), Northeastern California Shared Service Area
Disease Committee Meeting
Moderator – Patricia Maloney, CFPC Disease Committee Secretary; UC Davis Tahoe Environmental Research Center
Interactions Between Forest Structure, Host Community, and Pathogen Identity During 50 Years of Heterobasidion Root Disease in the Sierra Nevada – Southern Cascade Mountains – Richard Cobb, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
Ongoing Studies of North Coast Bishop Pine Decline – Christopher Lee, CALFIRE
Wood Decay in Prunes and Almonds in the Central Valley– Andrew ‘Bob’ James Johnson, UC Davis
Does Thinning Influence the Incidence of Black Stain Root Disease in Jeffrey Pine Forests? – Bill Woodruff, Lassen National Forest
Interactions Between Wildfire and Sudden Oak Death Impact Recovery in California’s Coastal Forests – Allison Simler, UC Davis
Pesticide Laws and Regulations
Moderator: Scott Carnegie, CFPC Vice Chair; W.M. Beaty and Associates, Inc.
2018 Update on Pesticide Laws and Regulations David Bakke, USFS PSW
Wednesday, November 14, 2018
2018 California Forest Health – The Year in Review
Moderator: Sheri Smith, USFS PSW
2018 Aerial Detection Survey California Forest Health Update – Jeff Moore, USFS FHP
Assembly Bill 2470: Policy Implications for Invasive Species Response – Steven Stenzler, Office of California State Assembly member Timothy S. Grayson, 14th Assembly District
Update on Invasive Plants in California – Steve Schoenig, California Invasive Plants Council, California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA), retired, and California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW), retired
Asian Gypsy Moth – Jason Leathers, CDFA
2018 California Department of Food and Agriculture, Plant Disease Lab Report – Suzanne Rooney-Latham, CDFA
Reports from the Governor’s California Forest Initiatives
Forest Management Task Force: Coordinating the State’s Investments in Forest Management, Wood Utilization, and Workforce Development – Kevin Conway, California Forest Management Task Force; CALFIRE
Climate Planning in Natural and Working Lands and CALFIRE’s Forest Health Program – Angela Lottes, CALFIRE
Focus on Southern California Tree Health
Moderator: Akif Eskalen, CFPC At-Large Director; UC Cooperative Extension (UCCE), UC Davis
Goldspotted Oak Borer Activity in Southern California – Stacy Hishinuma, USFS Forest Health Protection, Southern California Shared Service Area
Invasive Shot Hole Borers in Orange County – Beatriz Nobua Behrmann, UCCE Orange County
Local and Landscape Factors in the Spread of Fusarium Dieback – Shot Hole Borers– Shannon Lynch, UC Santa Cruz
Post-Disturbance Forest Management Strategies
Moderator: Nic Enstice, Sierra Nevada Conservancy
King Fire: The Reality of Fire Recovery on National Forest System Lands – Dana Walsh, USFS Eldorado National Forest, North Zone
Restoring Mount Tamalpais: Promoting Water Yield and Carbon Capture in Forests Devastated by Sudden Oak Death – Janet Klein, Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy, One Tam Community Conservation Programs
Applying the Forest Resilience Bond – Financing Fire Management for Water Benefits Through Conservation Finance Approaches – Zach Knight, Blue Forest Conservation
Assisted Migration: Risks, Uncertainties, and Opportunities
Moderator: Yana Valachovic, UCCE Humboldt and Del Norte Counties
Lessons for Assisted Migration in Coastal Forests – David Shaw, Oregon State University and Nick Wilhelmi, USFS FHP Southwest Region, Arizona Zone
Approach to Assisted Migration in the Sierra-Cascades – Mark Gray, Sierra Pacific Industries
Seed Transfer Under Climate Change: Where We Have Been and Some Thoughts About Where We Are Going – Jessica Wright, USFS PSW and Jim Thorne, UC Davis
Animal Damage and Wildlife Health
Moderator: Greg Giusti, CFPC Animal Damage Committee Chair; UCCE Mendocino County, Emeritus
Shifts in Disease Dynamics in a Tropical Amphibian Assemblage Are Not Due to Pathogen Attenuation – Jamie Voyles, University of Nevada, Reno
Responding to Nutria Detections in California – Valerie Cook-Fletcher, CDFW
CFPC Business Meeting (open to all) – Bob Rynearson
5:00 ADJOURN