CFPC 2020 Annual Meeting Power Point Presentations
Wednesday, November 18, 2020
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1:00 – 2:00 PM – Insect Committee Meeting
Moderator: Michael Jones, University of California Cooperative Extension Mendocino/Lake/Sonoma
1:00 Mediterranean Oak Borer (MOB): distribution, hosts, symptoms of attack, and life history as an invasive – Curtis Ewing, CALFIRE
1:20 Insect diversity over 36 years at a protected Sierra Nevada site – Jay Rosenheim, UC Davis
1:40 Working with nematodes to understand beech leaf disease– Sharon Reed, Ontario Forest Research Institute
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2:00 – 3:00 PM – Disease Committee Meeting
Moderator: Tom Smith, Cal Fire
2:00 Research update on Mediterranean Oak Borer in California – Akif Eskalen, UC Davis
2:10 Ganoderma diversity in California – Daisy Hernandez, UC Davis
2:20 The forest microbiome and forest health – Mee-Sook Kim, USDA Forest Service, Pacific
Northwest Research Station
2:40 New observations of So Cal forest pathology – Charlie Barnes, USDA Forest Service, Forest Health Protection, Southern California Shared Service Area
2:50 New observations of Nor Cal forest pathology – Ashley Hawkins, USDA Forest Service, Forest Health Protection, Northern California Shared Service Area
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3:00 – 4:00 PM – Pesticide Laws and Regulations
Moderator: Kim Corella, Cal Fire
3:00 Relative toxicity of herbicides and a comparison with mowing – Rick Miller, Corteva Agriscience
3:30 Pre-emergent herbicides and invasive plants– Stacey Clark, USDA Forest Service, Forest Health Protection
4:00 PM Adjourn for the day
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Thursday, November 19, 2020
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1:00 – 2:00 PM – 2020 in Review
Moderator: Bob Rynearson, W.M. Beaty and Associates
1:00 Statewide forest health monitoring 2020 – Beverly Bulaon, USDA Forest Service, Forest Health Protection, South Sierra Shared Service Area
1:05 Update: Invasive shot hole borers-Fusarium dieback – Randall Oliver, University of California, Agriculture and Natural Resources
1:15 Goldspotted oak borer and Sudden oak death updates – Kim Corella/Chris Lee, CALFIRE
1:25 Invasive weeds update – Tom Smith, CALFIRE/Doug Johnson, California Invasive Plant Council
1:35 Maple leaf scorch update – Bill Woodruff, USDA Forest Service, Forest Health Protection, Northeastern California Shared Service Area
1:40 2020 California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA), Plant Disease Report – Suzanne Latham/Cheryl Blomquist, CDFA
1:50 CFPC Business Meeting – Bob Rynearson, W.M. Beaty & Associates Inc.
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2:00 – 3:00 PM – Panel: The status of true fir species in California
Moderator: Chris Lee, Cal Fire
2:00 Coastal grand fir – Michael Jones, UC Cooperative Extension, Forestry Advisor, Mendocino, Lake
and Sonoma Counties
2:10 White and red fir in eastern California – Danny Cluck /Bill Woodruff, USDA Forest Service, Forest Health Protection, Northeastern California Shared Service Area
2:20 Rare firs of the Klamath Mountains– Michael Kauffman, California Native Plant Society Vegetation Program
2:30 Do forest restoration treatments mediate drought-induced mortality in true firs in the Sierra Nevada?– Marc Meyer, USDA Forest Service, Region 5
2:40 An evaluation of Heterobasidion control and long-term monitoring/management in mixed conifer forests of California – Adrian Poloni, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
2:50 Post-drought demographics of select true fir species in northern California– Sophia Lemmo, Humboldt State University
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3:00 – 3:55 PM – Assorted Topics
Moderator: Scott Carnegie, W.M. Beaty and Associates
3:00 Alameda County acacia die-off: an update and 2020 California forest health research highlights – Susan Frankel, USDA Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station
3:15 A New Planting Palette for Sierra Meadows – Marian Vernon, Point Blue Conservation Science
3:30 Preventing new forest pest invasions with Tree-Smart Trade– Gary Lovett, Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies
3:55 – 4:00 PM – Wrap-up and Adjourn
