2022 Annual Meeting | Forestpest

California Forest Pest Council 71st Annual Meeting

This years meeting will be a hybrid of In-Person and Virtual Attendees and Presenters.

Date: November 16 & 17, 2022

Location: In Person - UC Davis, Student Community Center Multipurpose Room, Davis, CA

Online Registration: Click here to register

Early bird online registration ends October 21st at 11:59 pm PST.

Standard online registration ends November 11th at 1:00 pm PST.

Standard registration fees will be accepted at the door and can be paid by cash, check, or credit.

Virtual attendees will be able to interact and ask questions to presenters in real time during the meeting!
Virtual attendees - Meeting folder information

Students Grants Available! - 2022 Don Dahlsten Memorial Scholarship Grant

Poster Submission: Specifics on the poster session please click here and contact Leif Mortenson for more information, leif.mortenson@usda.gov

Meeting Title and Draft Agenda:

The Dynamics of California Forest Pests: from Hand Lens to Landscape

November 16, 2022

1:05-2:30: Insect Committee: Moderator: Michael Jones, Committee Chair

Wolfgang Schweigkofler (NORSDUC): testing steam and solarization disinfestation of various substrates
Charles Maxwell (OSU): Flatheaded fir borer in SW Oregon and northern CA
Wyatt Williams (ODF): Emerald ash borer detection in Oregon (potentially online)
Kathleen Knight (USDAFS, NRS): Emerald ash borer: monitoring and population dynamics in the eastern U.S. (online)
Insect Committee Business

2:35-3:00: BREAK

3:00 - 4:30: Disease Committee: Moderator: Tom Smith, Committee Chair

Tyler Bourret (UCD): Fungal and oomycete systematics: why it matters for regulation and management
Dave Shaw (OSU): How Does Dwarf Mistletoe Change Forest Crown Structure? New Insight from Western Hemlock
Richard Cobb (Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo): Fire and Phytophthora ramorum
Disease Committee Business

4:25-4:30: BREAK

4:30-5:30: Update on Pesticide Laws and Regulations: Moderator: Chris Lee, CAL FIRE

Stacey Clarke (USDAFS, R5 FHP): general update
Julia Garcia (CA DPR): The 10 most common pesticide handling violations

5:30-6:30: Poster Session and Social

November 17, 2022

8:30-9:45: Forest Health Year in Review: Moderator: Ashley Hawkins, USDA Forest Service

Jeff Moore (USDAFS, R5 FHP): Forest Health Monitoring
Suzanne Latham (CDFA): CDFA Plant Pest Diagnostic Center
Joanna Fisher (CDFA): Spongy moth and spotted lanternfly
Stacy Hishinuma (USDAFS, R5 FHP): ISHB, GSOB, and MOB

9:45-10:50: Forest Health Highlight: Bot Cankers: Moderator: Ashley Hawkins, USDA Forest Service

Matteo Garbelotto (UCCE/UCB): Latent, stress-triggered pathogens in California woody plants (online)
Laura Drake-Schultheis (UC Santa Barbara): Bot canker pathogens in Southern California bigberry manzanita
Chris Lee (CAL FIRE): Canker pathogens infecting redwoods, cypresses, and cedars
Akif Eskalen (UC Davis): Occurrence of Bot canker pathogens in agriculture and natural forest systems

11:10-11:25: BREAK

11:25-12:00: Detection and Monitoring: Moderator: Beverly Bulaon, USDA Forest Service

Tyler McCraney (Cal Poly, Humboldt/UCLA): qPCR Assays for Five Important Soilborne Phytophthora Species
Kevin Potter (NC State University): Patterns of Non-native Plant Invasions Across the U.S. Using FIA Data
Brent Oblinger (USDA FS, Region 6 FHP): Identifying conifer mortality induced by Armillaria root disease using airborne lidar and orthoimagery in south central Oregon

12:40-1:45: LUNCH

1:45-2:05: CFPC Business Meeting: Bob Rynearson, CFPC Chair

2:05-3:05: Wildfire-pest interactions

Kim Corella & Curtis Ewing (Cal Fire): Fire and GSOB, Fire and MOB
Dylan Enright (UC Riverside): Fire and soil microbial communities
Mike Jones (UCCE): Post-fire oak response in Mendocino County: an update

3:05-3:15: BREAK

3:15-5:00: The Big Picture in Forest Health: Moderator: Cheryl Blomquist,CDFA

Lysanna Anderson (USGS): Land management explains major trends in forest structure and composition over the last millennium in California's Klamath Mountains (online)
Stephanie Snyder (USFS, Northern Research Station): Gaining insights about forest health prescriptions from loggers and foresters: understudied voices in the human dimensions of forest health
Treena Burgess (Murdoch University): Anthropogenic disturbances and the emergence of native diseases: a threat to forest health
Susan Frankel (USDA FS, PSW Research Station): Climate, forest pathogens & insects: From a small park to around the globe

5:00: Closing Remarks

Parking:

Parking is $15/day and the easiest and closest parking is located at the Pavilion Garage parking lot (zone 35945). This parking lot is a 5 minute walk to the meeting location at the Student Community Center.

Please park in C zone in the structure - level 3 and up.
The visitor parking terminal is available for you to purchase on the outside of the building of the parking structure on the corner of Hutchison Dr. & Kleiber Dr.
You will need your license plate number when purchasing from the parking terminal and pay by Visa or Mastercard only.
A valid permit is required to park on campus and is valid for the date purchased, Monday-Friday from 7 a.m.–10 p.m.
This permit that you purchase is good in ALL C zone parking areas.
No need to put a receipt or permit on your vehicle.