California Forest Pest Council 71st Annual Meeting

@ UC Davis, Student Community Center Multipurpose Room
on Wednesday, Nov 16-Nov 17, 2022
in Davis, CA

Registration
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

  • Wolfgang Schweigkofler (NORSDUC): testing steam and solarization disinfestation of various substrates

  • Charles Maxwell (OSU): Flatheaded fir borer in SW Oregon and northern CA

  • Christine Buhl or 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)

 

2:30-3:00: BREAK

 

3:00 - 4:30: Disease Committee

  • Tyler Bourret (UCD): Fungal and oomycete systematics: why it matters for regulation and management

  • Tyler McCraney (Cal Poly Humboldt/UCLA): qPCR Assays for Five Important Soil borne Phytophthora Species

  • Mike Jones (UCCE): Reconstructing valley oak decline in Napa County from remotely sensed data

 

4:20-4:30: BREAK

 

4:30-5:30: Update on Pesticide Laws and Regulations

  • Stacey Clarke (USDAFS, R5 FHP): general update

  • Julia Garcie (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

  • Jeff Moore (USDAFS, R5 FHP): Forest Health Monitoring

  • Suzanne or Cheryl (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

  • 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

  • DeAnna Vega (Cal Poly Pomona): Fate of bot canker pathogens in compost

  • Chris Lee (CAL FIRE): Canker pathogens infecting redwoods, cypresses, and cedars

  • Shannon Lynch (SUNY ESF): other aspects of canker pathogens

11:10-11:25: BREAK

11:25-12:00: Detection and Monitoring

  • 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

12:45-1:45: LUNCH

1:45-2:05: CFPC Business Meeting

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

  • Kim Corella: Fire and GSOB, Fire and MOB

  • Dave Rizzo: Fire and soil microbial communities

  • Rich Cobb (remote): Fire and P. ramorum

3?:05-3:15: BREAK

3:15-5:00: The Big Picture in Forest Health

  • Clarke Knight (USGS): Land management explains major trends in forest structure and composition over the last millennium in California's Klamath Mountains

  • 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, Climate and CA forest health

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.

UC Davis Parking Map  

Close up map of location of Pavilion Parking Structure and Student Community Center

Location

UC Davis, Student Community Center Multipurpose Room
Corner of Hutchison Dr. and California Ave
Davis, CA 95616