Sacramento Convention Center | Sacramento, California

Meeting Information

The Eighth Continental Dialogue Meeting was held in conjunction with the Arbor Day Foundation’s Community Forestry National Conference. This year’s speakers included local partners, educators, business professionals, and Dialogue members.

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 Meeting Summary

• Meeting Summary

Meeting Materials

• Final Meeting Agenda
• Speaker Bios

Presentations

• Orientation to the Continental Dialogue
  Bill Toomey, The Nature Conservancy

Panel 1: Forest Health Initiatives: Local Action

• Current situation with wood packaging: California and nationally (no slides available)
  Kevin Harriger, Department of Homeland Security /Customs and Border Protection
• Current situation with incoming plants: California and nationally
  Marla Cazier-Mosley, USDA-APHIS
• Educating citizens about risk to increase their willingness to accept control measures – huonglongbing
  Joel Nelsen, California Citrus Mutual
• California Firewood Task Force
  Janice Alexander, University of California Cooperative Extension
• Nursery Certification Update
  Craig Regelbrugge, American Nursery & Landscape Association

Panel 2: Overview and Update of Dialogue Initiatives and Actions

• Don’t Move Firewood and Firewood Outreach Coordination
  Leigh Greenwood, The Nature Conservancy
• Healthy Urban Tree Initiative
  Bill Toomey, The Nature Conservancy
• New Pest Documentary: Trees, Pests and People
  Sarah Volkman, The Nature Conservancy
• Joint Outreach Efforts to Woodworkers
  Mark Stanley, California Oak Mortality Task Force

Breakout Session: Firewood Certification

• Geoff Friedman, American Firewood Producers and Distributors Association

Breakout Session: Healthy Urban Tree Initiative

• Bill Toomey, The Nature Conservancy

Breakout Session: Trees, Pests and People

• Sarah Volkman, The Nature Conservancy

Breakout Session: There’s an App for That

• Encouraging the public to use their smartphones to save trees
  Chuck Bargeron, University of Georgia Center for Invasive Species and Ecosystem Health
• Firewood Buddy Smartphone App
  Lisa DeBruyckere, Oregon Invasive Species Council
• Something New for Invasive Species Reporting
  Susan Sawyer, California Department of Food and Agriculture