Pittsburgh Convention Center | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, November 4-5th 2013

Meeting Materials

• Partner Meeting: Partners in Community Forestry, Arbor Day Foundation
• November 2013 Meeting Summary
• Final Meeting Agenda
• Final Meeting Participant List
• Speaker Bios
• Save the Date

Presentations

• Forest for the Trees: The View from Washington, DC
  Stas Burgiel, National Invasive Species Council
• Orientation to the Continental Dialogue
  Bill Toomey, The Nature Conservancy
• Emerging Regional and National Issues in Tree and Forest Health over the Next 10 Years: Academic Perspective
  Charles Canham, The Cary Institute
• Emerging Regional and National Issues in Tree and Forest Health over the Next 10 Years:  Regional Perspective (no slides available)
  Steve Koehn, State Forester of Maryland & Northeastern Area Association of State Foresters, chair of the Forest Health Committee

Panel #1: New Alliances and Opportunities

• Introduction and Summary of the American Public Gardens Association Sentinel Plant Network
  Dan Stern, American Public Gardens Association
• Forest industry perspective (no slides available)
  Paul Lyskava, PA Forest Products Association
• Update of Firewood Certification Efforts and Results
  Geoff Friedman, American Firewood Producers and Distributors Association

Panel #2: Progress on Managing Plants for Planting as Pathway of Pest Introduction and Spread

• International Industry Efforts
  Craig Regelbrugge, American Nursery & Landscape Association
• Systems Approach for Nursery Certification (SANC)
  Ann Gibbs, National Plant Board

Panel #3: Overview and Update on Dialogue Initiatives and Actions

• Don’t Move Firewood and Firewood Outreach Coordination
  Leigh Greenwood, Forest Health Protection Program, The Nature Conservancy
• Healthy Trees, Healthy Cities Initiative
  Rachel Holmes, Forest Health Protection Program, The Nature Conservancy
• Update on Policy Work (no slides available)
  Christine Cadigan, American Forest Foundation

Panel #4: Wood Packaging Updates

• Assessing the Effectiveness of ISPM #15 in Reducing Infestation Rates of Wood Packaging Material: An NCEAS Report
  Robert Haack, USDA Forest Service
• Enhanced Enforcement Proposals and Practices
  Kevin Harriger, US Customs and Border Protection

Breakout Session Presentation

• UFORHIC (Urban Forest Health Information Center) Project
  Eileen Luke, Purdue University and Scott Maco, Davey Institute