2016 Meeting Information, Indianapolis IN
- Partner Meeting: Partners in Community Forestry, Arbor Day Foundation
- 2016 Final Meeting Summary (PDF June 2017)
- Download the Save the Date 2016 for a quick overview.
- Continental Dialogue Agenda (PDF October 2016)
- 2016 Poster Session Document.
Thank you to all who joined us in November!
Archive of Presentations:
Monday, November 14th
USFS Forest Health Protection Program Updates – Rick Cooksey, Deputy Director, Forest Health Protection, USFS
National and Regional Port of Entry Detections – Nikki Thomas, Director, Agriculture Safeguarding, Agriculture Programs and Trade Liaison Office of Field Operations, U.S. Customs and Border Protection
Compatibility of Insecticides and Biocontrol for Managing EAB in Urban Environments – Juli Gould & Gericke Cook, USDA APHIS PPQ, Melissa Fierke and Michael Jones, SUNY ESF, John Kaltenbach, Colorado Department of Agriculture, and Dr. Fredric Miller, professor of horticulture in the Department of Agriculture and Horticulture Sciences at Joliet Junior College
APHIS Perspectives on Regional and National Developments – Scott Pfister, Ph.D., USDA APHIS, Laboratory Director
Habitat Network – Megan Whatton, The Nature Conservancy, Urban Habitat Network Manager
Industry Partnership in Pest Prevention: Systems to Approach to Nursery Certification (SANC)– Craig Reggelbrugge, VP, AmericanHort
IUCN Red Lists and forest health implications – Dr. Murphy Westwood, Tree Conservation Specialist, the Morton Arboretum, presented by Tricia Bethke, Forest Pest Outreach Coordinator, The Morton Arboretum.
National Plant Board Update– Piera Siegert, State Entomologist, New Hampshire
Spotted Lanternfly Community Response – John Baker, PA Department of Agriculture, Spotted Lanternfly Program Coordinator
Ohio Asian Longhorned Beetle Cooperative Eradication Program – Phillip M. Baldauf, PhD, USDA APHIS PPQ Asian Longhorned Beetle Eradication Project Manager, Ohio
Urban Tree Benefits – Joe McCarthy, Senior City Forester, Bureau of Forestry, Chicago, Illinois
Tuesday, November 15th
SLAM (Slowing Ash Mortality) -Deb McCullough, Dept. of Entomology and Dept. of Forestry at Michigan State University
Lingering & resistant ash & breeding hopes – Jennifer Koch, Research Biologist, USFS
Biocontrol at the APHIS Brighton Lab – Ben Slager, Supervisory Entomologist, USDA APHIS
An integrated approach to managing our EAB invasion – Lynne Rieske- Kinney, Professor of Forest Entomology, University of Kentucky
Healthy Trees, Healthy Cities App Developments-Healthy Trees, Healthy Cities App and Summary of Results of initial Beta Testing and Tree Health Monitoring- Bill Toomey, TNC and Dr. Rich Hallett, USFS NYC Urban Field Station
i-Tree: tools for pest detection, reporting vulnerability, and forecasting damage – Alexis Ellis, Research Urban Forester, The Davey Institute
Growing urban forestry awareness, outreach and education – Lynne Rieske- Kinney, Professor of Forest Entomology, University of Kentucky
Progress and Policy Update regarding Farm Bill Coalition – Scott Cameron, President of the Reduce Risks from Invasive Species Coalition
Tree Smart Trade Initiative – Gary Lovett, Senior Scientist, Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies
Indiana Policies and Practices – Phil Marshall, Forest Health Specialist, Indiana Division of Forestry
CAFP report & re-organization – Faith Campbell, Vice President, Center for Invasive Species Prevention