[APWG] WEB: 2011 Sudden Oak Death Meeting
Olivia Kwong
plant at plantconservation.org
Fri Mar 25 07:32:49 CDT 2011
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Sudden Oak Death/Phytophthora ramorum: A Global Perspective on Management
and Movement
The 2011 meeting of the California Oak Mortality Task Force will take
place online this spring. On both Wednesday, May 25, 2011, and Wednesday,
June 1, 2011, hour-long webinars on a variety of topics relevant to
Phytophthora ramorum and Sudden Oak Death will be offered. While these
sessions are free, advance registration is required. Further details on
the agendas and registration are provided below.
Session 1: Virtual "Field Trip" of Phytophthora ramorum Wildland
Management Wednesday, May 25, 2011 - 9 am PDT; 10 am MDT; 11 am CDT; 12
EDT
P. ramorum on Japanese larch in the UK - Joan Webber, Forest Research;
Surrey, UK
Sudden Oak Death hotspots in Humboldt County - Yana Valachovic, UC
Cooperative Extension Humboldt and Del Norte Counties; Eureka, CA
Eradication and containment in Oregon - Alan Kanaskie, Oregon Department
of Forestry; Salem, OR
Session 2: Focus on Phytophthora ramorum Pathways
Wednesday, June 1, 2011 - 9 am PDT; 10 am MDT; 11 am CDT; 12 EDT
An update on P. ramorum-positive water in western North America - Gary
Chastagner, Washington State University Extension; Puyallup, WA
An update on P. ramorum-positive water in the southeastern United States -
Steve Oak, USDA-Forest Service, Forest Health Protection; Asheville, NC
Challenges of repeat nurseries - Steve Jeffers, Clemson University, South
Carolina
To Register: Please fill out the appropriate online registration forms
with your contact information to register for the sessions: May 25
Registration and June 1 Registration. The registration deadline is May 23,
2011.
To access the webinars, you will need to have a computer with an Internet
connection and speakers for sound.
Additional details on technical requirements and how to connect to each
webinar will be provided upon registration completion.
For more information on:
Meeting agendas, contact Katie Palmieri at kpalmieri at berkeley.edu or
510-847-5482.
Registration, technology, and webinar formats, contact Janice Alexander at
jalexander at ucdavis.edu or 415-499-3041.
This meeting is sponsored by: the USDA-Forest Service, State and Private
Forestry; University of California Cooperative Extension; UC Berkeley
Center for Forestry; USDA-Forest Service Pacific Southwest Research
Station; and the USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
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