<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div class="gmail_default">Original Airdate: April 17, 2019</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"trebuchet ms",sans-serif">Runtime: 1hr 25m</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"trebuchet ms",sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"trebuchet ms",sans-serif">What will you learn? </div><div class="gmail_default" style=""><font face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif"><br></font></div></div><div><div><div><font face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif">The Western Governors’ Association webinar, Innovative Approaches to Addressing Forest Health and Invasive Species in the Pacific Islands, explored the various risks that invasive pests and pathogens pose to vulnerable island ecosystems.<span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"trebuchet ms",sans-serif"> </span></font><span style="font-family:"trebuchet ms",sans-serif">Invasive species can have particularly devastating effects on specialized island ecosystems and economies. Panelists discussed the challenges related to invasive species prevention and control in the U.S. Pacific Islands.</span></div><div><font face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif">The webinar was moderated by WGA Policy Advisor Bill Whitacre. Panelists included: Susan Cordell, <span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"trebuchet ms",sans-serif"></span>Director, Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry, U.S. Forest Service (view slides<span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"trebuchet ms",sans-serif"> below</span>); DJ Sene, American Samoa Community College, Agriculture, Community and Natural Resources Division; Pua Michael, Head Forester, Division of Forestry, Palau Bureau of Agriculture; and Chelsa Muna-Brecht, Director, Guam Department of Agriculture (view slides<span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"trebuchet ms",sans-serif"></span></font><span style="font-family:"trebuchet ms",sans-serif"> </span><span style="font-family:"trebuchet ms",sans-serif">below</span><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"trebuchet ms",sans-serif"></span><span style="font-family:"trebuchet ms",sans-serif">).</span></div></div><div><font face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif">View <span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"trebuchet ms",sans-serif">the webinar here: </span></font><a href="http://westgov.org/news/webinar-innovative-approaches-to-addressing-forest-health-and-invasive-species-in-the-pacific-islands/" target="_blank">http://westgov.org/news/webinar-innovative-approaches-to-addressing-forest-health-and-invasive-species-in-the-pacific-islands/</a><span style="font-family:"trebuchet ms",sans-serif"></span></div><br></div><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"trebuchet ms",sans-serif">SLIDES: </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"trebuchet ms",sans-serif"><a href="http://westgov.org/images/editor/Cordell_WGA_webinar_2019.pdf">Overview IPIF</a>, Susan Cordell, <span class="gmail_default"></span>Director, Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry, U.S. Forest Service</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"trebuchet ms",sans-serif"><a href="http://westgov.org/images/editor/Chelsa_Pres.pdf">Trees of Guam & Pathogens</a>, Chelsa Muna-Brecht, Director
Department of Agriculture

</div><br></div><div><span style="font-family:"trebuchet ms",sans-serif">Sponsored by: T</span><font face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif" style="font-family:"trebuchet ms",sans-serif">he </font><span style="font-family:"trebuchet ms",sans-serif">Western Governors' Association as part of their </span><font face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif" style="font-family:"trebuchet ms",sans-serif">Biosecurity and Invasive Species Initiative webinar </font><span style="font-family:"trebuchet ms",sans-serif"><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"trebuchet ms",sans-serif">series.</span></span><br></div><div><br></div><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"trebuchet ms",sans-serif">Previous webinars in the Biosecurity and Invasive Species Initiative series can be viewed at: <a href="http://westgov.org/initiatives/biosecurity-and-invasive-species-initiative/webinars" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">http://westgov.org/initiatives/biosecurity-and-invasive-species-initiative/webinars</a></div><br></div><div><br></div></div></div></div>