From mcram at fs.fed.us Mon Feb 2 16:15:20 2009 From: mcram at fs.fed.us (Michelle Cram) Date: Mon, 2 Feb 2009 10:15:20 -0500 Subject: [IUFRO RG 7.02 FORPATH] IUFRO Hilo, Hi July 2009 Message-ID: 2nd Notice IUFRO Working Group (7.03.04) Disease and Insects in Forest Nurseries will meet in Hilo, Hawaii, USA July 10-17, 2009 (formal classroom and field trips: July 13-16). Registration and requirements for submission of papers can be found at these websites: http://www.westernforestry.org/ http://www.iufro.org/auth/science/divisions/division-7/70000/70300/70304/activities/unit/7.03.04/ We will be featuring a Special panel topic: Non-native diseases and insects: implications for forest nurseries and native flora. Other sessions will cover the following: Forest nursery diseases and insects around the world. Participants can present overviews of disease and insects in forest nurseries in their countries. Forest nursery pest biology and management. Diagnosis or identification of disease or insect damage (e.g. molecular techniques). We hope you can come to Hilo. Thanks. Michelle Cram Plant Pathologist USDA Forest Service-FHP 320 Green Street Athens GA 30602 (706) 559-4233 Phone (706) 559-4245 Fax mcram at fs.fed.us -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.iufro.org/pipermail/rg70200-forpath/attachments/20090202/63df405b/attachment.html From kklepzig at fs.fed.us Fri Feb 6 14:37:43 2009 From: kklepzig at fs.fed.us (Kier Klepzig) Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2009 08:37:43 -0500 Subject: [IUFRO RG 7.02 FORPATH] Research Entomologist or Pathologist or Ecologist Position Open - US Forest Service Message-ID: Supervisory GS?14/15 Research Entomologist/Ecologist/Pathologist 414/408/434 Location: Athens, GA, or Starkville, MS, or Pineville, LA. The Southern Research Station announces the opening of a vacancy for a GS14/15 Research Scientist. The scientist will serve as a supervisory research entomologist, pathologist or ecologist (invasive plants) within SRS-4552: Insects, Diseases, and Invasive Plants. To apply for this position, visit usajobs.gov and past the appropriate position number into the search box: Internal applicants: TA09-SRS-IDIP-0054G (R-EB) External applicants: TA09-SRS-IDIP-0054DP (R-EB) SRS-4552 is comprised of three primary teams based in Athens, GA; Starkville, MS; and Pineville, LA: (1) Southern Pine Beetle and Invasive Insects; (2) Termites and Wood-Destroying Insects; (3) Diseases and Invasive Plants. The scientist will be responsible for conceiving, planning, organizing, designing, implementing, interpreting, and reporting personal research. At the discretion of the Station Director, the scientist may also serve as Project Leader for the unit. In this capacity, the scientist will be responsible for the unit?s: research direction, budget, performance evaluations, writing and executing cooperative agreements, and possibly obtaining funding (internal and/or external), to carry out the unit mission. The scientist may supervise several unit scientists, technicians, and administrative support, and will be supervised by an Assistant Director for Research. Successful applicant can choose from one of the following duty stations: Athens, GA: Unit is located on the campus of the University of Georgia, in a metropolitan area with a population of over 100,000. Athens is a vibrant city, a college town and event destination. The city offers a unique blend of Southern heritage and contemporary entertainment. Atlanta?s Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport, is 1.5 hours by automobile. Starkville, MS: Unit is located on the campus of Mississippi State University. A college town for more than a century, Starkville is a city with small town friendliness and high-quality educational, cultural and recreational opportunities. Located in Northeast Mississippi, some 30 miles west of the AL State Line and 115 miles south of the TN State line, Mississippi State University is the largest university in the state. The location is served by Golden Triangle Regional Airport. Pineville, LA: Unit is located at the Alexandria Forestry Center, a unique field situation with all three branches of the Forest Service (National Forest System, Forest Health, and Research) located together. The Center is a fully equipped laboratory complex located just across the Red River from Alexandria in the geographic center of the state. Pineville-Alexandria is a full-service community with a population of 60,000 and two 4 year colleges. The location is served by Alexandria international airport (AEX) with connections to Atlanta, Memphis, Houston and Dallas. For more information on this position, contact Assistant Director of Research, Kier Klepzig: kklepzig at fs.fed.us ****************************************************************************** Kier Klepzig Assistant Director for Research Southern Research Station, USFS 200 WT Weaver Blvd. Asheville, NC 28804 (828)257-4307 kklepzig at fs.fed.us ****************************************************************************** -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.iufro.org/pipermail/rg70200-forpath/attachments/20090206/be1f54bc/attachment.html From goestl at iufro.org Thu Feb 26 10:06:57 2009 From: goestl at iufro.org (Goestl) Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2009 10:06:57 +0100 Subject: [IUFRO RG 7.02 FORPATH] Outreach notice - Research Plant Pathologist GS-434-12/13 position Message-ID: <000001c997f1$9416e250$223625c2@iufro13> Forwarded message from David Shaw: Pacific Northwest Research Station USDA Forest Service OUTREACH NOTICE Managing Disturbance Regimes Program Behavioral Chemistry and Ecology of Insects and Disease Team (BCEID) Pacific Northwest Research Station Research Plant Pathologist GS 434 12/13 The Behavioral Chemistry and Ecology of Insects and Disease Team (BCEID) of the Pacific Northwest Research Station anticipates advertising for a permanent, full-time Research Plant Pathologist GS-434-12/13 position, centered at the Forestry Sciences Laboratory, Corvallis, Oregon. The specific research objectives assigned to this position will be: 1) determine what factors of forest pathogens contribute to the severity of their pathogenicity in host trees; 2) develop tools and techniques that can be used to reduce the level of pathogenicity expressed by forest pathogens; 3) determine what factors in host trees contribute to their resistance of forest pathogens; and, 4) develop tools or techniques for increasing the resistance of host trees to forest pathogens. The overall goal is to provide resource managers with new tools they can use to maintain resilient, sustainable, and productive forest ecosystems. The studies will be directed at native and invasive pathogens currently impacting, or with the potential to significantly impact (such as sudden oak death) forest ecosystems of the Pacific Northwest, including Alaska. It is expected that the contributions from this personal assignment will modify existing theories with a series of significant additions to the scientific and forest management literature. This scientist is expected to develop an aggressive research program, including a combination of independent and cooperative studies with other scientists in the Team, Program, Station, other government agencies, or universities. FOREST SERVICE EMPLOYEES ON THE WORKFORCE REDUCTION PLACEMENT SYSTEM LIST WILL RECEIVE PRIORITY CONSIDERATION AND CTAP/ICTAP CANDIDATES WILL RECEIVE THE APPROPRIATE CONSIDERATION Interested applicants, or those desiring further information should contact Rick Kelsey, (541-750-7368, rkelsey at fs.fed.us) or complete the attached form and return by March 31, 2009. -- David Shaw Extension Forest Health Specialist and Director, Swiss Needle Cast Cooperative Department of Forest Engineering, Resources and Management (Assistant Professor) College of Forestry, Oregon State University Corvallis, Oregon 97331 Phone: 541.737.2845 Fax: 541.737.4316 dave.shaw at oregonstate.edu Swiss Needle Cast Cooperative: http://www.cof.orst.edu/coops/sncc/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.iufro.org/pipermail/rg70200-forpath/attachments/20090226/354b2f3b/attachment.html