From Jan.Volney at NRCan-RNCan.gc.ca  Thu Oct  1 16:52:14 2009
From: Jan.Volney at NRCan-RNCan.gc.ca (Volney, Jan)
Date: Thu, 1 Oct 2009 10:52:14 -0400
Subject: [IUFRO RG 7.02 FORPATH] Research Scientist Position: Forest
	Pathology, Canadian Forest Service
Message-ID: <10D1A5C374FC064AA08164EECED78739026EE561@S0-OTT-X3.nrn.nrcan.gc.ca>

Dear Folks:

Below is a link to a job posting for a position in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Please pass this on to any qualified candidates (PhD and ability to conduct research see further details under Essential Qualifications in the job notice).  Applications must be made through the Public Service of Canada website accessible through the link's "Apply Online" button.  Please note that the closing date is October 14, 2009.

Thanks, and all the best.

Jan

https://psjobs-emploisfp.psc-cfp.gc.ca/psrs-srfp/applicant/page1800?toggleLanguage=en&noBackBtn=true&poster=100941&psrsMode=1



**********************************
W. Jan A. Volney
jvolney at NRCan.gc.ca
http://nofc.cfs.nrcan.gc.ca/
www.emend.rr.ualberta.ca <http://www.emend.rr.ualberta.ca/> 

(780) 435 7329   FAX: (780) 435 7359
A/Director, Ecosystems Health Science Program
&
Senior Research Scientist     Chercheur scientifique s?nior
Northern Forestry Centre       Centre de Foresterie du Nord
Canadian Forest Service        Service Canadien des For?ts
Natural Resources Canada     Ressources Naturelles Canada
Government of Canada           Gouvernement du Canada
5320-122 Street                     5320, rue 122
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada    Edmonton (Alberta) Canada
T6H 3S5                                T6H 3S5
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From sfrankel at fs.fed.us  Mon Oct  5 18:13:01 2009
From: sfrankel at fs.fed.us (Susan Frankel)
Date: Mon, 5 Oct 2009 09:13:01 -0700
Subject: [IUFRO RG 7.02 FORPATH] Invitation to the Fifth Continental
 Dialogue Meeting - October 27 - 28, San Francisco, CA
Message-ID: <OF4D89A77A.1CB54D31-ON88257646.0058DB2A-88257646.00591346@fs.fed.us>

Please join us at the Continental Dialogue meeting. Note that the deadline 
for reduced rate rooms is 10.5.09.  Susan 

----- Forwarded by Susan Frankel/PSW/USDAFS on 10/05/2009 09:10 AM -----

Continental Forest Dialogue <continetalforestdial at resolv.org> 
10/05/2009 08:52 AM

To
Mark Lewis <mlewis at resolv.org>
cc
Paul De Morgan <pdemorgan at resolv.org>, Dana Goodson <dgoodson at resolv.org>
Subject
REMINDER - Invitation to the Fifth Continental Dialogue Meeting - October 
27 - 28, San Francisco, CA






Greetings. 
 
As a reminder, the Fifth Continental Dialogue meeting is taking place 
October 27-28 ? less than 4 weeks to go. Below is the original invitation 
and information on the field trips, meeting agenda, how to register, and 
accommodations. Please secure your registration soon to ensure that you 
can join us for this exciting meeting.
 
While online registration for the meeting will remain open until October 
20, there are two important deadlines to keep in mind:
 
1.       HOTEL RESERVATIONS ? We have arranged a special rate ($129) for 
hotel rooms at the Hyatt at Fisherman?s Wharf. Today is the last day to 
take advantage of the negotiated rate, and the rooms have been filling up 
quickly. There may be a few rooms left at the $129 rate, but please be 
prepared for the hotel block to fill and close soon. Once the room block 
has filled up, the $129 rate will no longer be guaranteed. After that 
point, you may still reserve rooms at the Hyatt at non-guaranteed market 
rates.
To register, please visit: 
https://resweb.passkey.com/Resweb.do?mode=welcome_ei_new&eventID=1442203
 
2.       PORT OF OAKLAND FIELD TRIP ? Registration for the Port of Oakland 
trip has now closed. An advance security check is required for the trip. 
If you have signed up for the Port of Oakland trip, you will be contacted 
by Customs and Border Patrol in the next week or so. When requested, 
please be prepared to provide your full name, date of birth, state and 
city of birth.
 
3.       MARIN COUNTY / SUDDEN OAK DEATH TRIP ? The trip to witness Sudden 
Oak Death in Marin County remains open for registration. To attend, please 
complete your registration at:
https://www.energymeetings.com/calendar/register.asp?CalendarID=10859
 
Please let us know if you have any questions and/or comments.
 
Regards,
 
Paul, Dana, and Mark
 
Paul De Morgan                     Dana Goodson  Mark Lewis
Senior Mediator                        Facilitator  Associate
RESOLVE                                 RESOLVE             RESOLVE
435.750.7075 (ph)                   202.965.6209 (ph)     202.965.6211 
(ph)
pdemorgan at resolv.org          dgoodson at resolv.org                  
mlewis at resolv.org
 
 
Continental Dialogue on Non-Native Forest Insects and Diseases 
October 27 ? 28, 2009
At Fort Mason Center
San Francisco, CA
 
 
 
 
 
 
Greetings:
 
The Continental Dialogue Steering Committee is pleased to invite you to 
join other leaders from the Pacific coast and around the country who are 
working to address the growing threat to North American forests from 
non-native insects and diseases. The Fifth Continental Dialogue meeting 
will take place on Tuesday and Wednesday, October 27 ? 28, 2009 in San 
Francisco, California. The Steering Committee has worked diligently to 
include a host of emerging issues in the meeting agenda. The meeting also 
provides an opportunity for participants to experience one of two exciting 
field trips.
 
This meeting will serve as an opportunity for this diverse group to build 
on the successes of the last year and plan for the future of the Dialogue. 
Specific objectives include: cultivating collaborations toward action to 
address the threat of non-native forest insects and diseases; linking 
state and local actions to Continental Dialogue efforts to enhance 
national policies and strategies; enlisting communities in the battle 
against non-native insects and diseases impacting their trees; and 
identifying and agreeing on needed actions for Continental Dialogue to 
take in the upcoming year.  We invite you to join us in this important 
effort.
 
We hope you will attend, or, if you are not able to attend, you will 
consider sending a trusted member of your organization.
 
Please note that some funding is available to assist participants with 
travel costs. If you are interested in participating and these expenses 
would preclude your attendance, please contact Mark Lewis of RESOLVE (
mlewis at resolv.org; 202-965-6211).
 
Registration
To register, please go to:  
https://www.energymeetings.com/calendar/register.asp?CalendarID=10859.
 
Registration for this meeting is limited and will be honored on a ?first 
come-first serve? basis.  Please note that online registration will close 
on Tuesday, October 20th. After that date, you will be able to register 
onsite. Registration payment will be accepted onsite by credit card, 
check, or cash (please bring exact change). Please make checks payable to 
RESOLVE and mail to RESOLVE, c/o Mark Lewis, 1255 23rd St. NW, Suite 875, 
Washington D.C. 20037.
 
Thanks to a private grant, we are able to cover a significant portion of 
facility costs. There is, however, a registration fee that will cover all 
meals, refreshments and attendance on one of two concurrent field trips. 
The cost to attend the full event is $75; the cost for attending the first 
day only (Tuesday, October 27th) will be $45. This includes attendance on 
one of the field trips. The cost for attending the second day only 
(Wednesday, October 28th) will be $30. 
 
For more information and updates regarding the meeting, as well as 
existing background materials, please go to 
http://www.continentalforestdialogue.org/events/dialogue/2009-10-27/index.html
. 
 
Meeting Agenda
Attached you will find a draft agenda which defines the meeting goals and 
describes the presentations, plenary discussions, and breakout 
deliberations we are planning to help us achieve the meeting goals. The 
document also includes draft agendas for two field trips (described 
below).
 
We will be distributing additional background materials closer to the 
meeting date.
 
Field Trips
The Fifth Dialogue Meeting will include two field trips, to take place 
concurrently on the morning of Tuesday, October 27th. Meeting attendees 
will have the opportunity to attend ONE of the two trips. If you want to 
attend one of these trips, you will need to indicate which of the trips 
you plan to attend when registering for the meeting. There are space 
constraints for one of the trips and logistical considerations for both, 
so please plan to register as early as possible to guarantee a spot.  The 
cutoff date for field trip registration is Tuesday, October 20th. 
 
Both trips will depart by bus from the Hyatt at Fisherman?s Wharf at 
approximately 7:30 am on October 27th and conclude between 12:15 and 12:30 
pm when the buses return to the Hyatt. Following the field trips, 
attendees will proceed to Fort Mason to register and begin the first day 
of the meeting.
 
Field Trip #1 ? Experimental Nursery and Sudden Oak Death (Marin County, 
CA)
One group will visit the experimental nursery at Dominican College in San 
Rafael, California, followed by an excursion to forested areas at Muir 
Woods in Marin County to witness the effects of Sudden Oak Death. This 
trip does not have a limit on the number of people who can attend.
 
Field Trip #2 ? Port of Oakland (Oakland, CA)
Another group will visit the Port of Oakland to learn about wood packaging 
and the inspection activities by Port staff. This trip will be limited to 
30 participants and require a security check in advance of the trip. 
Participants will be required to provide some form of personal information 
(e.g., Social Security number) for review by the Port of Oakland. Further 
information about this field trip will be provided as it becomes 
available, including instructions on what information you need to share 
and how to share it.
 
Overnight Accommodations
A subsidized rate of $129/night plus tax has been secured for overnight 
accommodations at the Hyatt at Fisherman?s Wharf, which is near the Fort 
Mason meeting venue.
 
Attendees must make their own reservations. You may contact the Hyatt at 
Fisherman?s Wharf at (888) 421-1442; please reference the ?Nature 
Conservancy: Continental Forest Dialogue? group rate. Reservations can 
also be made online at 
https://resweb.passkey.com/Resweb.do?mode=welcome_ei_new&eventID=1442203.
 
Please note that the availability of overnight accommodations cannot be 
guaranteed after Monday, October 5, 2009.
 
For questions regarding meeting objectives or the background documents 
posted on the web site, please contact Frank Lowenstein of The Nature 
Conservancy at flowenstein at tnc.org or by phone at 413-229-0232, extension 
224. If you have any logistical questions, please contact Mark Lewis of 
RESOLVE (mlewis at resolv.org; 202-965-6211).
 
We look forward to seeing you at this exciting event in October.
 
Very truly yours,
 
The Steering Committee, Continental Dialogue on Non-Native Forest Insects 
and Diseases 
 
Frank Lowenstein, Director 
Forest Health Program
The Nature Conservancy
 
Nadine Block, Manager, Forest Policy
American Forest & Paper Association
 
Michael Buck, Sustainable Forestry Representative
National Association of State Foresters
 
Faith Campbell, Senior Policy Representative
The Nature Conservancy
 
Allegra Cangelosi, Senior Policy Analyst Ecosystem Team
Northeast Midwest Institute
 
Bill Dickerson
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA
 
Keith Douce, Professor of Entomology
University of Georgia
 
Donald Eggen, Forest Health Manager
Pennsylvania Department of Conservation & Natural Resources
 
Bob Ehart, Animal & Plant Health Safeguarding Coordinator
National Association of State Departments of Agriculture
 
Jodie Ellis, Exotic Insects Education Coordinator
Purdue University, Dept. of Entomology
 
Joe McCarthy, Senior Forester
City of Chicago, Bureau of Forestry
 
Teresa McDill, Supervisor
Invasive Species Unit
Minnesota Department of Agriculture
 
Ken Rauscher, Past President
National Plant Board
Michigan Department of Agriculture
 
Craig Regelbrugge, Senior Director of Government Relations
American Nursery & Landscape Association
 
Lin Schmale, Senior Director of Government Relations
Society of American Florists
 
Carl Schulze, President
National Plant Board
Director, Division of Plant Industry
New Jersey Department of Agriculture
 
John Peter Thompson, Consulting Representative
American Nursery & Landscape Association
 
Phyllis Windle, Senior Scientist 
Global Environment Program
Union of Concerned Scientists
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From mtk178 at psu.edu  Tue Oct  6 22:45:36 2009
From: mtk178 at psu.edu (Matthew T. Kasson)
Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 16:45:36 -0400
Subject: [IUFRO RG 7.02 FORPATH]  Wanted: Tree of Heaven Seeds
Message-ID: <1254861936l.442514l.0l@psu.edu>






To all Forest Pathers:

I am currently looking for Tree of heaven(Ailanthus altissima) seed from the
following
regions/states of the U.S. & Canada: 

Northeast- 
VT, NH, CT,RI,
Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia

Southeast- 
GA, AL, LA, MS, FL,
TN,
KY,AR

Midwest-
MN,SD,ND,MI,WI,NE,KS,MO,IA,IN,Manitoba, Saskatchewan

West- 
WA,OR,WY,MT,NV,UT,CO, Alberta, BC
Southwest-NM,TX,OK, Mexico


We
have already collected seed from all non-listed states. We are also aware that
Ailanthus may not exist in some of the states listed. There is evidence that
Ailanthus was introduced multiple times into this country on both coasts
possibly suggesting that sub-populations of this species may exist if seed came
from geographically different areas in China. We are
currently working with a Verticillium fungus as a potential control of
Ailanthus and want to test to see if all subspecies of Ailanthus are equally
susceptible to our fungus, assuming that subspecies
even exist. Please Email me if you have seed or could get seed (100-250 seeds
if possible) from those regions listed above.  Samples can be sent to the
address below.  Please dry before sending. Helpful information includes GPS
coordinates or closest town name, number of trees seed was collected from (1 or
>1), general setting (roadside, forest, etc.). Again, thank you for your
help.

Regards,

Matt Kasson




Matthew T. Kasson
PhD Candidate

401
Buckhout Lab 
Department of Plant Pathology                           

The Pennsylvania State University                
University Park, PA
16802                              

phone:  814.308.2887
email:   
mtk178 at psu.edu



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From bonello.2 at osu.edu  Fri Oct 16 23:20:57 2009
From: bonello.2 at osu.edu (Pierluigi Bonello)
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 2009 17:20:57 -0400
Subject: [IUFRO RG 7.02 FORPATH] Fwd: Fir Broom Rust
Message-ID: <p06240805c6fe9395c8d9@[164.107.35.129]>

Hello Forpathers,

I am forwarding this message at the request of our diagnostician, 
Nancy Taylor (taylor.8 at osu.edu).  If anyone has any insights, please 
share directly with Nancy.

I apologize in advance if you see this multiple times.

Thanks!
Enrico

>
>
>Hi Diagnosticians, 
>
>A few Christmas tree growers in Upstate NY are having problems with 
>Fir Broom Rust (Melampsorella) on their fraser firs.  This disease, 
>with the disfiguration it causes on random branches, has lead to 
>loss of hundred of trees that became unmarketable.   The main 
>alternate hosts for this disease, chickweeds, have been controlled 
>in the affected plantings about two years ago.  The disease still is 
>presenting a problem for some growers.  One reference indicates that 
>ferns may also be alternate hosts.  The growers have some 
>naturalized ferns (hay scented and sensitive ferns) with no apparent 
>symptoms in nearby hedge rows.       Not much has been written about 
>this disease.  Does anybody have insights they could share. 
>Fungicides? Timing?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Brian
>
>Brian Eshenaur
>Cornell University Extension
>New York State Integrated Pest Management Program
>Internet:        http://www.nysipm.cornell.edu
>
>249 Highland Avenue
>Rochester NY 14620
>p 585.461.1000 ext 240
>f  585.442.7577
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-- 
Pierluigi (Enrico) Bonello, Assoc. Professor
Dept. of Plant Pathology
The Ohio State University
201 Kottman Hall
2021 Coffey Road
Columbus, OH 43210
Tel: (614) 688-5401
Lab: (614) 688-5409
Fax: (614) 292-4455
http://plantpath.osu.edu/people-and-programs/faculty-directory/bonello-pierluigi-enrico/

Environmental Science Graduate Program (ESGP)
http://esgp.osu.edu/

Plant Molecular Biology and Biotechnology Program (PMBB)
http://pmbb.osu.edu/
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From Tod.Ramsfield at scionresearch.com  Tue Oct 20 22:02:32 2009
From: Tod.Ramsfield at scionresearch.com (Tod.Ramsfield at scionresearch.com)
Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2009 09:02:32 +1300
Subject: [IUFRO RG 7.02 FORPATH] Phytophthora Diseases in Forests and
	Natural Ecosystems
Message-ID: <OF8336C51C.03169BB8-ONCC257655.006D1602-CC257655.006DD39E@scionresearch.com>



Dear Forest Phytophthorologists,

This is a reminder that earlybird registration and abstract submission for
the 5th IUFRO Phytophthora diseases in forests and natural ecosystems
meeting close 31 October 2009.  The meeting will begin in Auckland, New
Zealand on 7 March 2010 and we will travel together to Rotorua for the
remainder of the meeting, which will finish on 12 March 2010.

Further information is available at the conference homepage:

http://www.phyto2010.com/index.html

Regards, Tod Ramsfield

Tod Ramsfield, Ph.D.
Molecular Forest Pathologist

Forest Biosecurity and Protection
Scion*
Private Bag 3020
Rotorua
3046
New Zealand

Phone: 64-7-343-5534
Mobile:  64-27-366-1422
Fax:  64-7-348-0952
e-mail:  tod.ramsfield at scionresearch.com

*Scion is the trading name of the New Zealand Forest Research Institute,
Ltd.
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From bart.vanderkamp at ubc.ca  Wed Oct 21 21:07:59 2009
From: bart.vanderkamp at ubc.ca (Bart van der Kamp)
Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2009 12:07:59 -0700
Subject: [IUFRO RG 7.02 FORPATH] Melampsorella brooms on NY fraser fir
	Christmas trees
Message-ID: <4ADF5C0F.9040303@ubc.ca>

Nancy,
The problem is that it takes several years to produce a broom of a size 
that results in culling, and hence the current culls are almost 
certainly a legacy from before the time of chick weed control.  The 
broom in your picture is at least five years old.
So, even if chickweed control is effective, it will take several more 
years before the damage disappears.   

Infection by basidiospores occurs in the spring from telia on dead 
foliage of the previous year, and the first symptom is a slight swelling 
of the infected twig a year or more later.  Two years after infection 
the first systemically infected shoots appear.  Assuming that chickweed 
control became effective in 2007, then 2007 was the last possible year 
of infection (from telia on 2006 chickweed foliage).  The first 
systemically infected shoots on these infections would have been 
produced in 2009.  They would be nearly impossible to find this late in 
the year, but they should be visible early summer 2010 when the aecia on 
their new shoots are in their full glory. 

But there is a further consideration.  Rusts of this sort typically have 
wave years of infection.  I would expect that the large majority of 
brooms in a single plantation belong to a single or at most a few age 
cohorts.  This means that you may have to wait several years before you 
can begin to be confident that the chickweed control has worked (or that 
other hosts are involved).

Bart van der Kamp
UBC