From laca0023 at umn.edu Fri Apr 1 18:20:32 2011 From: laca0023 at umn.edu (laca0023 at umn.edu) Date: 01 Apr 2011 11:20:32 -0500 Subject: [IUFRO RG 7.02 FORPATH] help us find American elm survivor trees Message-ID: Hi everyone, Jim Slavicek and I are working together on the restoration of American elm (Ulmus americana). American elm was a dominant species in many swamp and floodplain forests in eastern US and Canada before Dutch elm disease (DED) reduced its populations. At our lab, we have a small plantation of elms in various stages of testing for DED tolerance. Several genotypes have been shown to tolerate DED, and a large portion of the progeny from crosses among these trees are DED-tolerant as well. We are currently testing the potential of seedlings from DED-tolerant crosses to be used for restoration plantings. It is our hope that large, stately American elm trees will someday grace our floodplain and swamp forests once again. We need more DED-tolerant genotypes of American elm to use as parent trees for our plantation in order to have enough genetic diversity to use it as a seed orchard for large-scale plantings. We are looking for healthy American elm trees larger than 24 inches DBH (diameter at breast height) that are growing in areas that have had DED and that have not been treated with fungicides to prevent DED. We are only interested in American elm trees growing within its native range. If you see a survivor elm that fits this description, please enter its location and DBH at our website: http://nrs.fs.fed.us/disturbance/invasive_species/ded/survivor_elms/ We will compile these entries in a database, prioritize the elms for sampling, contact land owners, and then collect small branches from the trees to propagate and test them for DED-tolerance. Please forward to anyone who knows how to identify elm trees and might have interest in this project. Thank you for your help! - Kathleen ********************************************************* Kathleen S. Knight Research Ecologist USDA Forest Service Northern Research Station 359 Main Rd. Delaware, OH 43015 740-368-0063 (office) ********************************************************* From janhold at fs.fed.us Fri Apr 8 00:45:41 2011 From: janhold at fs.fed.us (John Anhold) Date: Thu, 7 Apr 2011 16:45:41 -0600 Subject: [IUFRO RG 7.02 FORPATH] Outreach for Entomologist, R3, Flagstaff, AZ Message-ID: Greetings All We will be filling an entomologist position in the near future and as part of the process would like to hear from those interested in working in the Southwestern Region, Flagstaff, AZ. Responses will help determine how this will be advertised and grade of consideration for the position. The outreach is also posted on the Lotus Notes outreach database. Please help me in distributing this widely and to anyone that might have an interest. If you have questions don't hesitate to contact me. John Anhold Arizona Zone Leader, Forest Health USDA Forest Service V: 928.556.2073 Fax: 928.556.2130 e-mail: janhold at fs.fed.us website: www.fs.usda.gov/goto/r3/foresthealth -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.iufro.org/pipermail/rg70200-forpath/attachments/20110407/053128e5/attachment.htm -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: AZ Zone Entomologist outreach.pdf Type: application/octet-stream Size: 99130 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://lists.iufro.org/pipermail/rg70200-forpath/attachments/20110407/053128e5/attachment-0002.obj -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: AZ Zone Entomologist outreach.doc Type: application/octet-stream Size: 61440 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://lists.iufro.org/pipermail/rg70200-forpath/attachments/20110407/053128e5/attachment-0003.obj From burger at iufro.org Thu Apr 28 12:24:47 2011 From: burger at iufro.org (burger) Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2011 12:24:47 +0200 Subject: [IUFRO RG 7.02 FORPATH] meeting announcement - joint forest entomology / pathology meeting, November, 2011, Uruguay Message-ID: Dear forest pathology colleagues, We would like to bring to your attention the website http://www.iufrouruguay2011.org that provides information about the upcoming IUFRO meeting, "Pathogens, insects and their associations affecting forestry worldwide" which will be held in Colonia del Sacramento, Uruguay 8-11 November, 2011. The meeting will be a unique joint Forest Entomology/Pathology meeting and I expect there will be many interesting presentations and discussions. Given the location of the meeting in Uruguay, we anticipate participation from across Latin America but the meeting will focus on topics of international scope and we are thus encouraging scientists from all countries to participate. The meeting location of Colonia del Sacramento is a quaint town located on a small penninsula in el R?o de la Plata, and can be reached by a short ferry ride from Buenos Aires on the other side of the river in Argentina. Colonia is the oldest town in Uruguay, originally settled in 1680 and many of the original stone and stucco buildings are still standing and used for every-day life. I'm really excited about this meeting as it will be unique in many ways. If you think you might be interested in participating, please fill out the information card at http://www.iufrouruguay2011.org/contact Any specific questions about the meeting should be directed to our host, Dr. Guillermo Perez at guillermoiufro2011 at gmail.com. ---------------------------------------- circulated on behalf of Guillermo Perez by IUFRO Headquarters