A reminder that the annual South Wide Forest Disease Workshop will be
held 29 June-2 July 2009 in Greenville, South Carolina at the Hyatt
Regency Greenville hotel.
Please visit the SWFDW website
(https://fp.auburn.edu/sfws/enebak/swfdw/swfdw.html) and be sure to
make your hotel reservation as soon as possible. We have a block of 25
rooms set aside for the group until 8 June, please make your
reservations by this date. Room rates are $92.00 (USD) per night plus
tax for single occupancy (add $10 for each additional room occupant).
Here are the details:
Date: 29 June -2 July 2009
Place: Hyatt Regency Greenville, 220 North Main Street, Greenville,
South Carolina 29601
Phone reservation: (864) 235-1234 or 800-233-1234.
Ask for the "South Wide Forest Disease Workshop" group rate. Visit
http://greenville.hyatt.com/hyatt/hotels/index.jsp for hotel
information.
Registration fees:
Professional: $195 per person; student: $175 per person.
Deadline for registration is 23 May 2009 and a late fee of $50 will be
added after this time.
Registration fees include Monday mixer, meeting room costs, snack and
coffee breaks, and the field trip, lunch, and banquet on Wednesday.
Abstracts and Posters:
Call for Paper Presentation and Poster Session. If you are interested
in making a paper presentation or participating in the poster session,
please send your abstract to Bill Jones (wejones(a)fs.fed.us) by 30 April
2009. Please see website for mailing address.
Outstanding Forest Pathology Paper Awards:
Two awards for outstanding forest pathology papers will be awarded; one
for RESEARCH and one for EXTENSION. Authors should provide a reprint
for material published January 2008 through June 2009, labeled for
category of entry; Research or Extension. The papers will be posted on
the web and voted on by the SWFDW membership. Papers to be considered
must be received no later than April 30, 2009. email reprints to Scott
Enebak at enebasa(a)auburn.edu
An exciting field trip is planned for Wednesday, 1 July. This field
trip will highlight several pathology issues in upstate South Carolina
such as screening hybrid chestnut seedlings and the role of fire on
plant diseases, just to name a few issues.
Please feel free to forward this information to others who might be
interested in attending.
Hope to see you in Greenville on 29 June!
Dr. Lori G. Eckhardt
Assistant Professor & Director
Forest Pathology & Entomology
Forest Health Dynamics Laboratory
Forest Health Cooperative
3301 School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences Bldg
Auburn University, AL 36849-5418
Phone: (334) 844-2720 Lab: (334) 844-1058 Fax: (334) 844-1084
Email: eckhalg(a)auburn.edu
Website: https://fp.auburn.edu/sfws/eckhardt/
"A professor can never better distinguish himself in his work than by
encouraging a clever pupil, for the true discoveries are among them, as
comets amongst the stars..." Linnaeus
The Industry pest management group in Western Australia has a 3 year
fixed term position available for a research scientist in plantation
health of Eucalyptus globulus. The successful candidate will be employed
by Murdoch University and will be working within the Forestry CRC and
with industry partners and Murdoch University. There will be strong
direction from the Plantation Industry members of the IPMG.
The candidate will spend the majority of their time within the
plantation estate in Western Australia with opportunities for links with
Green Triangle (SW Victoria & SE South Australia) based IPMG members and
staff. The preference for location is Albany Western Australia, but
negotiation for location elsewhere in southwest WA is an option.
Application procedures and a position description with detailed
selection criteria are available from the University's web site at
http://jobs.murdoch.edu.au/ All applicants should address the selection
criteria within their application.
Dr Treena Burgess
Forest Pathologist
Murdoch University
Western Australia, 6150
ph. +61 89360 7537
fax. +61 89360 6303
mobile. 0438121531
http://path.murdoch.edu.au <http://path.murdoch.edu.au/>
Hi Margaret, I sent off the job announcement.
To subscribe to the IUFRO forest pathology list, please visit:
http://www.iufro.org/science/iufro-mailing-lists/list-management/rg-702-for…
One way to tell if you are still subscribed is to see if you've gotten any
notes from Bill Livingston on the upcoming Northeastern Forest Health
Workshop (formerly the NE Forest Pathology Workshop). If not, you're not
on the list!
Thanks,
Kevin.
Kevin T. Smith, Ph.D.
Plant Physiologist and Project Leader, Research Work Unit NRS-10
USDA Forest Service
271 Mast Road, Durham, NH 03824, USA
Voice: 603.868.7624 Fax: 603.868.7604
Cell: 207.351.5671
Email: ktsmith(a)fs.fed.us
Greetings!
Please see attached job announcement for a plant pathologist position with
the Northeastern Area of State & Private Forestry, USDA Forest Service.
For more information, please contact Michael Bohne, listed in the trailing
message.
Thanks!
Kevin.
Kevin T. Smith, Ph.D.
Plant Physiologist and Project Leader, Research Work Unit NRS-10
USDA Forest Service
271 Mast Road, Durham, NH 03824, USA
Voice: 603.868.7624 Fax: 603.868.7604
Cell: 207.351.5671
Email: ktsmith(a)fs.fed.us
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Michael Bohne/NA/USDAFS
04/08/2009 05:44 PM
To
Michael Bohne/NA/USDAFS@FSNOTES
cc
Subject
OUTREACH NOTICE - Plant Pathologist GS-0434-11/12, Durham NH
****Please distribute widely****
USDA Forest Service, Northeastern Area, Forest Health Protection is
looking to fill a GS-0434-11/12 Plant Pathologist position. This is a
permanent position stationed at the Durham Field Office in Durham, NH.
This employee will serve as part of a team providing technical advice,
assistance and guidance on various forest health and forest pathology
issues to state, tribal and federal cooperators in New York and New
England. The position combines technology transfer, various field surveys
and interactions with diverse stakeholders. This is an exciting and
challenging opportunity to provide leadership in the coordination and
development of a wide variety of new and existing forest pathology
projects in northeastern forests. Please view the attached document for
the full outreach notice.
To express interest in this position, please respond by May 8, 2009 via
email to Michael Bohne, Forest Health Group Leader at mbohne(a)fs.fed.us.
For more information about this position, please contact Michael Bohne at
603.868.7708.
Hello Colleagues,
I am forwarding this at the request of our clinician, Nancy Taylor.
If you have an answer, please reply to her (taylor.8(a)osu.edu) with a
copy to me (bonello.2(a)osu.edu)
Thanks!
Enrico
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>Date: Mon, 06 Apr 2009 09:00:29 -0400
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>From: "Nancy J. Taylor" <taylor.8(a)osu.edu>
>Subject: Stigmina on Spruce
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> http://www.ag.ndsu.edu/trees/whatnew/Tree_Talk_Newsletter.htm
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>Nancy J. Taylor, Director
>C. Wayne Ellett Plant and Pest Diagnostic Clinic
>110 Kottman Hall, 2021 Coffey Road
>Ohio State University
>Columbus, OH 43210-1087
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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/faculty-and-staff/faculty-directory/bonello-pierlu…
Environmental Science Graduate Program (ESGP)
http://esgp.osu.edu/
Plant Molecular Biology and Biotechnology Program (PMBB)
http://pmbb.osu.edu/
