Dear Friends and Colleagues,  

I apologize for the duplicate emails you may receive.
 
Please accept our invitation to attend the 73rd annual meeting of the Northeastern Forest Pest Council (Covering forest insects, diseases, and weeds in the northeastern U.S. and eastern Canada since 1939).  The meeting will take place from 22-23 March 2011 at the Hotel Fauchère (401 Broad Street Milford, PA 18337 USA).  

Agenda:  The developing agenda will include the Gerald N. Lanier graduate student forum, eastern State and Province forest pest updates, invited speakers, a field tour of long-term ecological research sites in the Delaware Water Gap National Recreational Area (http://www.nps.gov/dewa/index.htm) or a tour of Gifford Pinchot‘s ancestral home (http://www.fs.fed.us/na/gt/), and the return of the Kodachrome slide parade.  
 
Lodging:  Please make reservations by 1 March 2011. There are two lodging options at the rate of $77.00/night, not including 9% tax and tips. For reservations and directions, please choose the:
 
Hotel Fauchère (Only 14 rooms available, call for reservations as their online system says they are booked, but they currently are not): http://www.hotelfauchere.com/welcome/welcome.php
 
Hampton Inn in Matamoras: http://hamptoninn.hilton.com/en/hp/hotels/index.jhtml?ctyhocn=SCRMAHX
 
Registration:  Please pre-register by 1 March 2011 by returning the attached registration form. The full meeting registration fee is $80.00, one day only fee is $40.00, and $40.00 for non-presenting students.  The registration fees for presenting students and honorary life members of the council are waived. Registration includes food & drink breaks and a lunch buffet. Checks should be made payable to the “NEFPC.”  Please note:  Cash and checks are welcome at arrival.  
 
Student symposium:  The Gerald N. Lanier Graduate Student Symposium gives students from the northeastern U.S. and eastern Canada a friendly and relaxed setting in which to practice their presentation skills, and it affords an opportunity to discuss their work with practitioners and other scientists.  Students who are willing to give a 15 min. presentation on their forest health research will receive one night’s lodging at the meeting at no cost and the registration fee will be waived.  In addition, a panel of judges will select three presenters for $50, $100, and $200 awards.  To participate, see the attachment for more details.  Please submit an abstract for the presentation by February 25, 2010.

Poster session: A limited number of easels for posters will be provided.  On the registration form, please indicate if you plan to bring a poster.

Kodachrome Slide Parade: To honor Kodachrome film, whose production was terminated in 2009 and the NEFPC “Slide Parade” social in the 1960’s, we request that you bring one or two traditional photographic slides pertaining to forestry, forest health, entomology, pathology, invasive weeds.  We will supply a projector, reels, and screen in the Delmonico Room in the Hotel Fauchère on Tuesday 22 March at 7:00 pm - ?.  On the registration form, please indicate if you plan to bring a slide(s).
 
Field trips:  On the registration form, please indicate if you would like to attend the optional trips to the Delaware Water Gap National Recreational Area and to Gifford Pinchot’s ancestral home “Grey Towers”.  Weather and interest permitting.
 
Sincerely,
 
 
Dave Mausel, Secretary/Treasurer NEFPC
(413) 577-2478
UMASS-Amherst
dmausel@psis.umass.edu <https://umail.oit.umass.edu/webmail/dmausel@psis.umass.edu>