Dear colleagues: We are extending the abstract deadline for the joint IUFRO working parties "Foliage, shoot, and stem diseases" (7.02.02) and "Rusts of Forest Trees" (7.02.05). Abstracts are now due on March 21st 2022. Hopefully, by then, it will be easier to make decisions about travel. The meeting will take place in Durham, New Hampshire, USA. Durham is home to the University of New Hampshire<https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F…, offers the best of both worlds--breathtaking scenery and the slower pace of New England country and small-town life. With the seacoast city of Portsmouth, New Hampshire only 12 km to the east there are many good restaurants (excellent seafood) and hotels. It is easy to travel to Durham because close to Boston, MA 1 hour to the south. The Acadian forests are a temperate broadleaf and conifer mix ecoregion and there is no shortage of complex pathology issues including beech bark disease, beech leaf disease, shoot blights, foliar diseases, Armillaria and other root rots, Diplodia & butternut canker and many others. We have organized field trips close to the meeting location to avoid traveling long distances by bus. Fortunately, the university is surrounded by beautiful forests in close proximity to the Atlantic Ocean! We hope that you will consider attending the Joint Meeting and help us disseminate the announcement. We look forward to hearing from you, Isabel Munck, Salvatore Moricca, and Julio Diez Casero [Forest Service Shield] Isabel Munck Plant Pathologist Forest Service State and Private Forestry p: 603-868-7636 c: 603-833-5575 isabel.munck@usda.gov<mailto:isabel.munck@usda.gov> 271 Mast Rd Durham, NH 03824 www.fs.fed.us<https://www.fs.fed.us> [USDA Logo]<https://usda.gov/>[Forest Service Twitter]<https://twitter.com/forestservice>[USDA Facebook]<https://www.facebook.com/pages/US-Forest-Service/1431984283714… Caring for the land and serving people This electronic message contains information generated by the USDA solely for the intended recipients. Any unauthorized interception of this message or the use or disclosure of the information it contains may violate the law and subject the violator to civil or criminal penalties. If you believe you have received this message in error, please notify the sender and delete the email immediately.