Northeast Forest Health Field Workshop (formerly the Northeast Forest
Pathology Workshop) June 2-5, Winter Harbor, Maine, USA. Second Notice.
The Northeast Forest Health Field Workshop will be held on June 2-5 at the
Schoodic Educational and Research Center (http://acadiapartners.org/),
Winter Harbor, Maine.
More information on registration and lodging is available at:
http://www.forest.umaine.edu/education/livingston/NFHFW/NFHFW09.html
Registration and lodging reservations are due May 1, 2009. Late submissions
will be considered on a space-available basis.
Check-in will begin Tuesday evening, June 2, and continue at 7:30 am on June
3. The theme for Wednesday's field trips is "Using Silviculture to Reduce
Risk from Pests" and will focus on spruce/fir, American beech, and eastern
white pine forest types. Thursday's field trips will examine the "Forest
Health of Acadia National Park" on Mount Desert Island and will focus on
invasive species, air pollution damage, and forest health monitoring. There
will also be time available in the evenings and Friday morning for activity
reports from the attendees.
Come and spend a few days in the forest and along the spectacular coast of
Maine!
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Dr. William H. Livingston
Associate Director of Undergraduate Programs
School of Forest Resources
University of Maine
5755 Nutting Hall, rm 201b
Orono, ME 04469-5755
USA
ph: 207-581-2990
fx: 207-581-2875
Email: WilliamL(a)maine.edu
Web: http://www.forest.umaine.edu/
The Insects, Diseases and Invasive Plants unit of the Southern Research
Station will soon be advertising for a new research entomologist.
Please give the attached outreach notice wide distribution.
Thanks - Kier
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Kier Klepzig
Assistant Director for Research
Southern Research Station, USFS
200 WT Weaver Blvd.
Asheville, NC 28804
(828)257-4307
kklepzig(a)fs.fed.us
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Call for Papers and Posters
IUFRO Working Party 7.03.05 ?Integrated Control of Scolytid Bark Beetles?
IUFRO Working Party 7.03.07 ?Population Dynamics of Forest Insects?
"Forest Insects and Environmental Change"
28th September ? 2nd October 2009, Jackson Hole, Wyoming, USA
Please visit the website, www.usu.edu/beetle/IUFRO.htm, to upload your
oral presentation / poster title and abstract.
The program will accommodate 51 oral presentations and 24 poster
presentations. If the number of oral presentations exceeds the capacity
of the program, presentations will be accepted in the order received. Late
submitters will be asked if they would like to present a poster, if poster
slots are still available.
Two or three travel awards of up to a maximum of $1,500 (US) each will be
made available to graduate students attending the IUFRO meeting in Jackson
Hole, WY. Visit www.usu.edu/beetle/IUFRO.htm for application information.
Lodging information is available at www.usu.edu/beetle/IUFRO.htm
Are you interested in a pre-conference excursion focused on the natural
history and ecology of Yellowstone National Park? Contact Diana Six
diana.six(a)umontana.edu for additional details.
Registration information coming soon. Please check the website.
Barbara J. Bentz
Research Entomologist
USDA Forest Service
860 N. 1200 E. Logan, UT 84321
435-755-3577
435-755-3563 (fax)
bbentz(a)fs.fed.us
www.usu.edu/beetle/
