[IUFRO RG 7.03 FORENT] FINAL NOTICE: Northeast Forest Health Field Workshop, June 2-5, Maine

Northeast Forest Health Field Workshop (formerly the Northeast Forest Pathology Workshop) June 2-5, Winter Harbor, Maine, USA. Final 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. The snow is gone and the roads are drying out - we are ready for a field workshop! Bill L. -- 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/