6^th Western Hazard Tree Workshop: June 15-17, 2010
Second Announcement

To: All parties interested in hazard tree management

From: Pete Angwin, Plant Pathologist, USDA Forest Service, Redding, CA (pangwin@fs.fed.us, or by phone at 530-226-2436)

Registration for the 6th Western Hazard Tree Workshop is now available in the "Register" section of our web site at www.fs.fed.us/foresthealth/technology/htwc/index.htm

The Workshop will take place June 15-17 at the USDA Forest Service's J. Herbert Stone Nursery, 2606 Old Stage Road, Central Point, OR. The program includes both indoor and field discussions and presentations.

Registration may be done online by credit card, or you can send in a check or money order. Guest field trip tickets are also available. Instructions are at the web site. Please be sure to note that registrations by government credit cards are NOT refundable (details are in the instructions).

All registrations processed (for Credit Card payment) or postmarked (for checks or money orders) by April 30 are eligible for the registration rate of $225. Registrations processed or postmarked after that date are $255.

Also, due to meeting room and field trip capacity limitations, the workshop will be limited to the first 88 paid registrants.

Workshop registration includes:
A copy of the pre-ceedings.
All conference sessions with refreshments during breaks.
Box lunch with drink and transportation for both field trips.
Desserts at the poster session/social/decay fungus identification workshop on Tuesday evening.
Catered lunch on Wednesday
Dinner and refreshments at the Goheen residence on Wednesday evening.

Lodging information and directions to the Stone Nursery from Interstate 5 Exits 30 and 33 are in the Lodging/Travel section of our web site. A list of hotels within a 10-20-minute drive from the nursery is included. Participants are responsible for making their own lodging arrangements.

Additional items of note:

1. Please bring appropriate field clothing, headwear, footwear, sunscreen and bug repellant for the field trips, including an OSHA-approved hard hat. A limited number of hard hats will be available for those who can't bring their own. Be ready for any weather condition!

2. There will be a poster session during the Tuesday evening decay fungus identification clinic/social at the Stone Nursery. If you'd like to present a poster, please indicate this when you register and give the title of your poster (if known). If you have any questions, contact Kristen Chadwick at klchadwick@fs.fed.us or 503-668-1474.

3. There will also be a hazard tree photo contest during the Tuesday evening session, with a prize given for the best photo in each of five categories. Information on the contest is in the "Hazard Tree Photo Contest" link in the "Conference Information" section of the web site. Note that all submissions must be printed and be no larger than 8-1/2 x 11" in size. If you have any questions, contact Kristen Chadwick at klchadwick@fs.fed.us or 503-668-1474.Bring your best photos to share!

I look forward to seeing all of you at the workshop. An informative and great time will be had by all!

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Pete Angwin
Plant Pathologist
N. CA Shared Service Area
(530) 226-2436, FAX (530) 226-2485
e-mail: pangwin@fs.fed.us
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Pete Angwin/R5/USDAFS

02/23/2010 02:19 PM

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Subject	ANNOUNCEMENT- 6TH WESTERN HAZARD TREE WORKSHOP

6^th Western Hazard Tree Workshop: June 15-17, 2010
First Announcement

To: All parties interested in hazard tree management

From: Pete Angwin, Plant Pathologist, USDA Forest Service, Redding, CA (pangwin@fs.fed.us, or by phone at 530-226-2436)

Plan now for the next Western Hazard Tree Workshop, to be held in Medford, Oregon, during the week of June 14, 2010! The meeting site will be at the USDA Forest Service's J. Herbert Stone Nursery in Central Point. Lodging is available in a variety of hotels in Medford. As with the previous five workshops, the intended audience includes pest specialists, arboriculturists and other professionals who have responsibilities for providing training and guidance in hazard tree management, particularly in forested settings.

There will be one and a half days of indoor discussions and presentations and one and a half days in the field. Indoor topics include: Roadside Danger Tree Policies and Assessment; Biology and Taxonomy of Wood Decay Fungi; Oak Defects, Decays and Failures; Options For Not Removing Hazard Trees; Effects of Pruning on Douglas-fir; Illusions and Consequences in Tree-Risk Assessment- When Law and Arboriculture Collide; Powerlines, Wildfires and Tree Failures: School Fire Case Study; and Decay From Phellinus pini: Case Studies and Lessons Learned. An evening poster session/social/decay fungus identification workshop/hazard tree photo contest will also be featured.

The field portion of the workshop will include visits to sites in the southern Oregon Cascades on the Rogue River-Siskiyou and Winema National Forests, with one stop in the Rogue Valley at the J. Herbert Stone Nursery. We'll see and discuss a number of hazard tree situations and topics including: decline and failure in native oaks, indicators used in the USDA Forest Service Region 6 roadside danger tree program, the danger of laminated root rot in a recreation site, concerns with decline in specimen legacy trees, and hazard potential in heavily-used developed sites in older true fir stands.

Please check the workshop website for details: www.fs.fed.us/foresthealth/technology/htwc/index.htm Right now, the web site contains the workshop agenda, lodging and other general information. Registration information will be posted on the site by March 15, and at that time you will be able to register either by VISA or check. Registration will be $225 through April 30th, and will be $255 after that date. Guest field trip tickets will be available at a nominal price.

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Pete Angwin
Plant Pathologist
N. CA Shared Service Area
(530) 226-2436, FAX (530) 226-2485
e-mail: pangwin@fs.fed.us
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