The 53rd annual Southern Forest Insect
Work Conference will be 20-23 July 2010 (Tuesday - Friday) in Wilmington,
North Carolina USA.
We have chosen the Hilton Wilmington
Riverside as our meeting hotel. Although we soon will be updating
the SFIWC website (http://sfiwc.org)
with this year's registration form, I encourage you to make your hotel
reservation as soon as possible. We have a block of 90 rooms set
aside for the group until May 19, so make your reservations by this date.
Don't miss out on the special pricing!
Here are the details:
Date: 20-23 July 2010
Place: Hilton Wilmington Riverside, 301 N. Water St., Wilmington, North
Carolina USA
Phone reservation: 1-888-324-8170. Online reservation: http://www.wilmingtonhilton.com.
Ask for the Southern Forest Insect Work Conference group rate, using
the code "SOR".
Overnight parking is $9.00/day.
Visit http://www.wilmingtonhilton.com
for hotel information.
Room rates are $98.00 per night plus tax. Remember, this low rate
is valid only until May 19, and only for the first 90 rooms (first 30 on
Monday, July 19). Make your reservation right away!
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And an update on the 2010 SFIWC Program
from Kier Klepzig and Fred Stephen (Co-Program Chairs):
SFIWC 2010 - Invasives: Theory and
Practice
The theme of the 2010 SFIWC will be Invasives. We are looking to
design a program that allows for broad discussion and scientific exchange
of the theory and practice (monitoring, control, mitigation, restoration)
of dealing with invasive insects.
To that end, we are planning the following
Plenary Session - Invasion Theory
- Invasion biology
- Predicting invasions
- Cost/benefits of controlling invasions
- Eradication or management - when to
let go?
Concurrent sessions - will focus on specific insects to encourage discussion
and idea exchange on current work, planned research, methods, analyses,
etc.
These sessions may include
- Sirex noctilio
- Invasive bark and ambrosia beetles (red bay, Scolytus schevyrewi,
thousand cankers disease, etc.)
- Hemlock woolly adelgid
- Emerald ash borer
- others?
Additional sessions may include
- SPB: Is it an endangered species?
- Climate change and insect dynamics
We welcome suggestions for the program, and need volunteers to moderate
and/or speak. Please volunteer !!!
Please send your responses to Kier Klepzig
(kklepzig@fs.fed.us;
828-257-4307) or Fred Stephen (fstephen@uark.edu;
479-575-2451).
Thanks!
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Hope to see you in Wilmington on July
20!
- Will
William P. Shepherd, SFIWC Secretary-Treasurer
USDA Forest Service SRS
2500 Shreveport Highway
Pineville, LA 71360 USA
Voice: 318-473-7256
FAX: 318-473-7222
E-mail: williamshepherd@fs.fed.us
SFIWC website: http://sfiwc.org