Westside Forest Health Issues: Identification and Management

8:30   Steps of Diagnosis for Insect and Disease Problems – Beth Willhite, Forest Service, Forest Health Protection, Westside Insect and Disease Service Center, Sandy, OR

9:00   Black Stain Root Disease – Sarah Navarro, Oregon Department of Forestry, Salem, OR

9:30   Armillaria Root Disease/ Laminated Root Rot – Kristen Chadwick, Forest Service, Forest Health Protection, Westside Insect and Disease Service Center, Sandy, OR

10:00   Break

10:25   Swiss Needle Cast: An Epic Tale of Complex Interactions Between Climate, Trees and a Pathogen – Dave Shaw, Extension Forest Health, College of Forestry, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR

11:00   Douglas-Fir Beetle – Glenn Kohler, Washington Dept. of Natural Resources, Olympia, WA

11:30   Managing for White Pine Blister Rust: Bringing Western White Pine into Westside Silviculture – Holly Kearns, Forest Service, Forest Health Protection, Westside Insect and Disease Service Center, Sandy, OR

12:00   Lunch

1:00   Identifying Diseases on Seedlings – Anna Leon, Weyerhaeuser, Centralia, WA

1:30   Drought Impacts on Forest Health and Flatheaded Wood Borer Management – Bill Schaupp, Forest Service, Forest Health Protection, Southwest Oregon Service Center, Central Point, OR (invited)

2:15   Bark Beetles and Wood Borers in Drought-Stressed Douglas-Fir – Glenn Kohler, Washington Dept. of Natural Resources, Olympia, WA

2:45   Break

3:00   Sudden Oak Death – Sarah Navarro, Oregon Department of Forestry, Salem, OR

3:30   Invasive Forest Insect and Disease Threats to Oregon and Washington – Wyatt Williams, Oregon Department of Forestry, Salem, OR

4:00   Adjourn