2019 Joint Annual Meeting: Northeast and Southern Forest Conservation Nursery Associations
Location: Atlantic City, NJ
Monday, July 22
Travel day.
4:00 pm – 6:00 pm Registration in front of Mambo meeting room, Havana Tower
6:00 pm – 8:00 pm Icebreaker at the Mambo Room (located in the Havana Tower)
Tuesday, July 23
(Mambo Room – Havana Tower)
6:30 – 8 am Continental breakfast
8:15 am Welcome – Todd Wycoff, Bureau Chief
New Jersey conservation program
8:30 am Forestry in NJ – Bill Zipse
9:00 am Pine barrens – Andrew Anderson
9:30 am Stewardship in NJ – Jon Klischies
10:00 am Morning break
Plant propagation
10:30 am Fumigation trials in Wisconsin – Roger Bohringer
11:00 am Auburn Nursery Coop – Ryan Nadel
11:30 am Cape May PMC – Scott Snell
12:00 pm Lunch (Mambo Room)
Insects and diseases
1:00 pm Pathogens in NJ – Rich Buckley
1:30 pm Spotted Lanternfly – Rosa Yoo
2:00 pm Southern Pine Beetle – Ken Clark
2:30 pm Afternoon break
Seed sourcing
3:00 pm Seed source identification – Tom Knezick
3:30 pm Seed storage and conservation – Ed Toth
4:00 pm Eastern Seed Zone forum update – Carrie Pike
4:30 pm Meeting of NE Nursery Association
5:00 pm Dinner ON YOUR OWN
Wednesday, July 24
(field tour)
6:30 am Breakfast TBD
7:45 am Board buses
8:00 am Travel to Pineland nursery
9:00 am Tour Pineland nursery
10:30 am Refreshment break
11:00 am Drive to NJ State nursery
12:00 pm Lunch at NJ state nursery
1:00 pm Tour NJ state nursery
3:00 pm Return to hotel
5:00 pm Depart for evening banquet
9:00 pm Return from evening banquet
Thursday, July 25
Optional field trip to Cape May – we will carpool to Cape May, and find lunch.
12:00 pm adjourn