2022 Inland Empire Tree Improvement Cooperative (IETIC) Annual Meeting

7:00 Registration
8:00 Welcome
8:05 Reforestation under a Changing Climate: Considerations to Increase Establishment Success and Long-term Resilience – Rob Slesak, Research Silviculturist, USDA Forest Service Pacific Northwest Research Station
9:05 Coastal Douglas-Fir For the 21st Century: Cooperative Tree Improvement Updates from the US Pacific Northwest – Dr. Keith Jayawickrama, Director, Northwest Tree Improvement Cooperative
10:05 Break
10:35 Establishment of a New Ponderosa Pine Breeding Program in British Columbia – Marie Vance, Research Scientist, BC Ministry of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural
Development
11:35 Western Larch Species Group Report – Kelsey Grover
11:45 Western White Pine Species Group Report – Don Patterson
12:00 Lunch
1:00 Western Larch Seed Treatments to Address Pathogens and Optimize Orchard Seed Use Efficiency – Nabil Khadduri, Nursery Scientist, Webster Forest Nursery, Washington Department of Natural Resources
2:00 Harvest and Fire: Implications for Carbon Storage and Larch Regeneration under Changing Climate – Kas Dumroese, Research Plant Physiologist, USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station
3:00 Break
3:20 Climate Based Seed Transfer Models for Inland Species – Marc L. Rust
4:20 Seed Supply Working Group Reports – Marc L. Rust, Director, Inland Empire Tree Improvement Cooperative
4:45 Wrap-up & Adjourn