NWSOMA 2016
Location: Aurora, OR
Monday, June 13th
9:00 AM – 11:15 AM Oregon Department of Forestry’s Schroeder Seed Orchard – Tour of orchard and facilities, spray equipment demonstrations
11:15 AM – 12 Noon Travel allowance – Schroeder Orchard to OSU Extension Center
12 Noon – 1 PM Lunch (provided)
1:00 PM – 1:45 PM Chal Landgren, Oregon State University – Christmas Tree Fertilization Methods
1:45 PM – 2:45 PM Beth Whillhite, United States Forest Service – Insect lifecycles, emerging pests in seed orchards
2:45 PM – 3:00 PM Break
3:00 PM – 3:30 PM Christine Buhl, Oregon Department of Forestry – “I’ve got pests! Who do I call?”
3:30 PM – 4:00 PM Dan Cress, Regenetics Forest Genetics Consulting – Tree nutrition, Insecticides and Issues with Gibberellins: Several Answerable Yet Unanswered Questions
4:00 PM – 4:45 PM Jim Rockis, Reliable Source Seeds and Transplants – Seed orchard establishment and seed extraction techniques in the eastern U.S.
4:45 – 5:15 PM Wyatt Williams, Oregon Department of Forestry – 2016 Asian gypsy moth eradication project: protecting forest and agriculture from a new invasive pest
6:00 PM – 8:00 PM Evening Social (dinner provided) – McMennamins Old Church and Pub (Steamboat Room) in Wilsonville, OR
Tuesday, June 14th
8:00 AM – 9:00 AM 3rd Cycle Breeding – Lead by: Bill Marshall, Cascade Timber; Don Kaczmarek, Oregon Department of Forestry; Sara Lipow, Roseburg Forest Products
9:00 AM – 9:30 AM Dave Silen, Holiday Tree Farms, Inc. – Silen Seed Orchard, Christmas Trees and Neighbor Relations: A Second Generation Perspective
9:30 AM – 9:45 AM Janet Prevey, United States Forest Service – How do trees know when to flower?
9:45 AM – 10:00 AM Break
10:00 AM – 12 Noon Round Table Discussion
12 Noon – 1 PM Lunch (provided)
1:00 PM – 1:30 PM Travel allowance – OSU Extension Center to IFA Nurser
1:30 PM – 3:30 PM Field Tour @ IFA Nursery in Canby, OR