Borys started organizing this FHM conference in Spring ’06, and put together a great team to plan the meeting.

Lisa
Fisc
Bory her s Tk acz
Mik e B ohn e
Valer ie C oope r
Marc Ro berts
And the Working Group team leaned into their various tasks and assignments.
Mik e K anga s
Greg Filli p
Lau rie R ied
Gail
Dur ham
Jeri Lyn H arris

We Leaned even further into our work especially after we received much needed direction from the
FHM – MANAGEMENT TEAM in September.
And the inevitable . . .

We’re Here . . .
We Hope it all goes well . . .
and We don’t end up snorting Sod.
Although some of us are already “dead” tired.

Agenda 2007 Working Group Meeting
Monday, January 29, Travel Day
11:00-12:00am Planning Committee Meeting
12:00 – 5:00pm Registration………………………………….
Cooper
1:00 – 5:00pm Torrey Pines State Reserve - Optional Field Trip
5:00 – 9:00pm
7:00 – 9:00 pm
Poster Set-Up…………………………….…
Roberts
Newcomers’ Orientation…..…………………
Tkacz
Valerie
Marc
Borys
Tuesday, January 30
7:00am – 5:00pm Registration……………………………..….
Cooper
Valerie
9:00am – 5:00pm Poster Viewing……………………….…..…
Roberts
8:00am
Marc
Plenary Session:
Welcome……………………………………
Borys Tkacz
8:30am
Larry Yarger
Workshop Objectives…………………..……
Jeri Lyn Harris
Keynote Speaker: Tina Terrell – Forest Supervisor of the Cleveland 8:45am
National Forest - "Guiding the Health of Complex Landscapes in a Growing Urban
Environment"
9:30am
10:00am
Coffee Break and Poster Viewing
Panel: “Forest Disturbance to Recovery: Drought-induced bark beetle mortality, fire, recovery, and utilization”
Bryan Petit – EWP Program Manager, NRCS - "Disturbance Vectors Fostering Type
Conversion"
Marty Leavitt - President, RCD South Coast, Fire Safe Council of San Diego - "Community
Fire Safe Councils: Locally Led Solutions through Partnerships"
William Pink - Consultant, Pechanga Cultural Resource Center - "Impacts of Fire on
Cultural Resources"
Wayne Williams - Recycling Program Coordinator, Dept. of Public Works, San Diego
County - "Biomass Utilization in San Diego County"
Lisa Fischer - moderator
12:00 – 1:30pm
1:30-2:10PM
Lunch, (FHM Mgmt. Team lunch meeting)
FHM Program Update……………………....
2:10-2:30
2:30-3:00pm
3:00 – 5:00pm
Borys Tkacz
FHM Program Review Results …………….
Steve Patterson
Coffee Break and Poster Viewing
Regional Breakout Sessions:
North East Region
Jim Steinman and Charlie Burnham
North Central Region
Manfred Mielke and Dave Heinzen
7:00 – 9:00pm
Southern Region
Jim Brown and Andi Van Loan
Interior West Region
JL Harris and Tom DeGomez
West Coast Region
Alison Nelson and Roger Burnside
Poster Viewing with Authors (Light Refreshments)
9:30 – 11:30am
Group Session I
Concurrent Focus
Mike Kangas
11:30 – 1:00pm
1:00 – 3:00pm
3:00 – 3:30pm
3:30 – 4:30pm
………………………
7:00 – 9:00pm
Refreshments)
Coordinator
Aerial Detection Survey
Analysis and Reporting: Leading Forest
Health Indicators
Invasive Plants
Lunch (Optional Group
Meeting Time)
Concurrent Focus
Group Session II
Standardizing Ground Surveys
Detection of Exotics in Communities
Coffee Break & Poster
Viewing
Risk Map Update
Frank Krist
Awards Reception (Light
Borys Tkacz
8:00 – 10:00am
Thursday, February 1
Focus Group Reports and
Resolutions
10:00 – 10:30am Wrap-up
…………………………………… JLHarris & Borys Tkacz
Evaluations……………….
10:30 – 11:00am
Submission of
Gail Durham
Load buses for field trip (lunches
TBD)
11:00am – 6:00pm Depart on (Optional) Field Trip
- Cleveland National Forest
Return from field trip to Doubletree Hotel San Diego Mission Valley