Gene Conservation of Tree Species - Banking on the Future
May 16- 19, 2016
Holiday Inn Mart Plaza, Chicago, IL
26 April 2016
Provisional Program: SUBJECT TO CHANGE
Monday, May 16, 2016.
Time
12:00 pm – 5:00 pm
2:00 pm – 5:00 pm
2:00-2:15
2:15-2:30
2:30-3:00
3:00-3:45
3:45-4:15
4:15-5:00
5:00 pm – 5:30 pm
5:30 pm – 8:00 pm
Venue – Holiday Inn Mart Plaza
Event
Registration
Plenary Session
Greetings and Logistics
Chief’s address
Rob Mangold (The Importance of Gene Conservation in the US Forest Service; US Forest Service)
Kay Havens (Plant Conservation Progress in the United States; Chicago Botanic Garden)
BREAK
Hosny El-Lakany (Forest Gene Conservation from the Perspective of the International Community; University of
British Columbia)
Breakout Session Overviews and Goals
Poster Session/Social
Tuesday, May 17, 2016. Venue – Holiday Inn Mart Plaza
Time
Event
8:00 am – 10:00 am
Plenary Session
8:00-8:05
Announcements
8:05-8:50
Chris Richards (Genetic Approaches to In Situ and Ex Situ Conservation of Trees; USDA Agricultural Research Service)
Paul Smith (BGCI’s Role in Coordinating a Botanic Garden-Centred Global System for the Conservation of all Tree
8:50-9:35
Diversity; Botanic Gardens Conservation International)
9:35 am – 10:00 am
Break
10:00 am – 12:00 pm Concurrent Session 1 (six 20 min presentations in each session)
Session 1A: Conservation strategies (overviews)
State of the US Forest Genetic Resources – Summary of a Report to FAO International
10:00-10:20
Randy Johnson
Technical Working Group on Forest Genetic Resources
Overview of the Camcore (NC State University) and USDA Forest Service Cooperative Gene
10:20-10:40
Conservation Program for Threatened and Endangered Tree Species Native to the Southern
United States
Robert Jetton
10:40-11:00
Establishing a National Tree Seed Project for the UK: Progress to Date and Future Aspirations
Clare Trivedi
11:00-11:20
Genetic Diversity and Conservation of Mexican Forest Trees
Christian Wehenkel
11:20-11:40
Camcore, Thirty-five Years of Mesoamerican Pine Gene Conservation
Juan Lopez
11:40-12:00
Contributions of Public Gardens to Tree Gene Conservation
Pamela Allenstein
Session 1B: Pest and pathogen resistance
Conservation and Restoration of Forest Trees Impacted by Non-Native Pathogens: The Role of
10:00-10:20
Genetics and Tree Improvement
Richard Sniezko
Development of New Dutch Elm Disease Tolerant Selections for Restoration of the American
10:20-10:40
elm in Urban and Forested Landscapes and Use of the American Elm as a Tool in Restoration
Efforts
Cornelia Pinchot
10:40-11:00
Using Genetic Information to Inform Redbay Restoration in Laurel Wilt Epidemic Areas
Kathy Smith
Dynamic Genetic Conservation in the Presence of Invasive Insect and Pathogen Threats to
11:00-11:20
Forest Tree Species of the United States
Jennifer Koch
11:20-11:40
Status and Future of Breeding Disease-Resistant American Chestnut
Jared Westbrook
Accelerating Dynamic Genetic Conservation Efforts: Use of FT-IR Spectroscopy for the Rapid
11:40-12:00
Caterina Villari
Identification of Trees Resistant to Destructive Pathogens
10:00-10:20
10:20-10:40
10:40-11:00
11:00-11:20
11:20-11:40
11:40-12:00
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
1:00 pm – 5:00 pm
1:00-2:00
2:00-5:00
2:10-2:30
2:30-2:50
2:50-3:10
3:10-3:40
3:40-4:00
4:00-4:20
4:20-4:40
4:40-5:00
3:10-5:00
1:00-3:10
3:10-3:40
3:40-5:00
8:00am-5:00pm
Dinner on your own
Session 1C: Genetic conservation
Genetic Differences between Yellowwood (Cladrastis kentukea) in Wild Populations Versus
Urban Forests
Nicholas LaBonte
Genetic Conservation and Management of the Californian Endemic, Torrey pine (Pinus
torreyana Parry)
Jill Hamilton
Conserving Genetic Diversity in Ponderosa Pine Ecosystem Restoration
Laura DeWald
Assisted Diversification for an Era of Habitat Extinction
Chuck Cannon
Genetic-Environment Associations Across the Range of Pinus strobus
Nathalie Isabel
Why Pollen-Atmosphere Interplay Matters to Forest Gene Conservation
Claire Williams
Lunch on your own
Special Sessions
Special Session 1A: Coordinating the red list of North American tree species (Murphy Westwood, David Pivorunas (USFS &
IUCN Global Tree Specialist Group), Gary Man (USFS & CAPTURE), Kristen Voorhies (FWS), Anne Francis (NatureServe))
Special Session 1B: Innovative approaches for assessing and prioritizing tree species and populations for gene
conservation
Prioritizing Trees for Global Conservation Action: BGCI’s Tree Conservation Agenda
Kirsty Shaw
Project CAPTURE: A U.S. National Prioritization Assessment of Tree Species for Conservation,
Management, and Restoration
Kevin Potter
Climate Change and Forest Trees in the Pacific Northwest: A Vulnerability Assessment and
Recommended Actions for National Forests.
Andy Bower
BREAK
Using Climate and Genetic Diversity Data to Prioritize Conservation Seed Banking for Imperiled
Hemlock Species
John Hastings
Genetic Conservation Planning for Forest Tree Species in Western North America under Future
Climate Change: Employing a Novel Approach to Identify Conservation Gaps
Laura Gray
Prioritization of Gene Conservation Activities in the Face of Changing Climates
Brad St.Clair
Conservation Priorities for Tree Crop Wild Relatives in the United States
Colin Khoury
Special Session 2: USFS - Public Gardens Meet and Greet (By Invitation)
Special Session 3A: Community Standards for Genomic Resources, Genetic Conservation, and Data Integration
Break
Special Session 3B: Development of Seed Zones for the Eastern US: Request for Input and Collaboration.
POSTER SESSION and IMPROVING GENETIC CONSERVATION EFFORTS: CAPTURING BREAKOUT DISCUSSION THOUGHTS
Wednesday, May 18, 2016. Venue – Field Trip
Time
Event
Field trip logistics (Holiday Inn Mart Plaza)
8:00 am – 8:30 am
Arrive at Fermilab. View prairie habitat restoration, remnant oak woodlands and planted oak-hickory-walnut savanna.
8:30 am – noon
Lunch at Morton Arboretum
noon – 1:30 pm
Morton Arboretum. Tours of Schulenberg Prairie restoration, living collections, oak regeneration research plots, and research
1:30 pm – 5:00 pm
building.
Reception (Morton Arboretum)
Banquet and presentation by Sir Peter Crane (Yale University, The Future of Trees)
Depart Morton and arrive at Holiday Inn Mart Plaza
5:30 pm – 7:00 pm
7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
9:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Lunch & Dinner provided
Thursday, May 19, 2016. Venue – Holiday Inn Mart Plaza
Time
Event
8:00 am-8:10am
Announcements
8:10 am–10:10am
Concurrent Session 2 (six 20 min presentations in each session)
Session 2A: Conservation strategies (species restoration)
8:10-8:30
8:30-8:50
8:50-9:10
9:10-9:30
9:30-9:50
9:50-10:10
Conservation Genetics of the European Beech in France
A Holistic Approach to Genetic Conservation in Pinus strobiformis
Kentucky Coffeetree, Gymnocladus dioicus (L.) K. Koch: Current Abundance in Nature and Prospective
Existence
Gene Conservation of Pinus aristata: A Collection with Ecological Context for Management Today and
Resources for Tomorrow
Applied Genetic Conservation of Hawaiian Acacia koa
Hybridization and Management of Oak Populations
Alexis Ducousso
Richard Sniezko
Jeffrey Carstens
Anna Schoettle
Nick Dudley
Oliver Gailing
Session 2B: Tools for tree genetic conservation
8:10-8:30
8:30-8:50
8:50-9:10
9:10-9:30
9:30-9:50
9:50-10:10
TreeGenes and CartograTree: Enabling Visualization and Analysis in Forest Tree Genomics
USDA Forest Service Southern Region – It’s All About GRITS
Somatic Embryogenesis and Cryostorage for Conservation and Restoration of Threatened Forest Trees
Forest Service Access to and Use of the Germplasm Information Network Data Base and Security Backup
at the National Center for Genetic Resource Preservation
A Dynamic Genetic Conservation Strategy for Green Ash Threatened by Emerald Ash Borer: Integration
of Genomics and Tree Improvement
Meeting Multiple Objectives in the Conservation and Use of Tropical Tree Genetic Resources –
Recommendations from a Linear Mixed Model Analysis of Cacao Breeding Trials in Brazil
Emily Grau
Barbara Crane
Scott Merkle
Becky Loth
Jeanne RomeroSeverson
Ashley DuVal
Session 2C: Conservation program case studies
8:10-8:30
8:30-8:50
8:50-9:10
9:10-9:30
9:30-9:50
9:50-10:10
10:10 am – 10:40 am
10:40 am – noon
10:40-11:00
11:00-11:20
11:20-11:40
11:40-12:00
A Botanical Garden's Advancements in Conserving the Diversity of Native Mexican Oaks and Magnolias
Important Hawaiian Tree Species in Need of Genetic Conservation
Managing Diversity and Gain in the North Carolina State University Cooperative Tree Improvement
Program
Tree Crop Diversity
Ash Germplasm Preservation Program
How New York State Saved Its Ash
Neil Gerlowski
Robert Hauff
Fikret Isik
Emily Warschefsky
Robert Karrfalt
Clara Holmes
Break
Concurrent Session 3 (four 20 min presentations in each session)
Session 3A: Designing seed collections
More Effective Sampling Protocols for Ex Situ Seed Collections
From Forest to Freezer: A Comprehensive Seed Collection of the Kentucky Coffeetree, Gymnocladus
dioicus (L.) K. Koch.
Sampling Genetic Variation on a Small Island
Synthesizing Genetic Divergence and Climate Modeling to Inform Conservation Planning for Ponderosa
Pine
Sean Hoban
Andy Schmitz
Simon Kallow
Kevin Potter
Session 3B: Ex situ conservation
10:40-11:00
11:00-11:20
11:20-11:40
11:40-12:00
Restoration Seed Reserves for Assisted Gene Flow within Seed Orchards
Germplasm Conservation for Species Restoration: Examples from Efforts to Restore the American
Chestnut
Ex-situ Conservation of Quercus oglethorpensis in Living Collections of Arboreta and Botanical Gardens
A Multi-State Collaborative Effort to Conserve Butternut Ex Situ
Craig Echt
Sara Fitzsimmons
Matthew Lobdell
Mark Coggeshall
Session 3C: Science in support of conservation
10:40-11:00
11:00-11:20
11:20-11:40
11:40-12:00
noon – 1:00 pm
1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Facilitating Gene Conservation with Existing Common Gardens
The Role of Seed Analysis in Genetic Conservation
Early Results from a Newly-Established Provenance Test in Valley Oak (Quercus lobata) Show Significant
Population Differentiation
Science and Media
Songlin Fei
Vic Vankus
Jessica Wright
Dietram Scheufele
Lunch on your own
Improving Genetic Conservation Efforts: Breakout Group Discussions
3 Breakout groups: In-situ Genetic Conservation, Ex-Situ Genetic Conservation, Restoration of Species & Ecosystems
3:00 pm – 3:30 pm
Break
3:30 pm – 4:30 pm
Small Group Presentations & Discussion with Whole Group
4:30 pm – 5:00 pm
Wrap up: Casey Sclar, American Public Garden Association, and Monica Lear, US Forest Service
5:00 pm Workshop ends