Program Schedule
The Program for the 2006 NAFIWC consists of 26 workshops that are organized within five “tracts:”
Invasive Insects (INV), Management and Silviculture (MGT), Scale and Interactions (SCA), Change
(CHA), Direct Tactics in Forest Insect Management (TAC), and Biodiversity and Natural Heritage
(BIO). Following are the specific topics for each of the tracts along with the moderator(s) and the
general daily schedule for the workshops. Plenary Addressees are being negotiated and will be
posted once we receive confirmation from the speakers.
NAFIWC Program Tracks:
A. Invasive insects (INV)
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Invasives and forest community structure.
Moderators
Rieske-Kinney
INV 1
Invasive insects and forest community structure.
Moderator: Lynne Rieske-Kinney, University of Kentucky
Abstract:
Biotic and abiotic disturbance plays an integral role in ecosystem function,
driving ecological succession and shaping forest structure. Recently natural
disturbances have exceeded their historic range of variability with respect to
frequency, intensity, and magnitude in response to climate change,
fragmentation, and exotic species introductions. Forest resources are at the
forefront of these fluctuations as exotic species become established and
new hosts of endemic pests evolve. Our speakers will identify critical issues
influencing the magnitude and extent to which endemic and exotic invasive
insects function as landscape engineers across a range of ecosystems, and
predict strategies to mitigate their impact, thereby increasing forest
sustainability.
Speakers: Tom Coleman and Lynne Rieske-Kinney, University of Kentucky: A changing
landscape: Predicting future forests following catastrophic losses to
southern pine beetle and associated disturbance.
John Young, US Geological Survey: Modeling stand vulnerability and
biological impacts of the hemlock woolly adelgid.
Mary Arthur, University of Kentucky: Interacting effects of geological
substrate and an invasive scale (beech bark disease) on tree species
composition and nitrogen cycling.
Deb McCullough, Michigan State University: Rising from the ashes: What
might we see after EAB
Robert Coulson, Texas A&M University, and Lynne Rieske-Kinney, University
of Kentucky: Discussion: Critical issues for mitigation of invasive forest
insects.
2 Sirex noctilio in North America - a new arrival.
Don Duerr/Dennis Haugen
INV 2
Sirex noctilio in North America - a new arrival.
Moderator:
Abstract:
Don Duerr, USDA Forest Service, FHP; Dennis Haugen, USDA Forest
Service, FHP
An established population of Sirex woodwasp was discovered during 2005 in
upstate New York. During the first half of the workshop the panel will
present the status of Sirex woodwasp in North America, its biology and
ecology, detection and delimit surveys, management options, and research
needs. The second half of the workshop will consist of a moderated
discussion.
Speakers: Leon Bunce, USDA APHIS
Peter deGroot, Natural Resources Canada
Don Duerr, USDA Forest Service, FHP
Dennis Haugen, USDA Forest Service, FHP.
Brian Kopper, USDA APHIS
Nathan Schiff, USDA Forest Service, SRS
3 Pathways of invasiveness.
Dave Kulhavy
INV 3
Pathways of Invasiveness.
Moderator: David L. Kulhavy, Stephen F. Austin State University
Abstract:
This workshop will examine: pathways of invasive insect species in and out
of North American forests, methods of export and import of insect pests
from North America, impacts of exported pests (as compared to effects in
their native areas). A discussion will include proactive measures, detection
methods and needed areas of research. A final summary will include a plan
of dealing with invasive forest insects.
Speakers: Dr. Robert Mangold, USDA Forest Service, FHP
Dr. Jianghua Sun, Chinese Academy of Science
4 Managing exotic insects.
Bernie Raimo
INV 4
Managing Exotic Insects.
Moderator: Bernie Raimo, USDA Forest Service
Abstract:
Many jurisdictions must recognize newly arriving exotic insects as soon as
they appear while at the same time they have decreasing resources to
accomplish this task. Early detection and identification are crucial to
maintaining a full range of management options, yet this is often logistically
difficult to do. Effectively allocating scarce financial and human resources to
manage new forest insects can be challenging to plan and implement. This
workshop will highlight powerful new technologies- DNA analysis,
hyperspectral remote sensing, and GIS decision support- that can assist
forest health specialists and land managers to help meet these important
needs.
Speakers: Nathan Havill, Yale University: Molecular methods to reveal the introduction
history of exotic species.
Jen Pontius, USDA Forest Service: New ways remote sensing can help
manage forest insect pests.
Ben Hachin, Redstart Forestry Inc.: How GIS can foster collaboration and
efficiency in protecting our forests.
5 International cooperation.
N. Gillette/D. Cibrian
INV 5
Firewalls in the Forest: International Strategies for Combating Invasives.
Moderator: Nancy Gillette, USDA Forest Service, PSW and David Cibrián Tovar,
Universidad Autónoma Chapingo
Abstract:
This workshop will provide a global perspective of strategies for invasives.
Representatives from Asia, Europe, and the Americas will present regional
strategies for combating invasives. Rob Mangold will describe the challenges
and approaches that the US is taking, and Jianghua Sun will describe the
current situation in China. Alain Roques will talk about the E.U.’s approach
(DAISIE – Delivering Alien Species Inventories in Europe). Rodolfo Campos
Bolaños will present examples of work in Mexico, and John Rawlins will
describe faunal surveys in the Caribbean/Central America to establish
baseline data for detection of invasives. Finally, Keith Douce will present an
overview of the Bugwood website and database, an example of how a global
digital image network can integrate management of invasive species.
Speakers: Rob Mangold, USDA Forest Service: US strategy.
Alain Roques, INRA: Europe strategy.
Jianghua Sun, Chinese Academy Sciences: Asia strategy.
R. Campos Bolaños, Universidad Autónoma Chapingo: Mexico strategy.
John Rawlins, Carnegie Museum, Caribbean/ Central America strategy.
Keith Douce, University of Georgia: Bugwood global resource.
6 Quantitative approaches to understanding insect invasions in forests.
Patrick Tobin
INV 6
Quantitative Approaches to Understanding Insect Invasions in Forests.
Moderator: Patrick C. Tobin, USDA Forest Service, NRS
Abstract:
Exotic insects are a threat to biodiversity and resources in forests, and
consequently can be an important force of change. Upon arrival, they exist
at low densities, complicating detection. Their establishment and spread can
be difficult to assess due to limited information, which complicates
implementation of management tactics. Quantitative approaches to
understanding insect invasions in forest systems have been a particularly
successful application of mathematical ecology to the development of
effective management strategies. This workshop will highlight lessons
learned from quantitative assessments of gypsy moth invasion in North
America, and then quantitatively address the invasion dynamics of other
exotic pests.
Speakers: Patrick Tobin, USDA Forest Service, NRS: Introduction.
Sandy Liebhold and Patrick Tobin, USDA Forest Service, NRS: Population
processes that drive the gypsy moth's invasion of N.A.
Alan Sawyer, USDA-APHIS-PPQ: Infestation dynamics of the Asian
longhorned beetle in the urban forest landscape.
Timothy Menzel, T. Evan Nebeker and Michael Caprio, Mississippi State
University: The relationship between forest landscape
features and the occurrence of imported fire ants in Mississippi forests: An
application of Bayesian model averaging.
Jean-Claude Grégoire and Marius Gilbert, Free University of Brussels: Massforaging for unpredictable resources: a possible
explanation for Allee effects in Ips typographus.
B. Management and silviculture(MGT)
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Different perspectives on silviculture.
Moderators
Jim Guldin/K. Gottschalk
MGT 7
Different perspectives on silviculture: Large scale applied silvicultural
assessments under HFRA.
Moderator: Jim Guldin and Kurt Gottschalk, USDA Forest Service
Abstract:
The Healthy Forest Restoration Act was passed in December 2003, and
provides statutory processes to restore healthy forest & range conditions on
public and private ownerships. Six titles in HFRA apply to different public
and private forest ownerships in the US, of which Title IV, Insect
Infestations and Related Diseases, includes provisions for research and
monitoring activities on Federal lands. Two sections in Title IV have special
interest to foresters, entomologists, and pathologists. Section 403,
Accelerated Information Gathering, authorizes professionals to plan,
conduct, and promote information gathering on forest insects and diseases,
to help resource managers develop treatments to improve forest health,
and to disseminate results. Section 404, Applied Silvicultural Assessments
(ASA’s) goes farther in that it provides for information gathering and
research, for field studies on Federal land, for administrative studies,
research studies, or special pest management projects, and for cooperation
between NFS, R&D, and S&PF in these activities. ASA elements require a
study plan, peer review by 'scientific experts', including non-Federal
experts, public notice and comment (including ‘multiparty monitoring’).
Notably, the ASA provides opportunity for categorical exclusion from
documentation in an EA or EIS for treatments within a limit of 1000 ac. In
this session, practical experience with several of the ongoing ASA’s under
Section 404 of HFRA will be briefly reviewed, with discussion centered
especially on objectives, development, positive outcomes to date, and
lessons learned in the implementation.
Doug
MacCleery, USDA Forest Service: HFRA and large scale silvicultural
Speakers:
assessments.
Jim Guldin, USDA Forest Service, and Robert Coulson, Texas A&M
University: Southern Pine Beetle in the West Gulf States.
Mary Ann Fajvan, USDA Forest Service: Thinning hemlock to reduce
hemlock woolly adelgid impacts.
Kurt Gottschalk, USDA Forest Service: Gypsy moth and oak decline on the
Daniel Boone NF; and Minimizing gypsy moth effects on the Monongahela
and Wayne NFs.
Jim Guldin, USDA Forest Service and Fred Stephen, University of Arkansas:
Upland oak-hickory forests and the red oak borer in the Ozark and Ouachita
Mountains of Arkansas.
Kurt Gottschalk and Jim Guldin, USDA Forest Service: Discussion.
8 Silviculture and pest management.
Rose-Marie Muzika
MGT 8
Silviculture and pest management: Predictions, expectations and consequences.
Moderator: Rose-Marie Muzika, University of Missouri-Columbia
Abstract:
Regardless of the objective, any silviculture practice has consequences that
may be intended or otherwise. With management objectives specific to
minimizing damage from insect pests or directly affecting the insect’s
reproduction or life cycle, desired outcomes may result. The expected
outcomes likely do not occur in isolation, however. Predicted changes in
populations of hosts or insects create unintended consequences for other
ecosystem components. Modification of stand structure or ecosystem
processes may exacerbate stand level damage by positively influencing
other problematic insects, or by interfering with cycles of natural enemies.
Evidence suggests that silvicultural approaches may have short term
successes, but these may lead to longer term problems. Contrary evidence
also exists. Furthermore, an assessment of ‘successes’ of silviculture
require years, if not decades.
This session reviews some long term experimental approaches and
assessments, as well as unexpected effects of silviculture directed at
reducing insect populations. Additional considerations to be addressed
include implications for fuel accumulation and wildfire risks, determining
appropriate management scale, distinctions among forest insect guilds and
corresponding management approaches. Finally, it is critical to consider
dramatic differences in silvicultural strategies that may be necessary for
native versus non-native forest insect pests.
Speakers:
Rose-Marie Muzika, , University of Missouri-Columbia: Introduction.
Kurt Gottschalk, USDA Forest Service: Fifteen-year response of oakdominated forests to gypsy moth and thinning.
Gaétan Moreau, Canadian Forest Service: Large-scale thinning treatments
and their unexpected consequences on insular populations
of eruptive defoliators.
Jan Volney, Canadian Forest Service: Revisiting Scipio's ghost at Zama:
The spruce budworm silviculture problem.
Rose-Marie Muzika, , University of Missouri-Columbia: Discussion.
9 Trade-offs in managing forests.
John Spence
MGT 9
Biodiversity vs. productivity and other trade-offs associated with sustainable
forest management.
Moderator:
John R. Spence, University of Alberta, and W. Jan A. Volney, Canadian Forest
Service.
Abstract: This workshop/discussion session is intended to promote a discussion of
trade-offs involving biodiversity and also relevant to development of
sustainable forest management (SFM). We will prime the discussion with a
short description of the EMEND (‘Ecosystem Management Emulating Natural
Disturbance’, http://www.emend.rr.ualberta.ca/english/homepage_e.html)
Experiment, located in northwestern Alberta, Canada and which attempts to
provide data required for a cogent analysis of these trade-offs. The discussion
will explore alternatives for formal analysis of the trade-offs involved in the
SFM approach and techniques to designate optimal solutions, once trade-offs
are understood well enough to be specified. Potential application of the Net
Environmental Benefit Analysis (NEBA) and other approaches will be
discussed with the hope of helping us solve our particular problems with the
EMEND data set and also stimulating a broader conversation. The organizers
welcome short presentations on this theme if arranged in advance through
the contacts above.
Speakers: Discussion led by Spence and Volney.
C. Scale and interactions(SCA)
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10 Symbiosis.
Moderators
Rich Hofstetter
SCA 10
Symbiotic relationships and their role in forest insect invasion and success
Moderator: Richard Hofstetter, Northern Arizona Universit
Abstract:
Many economically significant forest pest insects have tight symbiotic
relationships with microbes (e.g., fungi, bacteria, protozoa). The success
and impact of these insects can often be attributed to their symbiotic
partners. In this session, we will describe symbiotic relationships of several
important forest pest species in North America and Africa, and address the
role of symbioses in insect invisibility, management, and control.
Speakers: Nadir Erbilgin, University of California-Berkeley: How symbioses between an
invasive exotic pathogen and native bark beetles may influence the success
of all involved.
Eric Ott, Louisiana State University: Symbiosis in the invasive ambrosia
beetles Xylosandrus crassiusculus and Xyleborus glabratus: Implications for
management."
Kier Klepzig, USDA Forest Service and Young-Min Kang & Cetin Yuceer,
Mississippi State University: Proteomic and microscopic examination of the
southern pine beetle-fungus symbiosis.
Doug Stone, Mississippi State University: Morphology of the mesonotal
mycangium of Xylosandrus mutilatus.
Brett Hurley, FABI, University of Pretoria: Symbiosis between Sirex noctilio,
Amylostereum areolatum and Deladenus siricidicola: A South African
perspective.
Ken Raffa, and Yasmin Cardoza, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Brian
Aukema, Canadian Forest Service: Multiple component symbioses facilitate
invasion of variable habitats: Host colonization by spruce beetle - microbe
associations as a model.
11 The roles of habitat mosaics and physical variables in movement of forest-dwelling Brian
organisms.
Strom
SCA 11
The roles of habitat mosaics and physical variables in the movement of forestdwelling organisms.
Moderator: Brian Strom, USDA Forest Service
Abstract:
Forests are diverse environments composed of a mosaic of habitat types,
including differences in physical as well as biotic factors. It is likely that
habitat type affects the behavior and movement of forest-dwelling
organisms, but quantitative measurements of these interrelating variables
are in their infancy. This workshop aims to expose participants to
techniques for quantifying the physical environment and relating
environmental variables to movement behaviors of insects. Speakers will
describe experiments in which the physical environment was quantified and
related to stand variables and movement of pheromone surrogates to
predict insect behavior. Additional speakers will describe how models of
insect dispersal can be adapted to the habitat mosaics common in forests.
Speakers: John D. Reeve, Southern Illinois University
Harold Thistle, USDA Forest Service
Mary Reid, University of Calgary
Sandy Liebhold, USDA Forest Service
12 Connecting the Scales: From Molecular through Landscape.
Ken Raffa
SCA 12
Connecting the scales: From molecular through landscape.
Moderator: Ken Raffa, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Abstract:
Linking pattern and process across multiple scales is a major challenge
confronting forest management. This session will consider approaches and
technologies for forging connections from the biochemical through
landscape levels. Emerging issues such as invasive species, global change,
and fire-insect, forest-human, and wilderness-managed interactions, share
the common problem that information from one level is not immediately
applicable to another. Hence devising informed strategies is hindered. We
will explore three systems that are eruptive, sensitive to human activities,
and models for related insects. For each, three speakers will analyze the
system at one level, and propose approaches to interfacing their knowledge
with adjoining scales.
Speakers: Ken Raffa, University of Wisconsin-Madison: Introduction.
Jorg Bohlman, University of British Columbia: Mechanisms of interaction.
Allan Carroll, Canadian Forest Service: Mountain pine beetle: Population
dynamics.
Barbara Bentz, USDA Forest Service and Jim Powell, Utah State University:
Landscape ecology
13 Insect-plant interactions.
L. Rieske-Kinney /Erbilgin
SCA 13
Host plant-mediated plant-insect and insect-insect interactions.
Moderator:
Abstract:
Lynne K. Rieske-Kinney, University of Kentucky and Nadir Erbilgin,
University of California-Berkeley
Interactions between multiple herbivores and their host trees become
increasingly complex when considering that each individual organism
subsequently affects the overall interaction. The horizontal relationships
that develop from the interactions of multiple stressing agents function
synergistically or antagonistically, facilitating or impeding the frequency and
quality of subsequent relationships. Neither herbivore nor plant response is
static, and the cross-effects of these interactions are complex. Speakers in
our session will evaluate (a) spatially and temporally segregated inter-guild
interactions, because these multiple interactions affect the likelihood and
intensity of subsequent interactions, and (b) contemporary views of plant
defense mechanisms, highlighting emerging information on insect and
microorganism-induced biochemicals and semiochemicals.
Speakers: Lynne Rieske-Kinney, University of Kentucky: Woody plant galls effect foliar
quality with potential consequences for herbivory.
Dan Quiring and Rob Johns, University of New Brunswick: Influence of
intracrown heterogeneity in foliage quality on foraging behaviour and
performance of caterpillars.
Nadir Erbilgin, University of California, Berkeley; Paal Krokene and Erik
Christiansen, Norwegian Forest Research Institute; Gazmend Zeneli and
Jonathan Gershenzon, Max Planck Institute: Exogenous application of
methyl jasmonate elicits defenses in Norway spruce (Picea abies) and
reduces colonization by the bark beetle Ips typographus.
Pierliugi Bonello, Ohio State University: The nature and ecological
implications of disease resistance in pine.
D. Change(CHA)
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14 Challenges of using on-line resources to aid in
forest entomology education.
Moderators
Fred Hain/John McLean
CHA 14
Challenges of using on-line resources to aid in Forest Entomology Education.
Moderator:
Abstract:
Fred Hain, North Carolina State University, and John Mclean, University of
British Columbia
Greatly increased amounts of information are readily available at the finger
tips of today's instructors and students. Library resources are on-line as are
the publications of federal and state institutions in the US and national and
provincial institutions in Canada and Mexico. Web search engines enable us
to find information and images on nearly everything we can imagine. This
panel will report on some sources of this information, the challenges in
managing it and its application in forest entomology education. Discussion
of advantages/disadvantages of on-line resource use is welcome. The
special problems associated with distance education courses will be
highlighted.
Speakers: Keith Douce, University of Georgia: Bugwood 2006 – tools to support forest
entomology and forest health education.
Dave Kulhavy, Stephen F. Austin State University: Face-to-face professor
and the distance learning
Clyde Sorenson, North Carolina State University : ‘Insects and People':
Emulating a dynamic classroom online.
John McLean, University of British Columbia: Reflections on a decade’s
experiences with on-line forest entomology teaching resources.
15 Global change and bark beetle outbreaks.
Tom Eager /Bill Mattson
CHA 15
Global warming: A conversation about management issues and responses.
Moderator:
Abstract:
Tom Eager, USDA Forest Service, FHP, and Bill Mattson, USDA Forest
Service, NRS
Global climate change has been a constant in the evolutionary history of the
earth’s biosphere. Before the advent of modern humans, no single species
was able, by itself, to significantly influence this complex climate system.
However, with the dawn of the industrial revolution, humans became the
first unitary species with the undisputed capacity to influence the world
climate. Ever rising levels of tropospheric gases (CO2, O3, etc) have the
capacity to the influence the biochemistry of plant-insect, and insect-insect
interactions and perhaps more importantly, global climate patterns. For
example, extreme drought has affected a six-state area and northern
Mexico since 2000, resulting in widespread mortality of piñon pines. The
cause of death was most frequently ascribed to Ips confusus and
Pityopthorus sp twig beetles. The interaction of below-average precipitation
and tree killing insects may provide a model that applies to other systems.
This workshop addresses apparent or potential changes in plants, insects,
and forests, and the socio-political consequences that likely have their
origins in global change.
Speakers: Bill Mattson, USDA Forest Service
Deb. McCullough, Michigan State University
Richard Flemming Great Lakes Forestry Centre
Matt Ayres, Dartmouth College
Darrell Ross, Oregon State University
Tom Eager, USDA Forest Service
16 Effects of temperature and global warming on population ecology of forest
insects.
Joe Elkington
CHA 16
Effects of temperature and global warming on population ecology of forest
insects.
Moderator: Joe Elkinton, University of Massachusetts-Amherst
Abstract:
Global warming has already had measurable effects on winter temperatures
and length of growing season with major impacts on many important forest
insects. These include expansion of geographic or altitudinal ranges,
outbreaks caused by changes in voltinism, and exposure of tree species
previously inaccessible due to climatic limitation. These changes are likely
to accelerate in the coming years and will affect many species.
Speakers: Jesse Logan, USDA Forest Service, RMRS
Matt Hansen, USDA Forest Service, RMRS
Evan Preisser, University of Massachusetts-Amherst:
Joe Elkinton, University of Massachusetts-Amherst:
Matt Ayres, Dartmouth College:
17 Status of North American bark beetles.
Allan Carroll/Joel McMillan
CHA 17
Status of North American Bark Beetles: Anthropogenic Impacts to Forest
Susceptibility.
Moderator:
Abstract:
Joel McMillin, USDA Forest Service and Allan Carroll, Canadian Forest
Service
During recent decades, the size and severity of bark beetle outbreaks in
North America has been unprecedented. There is compelling evidence
implicating climate change as a causal factor exacerbating population
eruptions and impacts. However, landscape-scale bark beetle epidemics
require both favorable climate and a profusion of suitable host trees. In
many forest types, the distribution and abundance of suitable hosts has
been affected by forest management practices including wildfire
suppression, selective harvesting and reforestation/afforestation. This
session will examine the status of eruptive bark beetle populations in North
America and explore the potential role of anthropogenic alterations to forest
susceptibility in the numerous large-scale outbreaks.
Speakers: Alberto Sediles, Universidad Nacional Agraria de Nicaragua: Southern pine
beetle outbreaks in Central America: role of forest structure and other
factors influencing disturbance regimes in subtropical pine forests.
Tom Eager, USDA Forest Service: Bark beetle outbreaks in ponderosa pine
forests and piñon woodlands: role of forest structure and other factors
influencing disturbance regimes in the southwestern US.
Steve Taylor, Canadian Forest Service: Effects of altered disturbance
regimes on the outbreak dynamics of the primary bark beetles of western
Canada.
Brian Aukema, Canadian Forest Service: The mountain pine beetle in British
Columbia: role of forest structure and land tenure in the current outbreak.
18 Changing ownerships and fragmentation .
Scott Cameron
CHA 18
Effects of forest fragmentation and ownership change on forest pests and their
management
Moderator: R. Scott Cameron, International Paper
Abstract:
The forests in North America are rapidly becoming more fragmented,
especially in areas near high populations, and land ownership patterns are
changing at an astounding rate. The physical attributes associated with
these changes are affecting forest ecosystems, insect populations, and their
hosts in varying ways, which in turn is resulting in more complex
management situations. These changes portend major challenges in the
future for forest insect research scientists, forest health specialists, and land
owners.
Speakers: Kurt Riitters, USDA Forest Service: The physical evidence of forest
fragmentation: Geographic status and trends.
Andrew “Sandy” Liebhold, USDA Forest Service: The varied effects of
habitat fragmentation on forest insect population dynamics.
Albert “Bud” Mayfield, Florida DACS Division of Forestry: Some challenges
to managing forest health in a fragmented landscape.
Frank Sapio, USDA Forest Service: Synthesis across varied spatial and
temporal scales: Pest management challenges for the future.
E. Direct tactics in forest insect management(TAC)
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Moderators
19 Hurdling over obstacles toward implementation of Chris Fettig/Darrell Ross
semiochemical-based forest pest mgt. tools.
TAC 19
Hurdling Over Obstacles Toward Implementation of Semiochemical-based
Forest Pest Management Tools
Moderator:
Abstract:
Christopher Fettig, USDA Forest Service, PSW; Dezene Huber, University of
Northern British Columbia; and Darrell Ross, Oregon State University
One of the largest problems with the development of semiochemical-based
management tools is that few products arise from such efforts, particularly
in reference to bark beetle management. In this workshop, participants will
discuss many of the obstacles that impede full registration and utilization of
such techniques. Specifically, items that will be discussed include logistic
concerns, regulatory and legislative hurdles, proprietary issues, and funding
concerns. The product of this session will be recommendations for future
research and development efforts that will facilitate more rapid
implementation of pheromone-based technologies.
Speakers: Darrell W. Ross, Oregon State University: MCH and the Douglas-fir beetle
experience.
Kevin Thorpe, USDA ARS: Gypsy moth mating disruption research.
Jim Heath, Hercon Environmental: Moving gypsy moth mating disruption
products into the marketplace.
Russell S. Jones, EPA: Registration of biopesticides: what are the regulatory
and legislative hurdles and how are they overcome?
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Tree protection.
Steve Munson
TAC 20
Forest Protection - bark beetles and woodborers.
Moderator: Steve Munson, USDA Forest Service, FHP
Abstract:
This session will focus on techniques and strategies currently in use for
single tree or area wide protection and highlight experimental studies
designed to address forest protection issues. This session will include forest
protection programs for native and non-native forest insects. Western bark
beetles, southern pine beetle and introduced woodborers are the subject
areas covered in this session. Topics cover single tree preventative
treatments, pheromone applications and sanitation programs currently in
use for high value recreation areas in the west, new tools for single tree
protection and developing methods for suppressing/eradicating introduced
woodborers in the central and northeastern portions of North America
Speakers: Ken Gibson, USDA Forest Service, FHP: Protecting trees on high-value sites
in the West.
Chris Fettig, USDA Forest Service, RMRS: Single tree protection tools for
western conifers.
Don Grosman, Texas Forest Service: Systemic insecticide injections for
protection of southern and western conifers from
Dendroctonus and Ips bark beetles.
David Lance, APHIS: Developing methods for managing populations of
exotic woodborers in North America.
21 Stand level tactics to address forest pest problems.
Ron Billings
TAC 21
Stand Level Tactics to Address Forest Pest Problems.
Moderator: Ron Billings, Texas Forest Service
Abstract:
Experienced speakers from across the U.S. will describe current projects
related to stand-level manipulations for managing such destructive pests as
the emerald ash borer, western bark beetles, and the southern pine beetle.
A general discussion of this approach to pest management will follow.
Speakers: Andrew J. Storer, Michigan Technological University: Modeling the
relationship of emerald ash borer and ash phloem, with management
implications.
Joel McMillian, USDA Forest Service, FHP (with CJ Fettig, JA Anhold, SM
Hamud, RR Borys, CP Dabney, SJ Seybold): The effects of mechanical fuel
reduction treatments on the activity of bark beetles infesting ponderosa
pine.
Jim Rineholt, Sawtooth NRA: Red and dead trees: Bark beetle protection
projects in Idaho
John Nowak, USDA Forest Service, FHP: Southern pine beetle prevention
and restoration program: Old way of thinking, new way of working.
22 Treatment Tactic Development and Application.
Brian Strom and Andrew Birt
TAC 22
Perspectives on Treatment Tactic Development and Application .
Moderator: Brian Strom and Andrew Birt
Abstract:
Treatment tactics are planned procedures that are used to modify or
regulate the distribution and abundance of a pest species. Typically, tactics
are directed to ways and means of suppression of an existing pest
population or prevention of potential pest population outbreaks. In this
workshop we address four aspects of treatment tactic development and
application. First we consider an overview of the discovery, development,
and registration of a pesticide for use in forestry. Second, we examine the
use of ecological modeling for risk assessment. Third we examine the use of
termiticides in the urban environment. Fourth, we evaluate the use of
trangenics as treatment tactics in the forest environment. We conclude by
identifying the critical issues associated with treatment tactic development
and application.
Speakers:
James A. Gagne (BASF): An Overview of the Discovery, Development, and
Registration of a Pesticide for Use in Forestry.
Andrew Birt (KEL, Texas, A&M University): Use of Ecological Modeling for
Risk Assessment
Clark N. Lovelady (SYNGENTA): Termiticides in the Urban Environment.
Brian Strom (USDA Forest Service): A forest entomologists perspective on
use of transgenics as treatment tactics in the forest environment.
Discussant: Robert N. Coulson
23 Shaping future forests: Using classical biol. control to reduce harm from
invasive forest insects.
S. Salom/M.
Montgomery
TAC 23
Shaping Future Forests: Using Classical Biological Control to Reduce Harm from
Invasive Forest Insects.
Moderator:
Abstract:
Scott Salom, Virginia Tech; Michael E. Montgomery, USDA Forest Service,
NRS; and Roy Van Driesche, University of Massachusetts-Amherst.
Recent invasions into North America show the continued vulnerability of
native forests. Future forests could, if invaders are left uncontrolled, differ
greatly from their historical composition. Classical biological control is
sometimes the best or only option for reducing the damage to forests
caused by non-native insect pests. We will focus on a spectrum of
programs, ranging from past and recent success to ongoing and developing
efforts.
Speakers: Joe Elkinton, University of Massachusetts-Amherst: Winter moth: Yesterday
and today.
Tim Paine, University of California-Riverside: Biological control of invasive
pests on an introduced forest tree.
Scott Salom, Virginia Tech: Status of biological control efforts for HWA.
Roger Fuester, USDA, ARS, BIRL: EAB and ALB.
Nathan Schiff, USDA Forest Service, SRS: Sirex wood wasp.
24 Challenges to biological control.
Fred Hain
TAC 24
Challenges to Biological Control
Moderator: Fred Hain, North Carolina State University
Abstract:
There are many challenges to the successful application of biological control
programs, and some may question the logic of this approach. The purpose
of this workshop is to address some of the issues surrounding biocontrol.
The moderator will open with a “devil’s advocate” statement and then ask
selected experts in the field, and the audience, to respond. Issues to be
addressed include the nature of foreign explorations, the suitability of a pest
for biocontrol, impacts on non-targets, predicting the likelihood of natural
enemy establishment outside its native range, factors that should be
considered in post-release evaluation, and incorporating the natural enemy
into an IPM program.
Speakers: Wayne Berisford, University of Georgia
Mike Montgomery, USDA Forest Service, NRS
Scott Salom, Virginia Tech
Fred Stephen, University of Arkansas Ron Van Driesche, University of
Massachusetts-Amherst
25 Decision support tools.
Randy Hamilton
TAC 25
Decision support tools.
Moderator: Randy Hamilton, USDA Forest Service, RSAC
Abstract:
The increasing number and magnitude of invasive and native forest insect
outbreaks make it ever more difficult to assess the impact of these pests
and implement effective management strategies. Technological advances
provide valuable, but underutilized, decision support tools that can help
entomologists and resource managers better understand and manage these
pests. Tools include remote sensing (satellite imagery, radar), geographic
information systems (GIS), and other geospatial and non-geospatial
technologies. Applications include monitoring insect impact, predicting
spread, assessing biological control impacts, studying spatial dynamics,
delineating insect habitat, and others. This session highlights applications of
geospatial and other technologies in forest entomology.
Speakers: Jaime Villa Castillo, CONAFOR: The use of remote sensing techniques to
survey forest pest and diseases in Mexico.
James Ellenwood, USDA Forest Service: Near real-time orthorectified
imagery for rapid assessment of forest damage.
Jeffrey Holland, Purdue University: Statistical tools for examining the
influence of landscapes on forest insects.
Amos Ziegler, Michigan State University: Data life-cycle and decision
support framework for large-scale pest management.
F. Biodiversity and natural heritage(BIO)
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Topic
26 Natural forests/ indigenous trees.
Moderators
Mike Wagner/Jorge Macias
BIO 26
Host plant-mediated plant-insect and insect-insect interactions.
Moderator:
Abstract:
Michael Wagner, Northern Arizona University and Jorge Macias-Samano,
ECOSUR
Forests around the globe are modified by human activities and natural
disturbances. Their alterations usually result in reduced complexity and
biodiversity of the forest matrix. Such ecosystem changes can profoundly
alter the biodiversity of other species in the forest and change the
interactions between trees and insect pests. In this workshop the
participants will examine forest alterations including conversion of natural
forest to plantation, selective harvesting, stand density modification and
experimental variation in overstory biodiversity. How these forest
alterations then change the community structure and richness of key insect
species such as carabids and ants, trophic interactions and status of insects
as pests will be presented. Relationships from a range of temperate and
tropical forest ecosystems and representing several different countries will
create an opportunity to examine broad patterns of how forest ecosystem
alterations affect forest insects.
Speakers: Sky Stephens and Michael Wagner, Northern Arizona University: Overstory
diversity and land use practices: Impacts on biodiversity.
Gaetan Moreau, Dan Quining and Christen Bjorkman, Université de
Moncton: Trophic interactions in altered and frequently disturbed
ecosystems: lessons from thinned forests and short relation coppice
plantations.
Timothy T. Work, Université du Québec à Montréal: Effectiveness of variable
retention for maintaining arthropod diversity in eastern and western boreal
forests in Canada.
Jorge E. Macias-Samano, ECOSUR: Planting native or exotic trees?
Implications on pest management in the American tropics.
Paul P. Bosu and Michael R. Wagner, Northern Arizona University: Mixed
native species plantation models to manage forest insect pests.
27
Endangered species.
Bob Haack
BIO 27
Endangered species
Moderator: Bob Haack, USDA Forest Service, NRS
Abstract:
There are hundreds of threatened and endangered plant and animal species
recognized by governments worldwide. For example, there are 745 species
of plants and 555 species of animals (including 45 insects) that are on the
federal list of threatened and endangered species in the US. Forest insects
are tightly linked to many of these T&E species, or are themselves listed as
T&E species. For example, some protected plants require specific insect
pollinators; some protected animals rely on insects as food; biocontrol
efforts can negatively impact protected non-target species; and forest
management activities can directly or indirectly impact T&E insect species.
This workshop will address some of the T&E issues related to (a) possible
non-target impacts that result from the release of natural enemies and (b)
the role of insects as food for protected bird species.
Speakers: Bob Haack, USDA Forest Service, NRS: Introduction.
Tim Paine, University of California-Riverside: Assessing the risk of releasing
biocontrol agents for eucalyptus borer control on the endangered elderberry
borer.
Dylan Parry, SUNY: Trouvelot’s Legacy? The disappearance of giant silk
moths in northeastern North America.
Jim Hanula, USDA Forest Service, SRS: The endangered red-cockaded
woodpecker: diet, prey distribution, and forest management impacts on
prey. Nathan Schiff, USDA Forest Service, SRS: What do you feed an ivorybilled woodpecker?
28 Cultural/ Non-traditional resources.
Steve Clarke
BIO 28
Cultural/ Non-traditional resources.
Moderator: Steve Clarke
Abstract:
Forest insect outbreaks and IPM programs have consequences that extend
beyond their effects on the target pest. The focus of this session is the
impacts of forest insect outbreaks and/or forest health prevention and
suppression treatments on cultural traditions and resources or nontraditional forest products. Speakers will address a wide variety of topics
illustrating the far-reaching effects of forest pest problems and solutions.
Speakers: Richard Baird, Mississippi State University: Fleshy fungi in the southern
Appalachians and the impact of forest tree pests on their diversity.
Percival Cho, Ministry of Natural Resources, Belize: Insect induced stand
replacing disturbance: The effects on eco-tourism in the Mountain Pine
Ridge Forest Reserve, Belize.
Jim Chamberlain and Gary Kauffman, USDA Forest Service: Potential and
possible impacts of insect infestations on conservation of medicinal plants.
Stephen Clarke, USDA Forest Service: I got dem ol’ beetle bug blues again,
Mama, or how forest insects influence modern music.
Mon– 22
14:00-19:00
Registration
15:00- 17:00
Associated Meetings – WFIWC and SFIWC Business Meetings
17:30- 19:00
Mixer
Tue – 23
08:00-08:15
Welcome and logistics – Bob Coulson, Kier Klepzig, Rusty Rhea
08:15-08:30
Legislative Perspectives – Representative Charles Taylor
08:30-08:50
Musical Performance
08:50- 10:00
Plenary – Forces of Change: National and State Perspectives
– Ann Bartuska, Rob Mangold, Ron Billings
10:00- 10:30
Break
10:30- 12:00
INV 1
BIO 26
INV 2
BIO 27
12:00- 13:30
13:30- 15:00
TAC 19
Lunch
15:00- 15:30
15:30- 17:00
SCA 10
SCA 11
TAC 20
Break
INV 3
BIO 28
SCA 12
TAC 21
Wed – 24
08:30- 10:00
Plenary – Forces of Change: International and Academic Perspectives
- Werner Kurz, Mike Wagner, Fred Hain
10:00- 10:30
Break
10:30- 12:00
INV 4
CHA 14
12:00- 13:30
13:30- 15:00
INV 5
CHA 15
15:00- 15:30
15:30- 17:00
SCA 13
TAC 22
MGT 7
TAC 23
MGT 8
TAC 24
Lunch
Break
INV 6
CHA 16
17:30- 18:15
Associated Meetings – WFIWC Founder’s Award Address – Bill Ciesla
18:30- 20:30
Banquet – Guest Speaker (TBA)
Thu – 25
08:30- 10:00
Forces of Change: Regional, CSREES and Industrial Perspectives
- Pete Roussopoulos, Rick Meyer, Scott Cameron
10:00- 10:30
Break
10:30- 12:00
CHA 17
CHA 18
MGT 9
TAC 25
12:00- 13:30
Lunch
13:30- 15:30
Critical Issues in Forest Entomology – A Panel Discussion: Patrick Tobin, Jim Guldin,
Ken Raffa, Allan Carroll, Scott Salom, Mike Wagner
16:00- 17:00
Associated Meetings – WFIWC Business Meeting
Invited Plenary Speakers (confirmed in bold):
Rob Mangold, Rick Meyer, Pete Roussopoulos, Ann Bartuska, Scott Cameron, Ron Billings,
Fred Hain, Mike Wagner.