The Foundations of the “Annual Air Pollution Workshop” and3
History of the Air Pollution Workshop 1969-2012
John Skelly, Professor Emeritus, The Pennsylvania State University
Fitzgerald Booker, USDA/ARS Plant Science Research Unit, Raleigh, NC
Version 1, 2005
Version 2, 2012
As the United States moved into its third century of development, many never before
experienced problems arose in regard to the quality of the environment with special
concerns for both air and water quality. As we moved into the post World War II period of
the late 1940's and throughout the 1950's and early 1960's our eagerness for improved
lifestyles called for more and more fuel to power larger automobiles and 18-wheel trucks.
For many reasons, the initiation of our Interstate Highway system in the mid-1950's
placed the development of our personal travel needs and commercial transportation
industry into concrete highways over rails. At this same time, our demands for many
convenience appliances such as automatic washers and dryers, televisions, electric
ranges, home heating systems, and home, apartment complex, and industrial scale
installation of air conditioning systems dramatically increased our demands for electric
power; many large fossil-fuel consuming power plants were constructed.
These were also the early times during which we were beginning to realize that there
were serious environmental consequences developing as a result of our technological
progress. The rapid increase in national industrialization, the increased demand and
delivery of affordable automobiles and trucks, and power demands for both industrial
development as well as for personal comfort and welfare during the post World War II
period came with a cost to our environmental resources. The 1st National Air Pollution
Symposium held in the United States was held in California in 1949 and the following year
the 1st Technical Conference on Air Pollution was held in Washington, DC (Stern et al.
1973). Both conferences were convened to address the appearance of “smog” over the
Los Angeles air basin in the late 1940's and several other air pollution episodes that had
occurred elsewhere in industrialized and urban areas of the country. A strong inversion
occurred over Donora, PA on October 26th, 1948 during which 20 persons died and nearly
3500 persons were hospitalized during a five day period due to a suffocating cloud of
industrial gases and dusts that became stagnant over the town. In 1952, London,
England experienced a major air pollution disaster during which some 200 persons died;
this event led to the passage of the Clean Air Act in Great Britain in 1956. Subsequently,
“smoke” control ordinances were imposed within many areas and cities in the
modernizing world.
The US Public Health Service was formed within the Department of Health, Education
and Welfare in 1955 with the Service mandated to provide federal support for air pollution
research, training, and technical assistance. In 1963, the U.S. Congress passed the first
federal Clean Air Act that was later amended in 1970 to provide stronger wording and
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guidance for reducing air pollution to meet federally mandated clean air standards.
Although several point source air pollutants were already fairly well understood for their
direct impacts to vegetation, it was the discovery of the phytotoxicity of tropospheric
ozone air pollution that caught the attention of many plant pathologists and plant
physiologists across the country. The phenomenon of photochemically-generated air
pollutants was first investigated in Los Angeles in the late 1940's. Several leafy crops
exhibited peculiar symptoms that would for the most part later be confirmed as due to
oxidant air pollutants.
During the 1960's a small cadre of federal- and university-based researchers began the
research that was used to develop the U.S. Department of Health, Education and
Welfare, Public Health Service, Environmental Health Service’s Criteria Documents “Air
Quality Criteria for Sulfur Oxides” 1968; “Air Quality Criteria for Particulate Matter” 1969;
and “Air Quality Criteria for Photochemical Oxidants” 1970.
The opening paragraph within Chapter 5 of the 1968 Sulfur Oxides Criteria Document
began, “Extensive experiments and observations have been made for over one hundred
years on the effects of sulfur oxides on vegetation by investigators in all parts of the
world.” Only 45 citations were used within the chapter; however, a 1973 Revised Chapter
5 offered 141 citations.
The opening paragraph within Chapter 6 of the 1969 Particulate Matter Criteria Document
began, “Little is known about the effects of particulate matter on vegetation and little
research has been done on the subject.” Only 27 citations were used within the chapter.
Chapter 6 of the Photochemical Oxidants Criteria Document was titled, “Effects of
Photochemical Oxidants on Vegetation and Certain Microorganisms” and offered the
following opening paragraph:
“Injury to vegetation was one of the earliest manifestations of photochemical air pollution.
A peculiar type of injury to leafy vegetables, ornamentals, and field crops, now
characterized by banding, silvering, and stippling of leaves, was first investigated by
Middleton et al. in 1944 in a small area of Los Angeles County. By 1950, such injury had
spread over a large segment of southern California and the San Francisco Bay Area.
Plant injury of this kind has since spread to many widely separated areas of the United
States, with increasing severity and with associated economic losses to both farmers and
nurserymen.
A follow-on paragraph offered more details of the initial observations of plant injuries....
“Ozone-type injury to field crops was observed as a “stippling” on grape leaves in
California by Richards et al. (published in the Agronomy Journal in 1958). Heggestad
and Middleton found that the tobacco “weather fleck” along the eastern seaboard could
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be reproduced by exposing tobacco to ozone fumigations (published in Science, 1959).
Daines et al. reported ozone-type injury to several crop plants in New Jersey and
indicated that continued production of these crops was seriously threatened (reported
within the New Jersey Ag Exp. Sta. Bulletin No. 794, Rutgers Univ.1960). Since these
early reports, ozone injury to sensitive crop plants has been reported from Florida to
southern Ontario (Berry and Ripperton’s first report, “Ozone, A Possible Cause of White
Pine Emergence Tipburn,” published in Phytopathology, 1962 was included here). The
conifer “X” disease and the citrus decline in California have also been related to ozone
injury. A total of 124 references were used within the chapter.
Amongst the names found within the cited references of the three Criteria Documents
published in 1968, 1969, and 1970, respectively, there appeared to be a relatively small
number of individuals who already had some experience with at least two (sulfur oxides
and ozone) of the three pollutants. More importantly, with ozone as a new pollutant
threat shown to cause region-wide effects to important agricultural crops and a few forest
tree species, the science of air pollution effects research began to “take on a life of its
own.” Federal programs developed within the U.S. National Air Pollution Control
Administration, The Department of Health, Education and Welfare’s Public Health
Service, The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s- Agricultural Research Service, and Forest
Service, the Tennessee Valley Authority, The Boyce Thompson Institute, and at
numerous land-grant universities related Agricultural Experiment Stations (for more
affiliations see attendance list for the 1969 Workshop).
Much of the early history of the Air Pollution Workshop was carefully maintained by Dr.
Richard A. Reinert, who started his career as a USDA-ARS scientist with the National Air
Pollution Control Administration. Dr. Reinert passed along the initial correspondence of
the founding committee members, the early 1970's programs and attendance lists, and
an original copy of “The Guidelines for Air Pollution Workshop Steering Committee,
Dated May 14, 1970." (See appended papers). We express our appreciation to Dr.
Reinert for his forethought in holding on to this historical information and in sharing it so
freely for use in developing this accounting.
Workshop planning:
September 20, 1968:
“I hope that you have recovered sufficiently from the Phytopath meetings to give
some thought to the workshop meeting we discussed so avidly in Columbus.”
(N. L. Lacasse to R.A. Reinert)
Following discussions that had apparently taken place during the 1968 annual meeting of
The American Phytopathological Association in Columbus Ohio between Dr. Norm
Lacasse (Pennsylvania State University) and Dr. Richard A. Reinert (National Air
Pollution Control Administration), the Air Pollution Workshop may have “officially” started
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with a letter dated September 20th, 1968.
October 16, 1968:
Letter from R.A. Reinert to N. L. Lacasse regarding his plans for attending the October 24
Northeast Regional Project 56 meetings at The Pennsylvania State University.
October 24 or 25, 1968
A small group of colleagues met at the home of Dr. Norman Lacasse during an evening of
the NE 56 sessions. The names of those individuals appear on the October 31
communication prepared by “The Planning Committee” for sending to a widened list of
colleagues around the United States and in Canada who were already known for their
research on air pollution effects to vegetation
October 31, 1968:
“We feel that there is a need for greater communication between scientists
involved in air pollution research in agriculture.”
“The purpose of this workshop is to bring together all interested persons involved
in air pollution research related to agriculture for an informal exchange of ideas
and information”
The second record of note appeared as a letter addressed “Dear Colleague” as written on
October 31, 1968 on Pennsylvania State University stationary and sent to an unknown
listing of scientists in the U.S. and Canada by the “Planning Committee” for this initial
workshop as chaired by Dr. Norman Lacasse of Penn State’s Center for Air Environment
Studies. Other “self-appointed” committee members included Dr. William A. Feder,
University of Massachusetts, Dr. Robert K. Howell, Plant Air Pollution Laboratory,
U.S.D.A.-A.R.S., Beltsville, MD, and Drs. James R. Miller, Richard A Reinert, and Gabe
Seidman, National Air Pollution Control Association, U.S.D.A.-A.R.S. Cincinnati, OH.
Along with the cover letter, the Planning Committee included a list of possible topics for
the respondents to select the top five of preference for discussions during the Workshop.
Responses were apparently to be mailed back to Dr. Lacasse as Chairperson and host
for the first meeting. The workshop was scheduled for March 17-19, 1969.
Non-dated:
A Memorandum from Drs. Dick Reinert and Gabe Seidman offering a preliminary
program to those who responded to the October 31, 1968 announcement for the
workshop and the names of persons planning to attend along with their areas of interest
and research.
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January 20, 1969:
“The topics for discussion are in order of participants’ preference. Each topic will
be discussed in an informal manner under the direction of a discussion leader.
Everyone is encouraged to participate actively using any relevant material
available, including slides, data, and personal observations”
The accompanying letter from the Planning Committee for the Final Program for the 1st
Workshop and the list of persons who indicated they planned to attend.
March 7, 1969:
A letter from Dr. Reinert to Dr. Harris M. Benedict inviting Dr. Benedict to make a
presentation to the workshop about the activities of the TR-7 Committee of the Air
Pollution Control Association.
The 1st Air Pollution Workshop
March 17-19, 1969
The Pennsylvania State University
University Park, PA
The First Air Pollution Workshop was held at the Nittany Lion Inn, The Pennsylvania State
University, University Park, PA, ca. 85 persons attended. Drs. Norman Lacasse and F.
A. Wood hosted the meeting. Program appended. Note the prices for rooms at the Nittany
Lion Inn and surrounding hotels!
September 2, 1969:
“The Planning Committee for the first workshop would like to take this
opportunity to thank each of you for making the sessions an overwhelming
success”
“ We have assessed comments made during the workshop and are recommending
that a workshop be held annually during the early spring”
A letter from Dr. Reinert to Dr. Lacasse offering ideas and comments on the success of
the first workshop along with the attendance list from that workshop. Several key
suggestions were made regarding closer ties with individuals working in western U.S.A.
The 2nd Air Pollution Workshop
March 22-24, 1970
University of Utah
Salt lake City, UT
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The Workshop was hosted by the University of Utah at Salt lake City with Dr. Mike
Treshow serving as the local host; 84 persons attended the Workshop There was no
printed program found within the files for this workshop; a letter “to the file” from Dr. Walter
Heck provides an overview of what took place and thoughts regarding the continuing
success of the Workshop.
“There was a strong feeling from the group that this should be a formal
organization with an informal structure. They discussed several names with no
specific recommendations.”
The sub-committees suggested would be : an educational committee and one
responsible for “political representation”...the majority felt the political concept
should be taken out of the workshop function”
The first formal Steering Committee was appointed with Dr. Norman Lacasse as
Chairperson, and Drs .Richard Reinert, Walter Heck, Mike Treshow, Jay Jacobson,
William Feder, and Gunther Stotsky serving on the Committee.
April 13, 1970:
A letter from Dr. N. L. Lacasse, Chairman of the Steering Committee to Dr. R.A. Reinert
setting up the first meeting of The Air Pollution Workshop Steering Committee. A listing
of items for consideration was included along with the committee members names and
affiliations.
May 14, 1970
The first meeting of the formalized Steering Committee took place in Raleigh, NC. Drs.
Feder, Heck, Reinert and Lacasse were present with Drs. Jacobson, Stotsky, and
Treshow absent. The guidelines for future Air Pollution Workshops were discussed and
put into writing regarding meeting time and place, communication, name of the workshop,
organization and nominations for the Steering Committee, length of the meetings and the
formation and activities of “study groups”. The guidelines and a synopsis follows.
The 3rd Air Pollution Workshop
March 29-31, 1971
Statewide Air Pollution Research Center
Riverside, CA
The workshop was hosted by the Statewide Air Pollution Research Center; the meeting
was hosted by Dr. O. Cliff Taylor. 85 persons attended. There was no printed final
program found within the files for this workshop; there was a preliminary program letter in
the files that outlined the topics selected for discussion with the handwritten notes of Dr.
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R.A. Reinert. The follow-on letter indicates that a more formalized program was
developed along with discussion leaders as penciled-in on appended copy.
There were “Minutes” of the Third Annual Workshop” in the file from the Business Meeting
and not the “Steering Committee.” New members voted onto the Steering Committee
were Dr. Howard E. Heggestad (East) and Dr. Paul R. Miller (West) being named to the
committee. There is no indication who stepped aside from the committee. This may
become evident in looking at later listings.
“Your Workshop Steering Committee wishes to express its thanks to all those who
participated in the Third Annual Workshop at Riverside, California in March 1971.
Our special thanks to O. C. Taylor for arranging the meeting, providing the place
and being a gracious host. We also want to express our appreciation to each of
the discussion leaders for their part in developing worthwhile discussions in the
various selected topics.”
The 4th Air Pollution Workshop
April 10-12, 1972
National Environmental Research Center
Research Triangle Park, NC
The workshop was hosted by the members of The National Environmental Research
Center within their brand new facility at Research Triangle Park, NC. Dr. Dick Reinert
served as the host; 76 persons attended. Note the prices for the rooms at $18.00 and
the notation of “color” TV’s being featured in the rooms.
A formal program was printed and distributed with several speakers from within the
NERC, EPA, and North Carolina State University welcoming the workshop participants.
An opening panel presentation was titled “Air Pollution and Agriculture: A Critique of
National Goals and Research in Environmental Management”. (See appended program
for the speakers and their affiliations).
“These speakers will discuss the needs and goals of their respective agencies or
organizations with respect to Air Pollution Effects on Vegetation specifically, and
will also discuss needs and goals which, in their judgment, will best relate to the
role of agriculture in achieving environmental improvement. The Workshop
participants will be asked to discuss these projected needs and goals in panel
discussions and in small group discussions during the ensuing days of the
Workshop meeting”
Panel discussions were led by Dr. Dick Hodgson (Essential Research Needs and
Methods), Dr. Norm Lacasse (The Role of Various Institutions in Research), and Drs. G.
Stotsky and J.M. Skelly (Communication Needs in Environmental Research) (Reports are
appended).
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The Steering Committee was comprised of Drs. R.A. Reinert, W.A Feder, G. Stotsky, J.
Jacobson, P.M. Miller, and H. E. Heggestad; no notes were found regarding the Steering
Committee activity nor the voting results for adding two new members.
The 5th Air Pollution Workshop
April 3-5, 1973
Boyce Thompson Institute
Yonkers, NY
Nothing was found in the files on this workshop, all help will be appreciated especially for
finding a copy of the Program, the list of attendees, and the names of the Steering
Committee members.
The 6th Air Pollution Workshop
April 8-10, 1974
EPA National Environmental Research Center
Las Vegas, NV
Only a report prepared by H.E. Heggestad and P.R. Miller was found in the files.
Approximately 90 persons attended the Workshop. Nothing else was found on this
workshop, all help will be appreciated especially for finding a copy of the Program, the list
of attendees, and the names of the Steering Committee members.
The 7th Air Pollution Workshop
April 6-9, 1975
Tennessee Valley Authority
Muscle Shoals, AL
The meeting was held in Joe Wheeler State park with Dr. Herb Jones of TVA serving as
host; approximately 75 persons attended the sessions.
A copy of the printed program and List of Attendees is appended.
The 8th Air Pollution Workshop
April 27-29, 1976
EPA Corvallis Environmental Research Center
Corvallis, OR
The meeting was hosted by the science staff of the US EPA-CERL and held at Nendel’s
Inn; approximately 130 persons attended the Workshop. Members of the Workshop
were welcomed by the US EPA Administration and Dr. Vic Runeckles, University of
British Columbia, Program Chair for the Workshop. Tours of the indoor laboratories and
growth chamber exposure facilities, greenhouses, and the outdoor fumigation chambers
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of CERL took place.
The 9th Air Pollution Workshop
May 3-5, 1977
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Blacksburg, VA
The meeting was held at the Donaldson Brown Center for Continuing Education and was
hosted by J.M. Skelly and L.D. Moore; 112 persons attended the Workshop. Field tours
to the chamber installations at the Radford Army Ammunition Plant and the open-top
chamber research site on Salt Pond Mountain took place.
This may have been the first meeting where Dr. Walter W. Heck organized, chaired and
closely timed the very productive and popular “ Potpourri session” during which any
person could request 3-5 minutes for quick presentation of a new finding, debatable
issue, a problem needing assistance for solving, or light hearted presentation. As more
persons would notify Walt of their desire to talk, the shorter the time came for each
presentation! But one of the most effective short forums for quick communications
emerged.
The 10th Air Pollution Workshop
April 16-19, 1978
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN
The meeting was held at the Curtis Hotel in downtown Minneapolis, MN and was hosted
by Dr. Sagar Krupa of the Department of Plant Pathology; 109 persons attended the
Workshop. The stated purposes of the Workshop were to inform participants about
characteristics of atmospheric aerosols, effects of atmospheric depositions on
vegetation, interactions of pollutant combinations and vegetation effects, physiological,
biochemical and ultrastructural changes induced in plants by air pollution, genetic
vulnerability and crop yield reductions, and the impact of air pollutants on forest
ecosystems.
A very enjoyable field tour of the Northern States Power Company Sherburne County
Power Generation Station and a cooperative (NSP, Univ. of Minn., and US EPA) warm
water greenhouse demonstration project occurred.
The Steering Committee was comprised of R. Thompson, C. Curtis, D. Ormrod, L. Evans,
S. Thornton, and J.M. Skelly, Chairman.
The 11th Air Pollution Workshop
May 1-3, 1979
Ministry of the Environment
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Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
The Workshop was hosted by the Ontario Ministry of the Environment with Dr. Dave
Balsillie serving as the host; 134 persons attended the Workshop. No program was
found for this meeting. Recollections of a spectacular field trip to the Inco Smelter
District with scenes of the devastation from the days of open-roasting of the nickel laden
ores and the vistas over bare mineral soils with “super” stack in the distance certainly
increased stock profits of several film/slide making industries. Quite a bit of time was
also spent explaining amelioration practices being employed at the sites.
A rather unique evening dinner and “festivities” were held at a local trotting horse
racetrack with one of our APW leaders suggesting to a bus driver to go ahead and rip out
the fence that had been accidentally caught on the bus bumper, mainly because he felt
that he had paid for the “blankety-blank " thing with his losses incurred that evening at the
betting windows.
The 12th Air Pollution Workshop
May 5-8, 1980
Colorado State University
Fort Collins, CO
The workshop was hosted by Colorado State University with Dr. Jim Gibson serving as
the host of the Workshop; 103 persons attended the Workshop. Dr. R.A. Reinert led a
Discussion Session regarding the interactions of multiple pollutants with a series of
questions to be addressed by the presenters and participants. A memorable field trip
and outing for the evening festivities occurred in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains at
the Bar-B Ranch or BB Ranch (I cannot recall the name for certain) where we watched
several rodeo events.
The 13th Air Pollution Workshop
May 4-7, 1981
Boyce Thompson Institute
Ithaca, NY
The Workshop was hosted by The Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research at
Cornell University; 193 persons attended the Workshop. There were numerous
technical sessions as-well-as small group discussion sessions in the evenings. Tours of
the BTI facilities were offered.
The 14th Air Pollution Workshop
May 13-15, 1982
University of California, Riverside
Riverside, CA
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The Workshop was hosted by the U.S.D.A.- Forest Service. With the exception of the
Attendance List, nothing was found in the files; 108 persons attended the Workshop.
The 15th Air Pollution Workshop
April 25-28, 1983
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Knoxville, TN
The Workshop was hosted by the Oak Ridge National Lab. With the exception of the
Attendance List, nothing was found in the files; 131 persons attended the Workshop.
The 16th Air Pollution Workshop
April 30-May 4, 1984
Kananaskis Centre for Environmental Research
Banff, Alberta, Canada
The Workshop was hosted by the Kananaskis Centre for Environmental Research of the
University with Dr. Allan H. Legge serving at the host; 121 persons attended the
Workshop. Drs. Eric M. Preston and Anton G. Endress served as Program Chairs. This
was the first meeting of record where a Poster Session was held for the display of
individual research projects by the Workshop participants; the titles of 45 posters were
listed within the printed and bound Workshop Program. The field trip involved a visit and
tour of the Kananaskis Centre for Environmental Research Mountain Laboratory.
The First “Screw Award” was presented to Dr. Sam Linzon of the Canadian Ministry of the
Environment for his “outstanding contributions” to the discussions within the Workshop.
The 17th Air Pollution Workshop
April 15-18, 1985
Air Quality Research Program, USDA-NC State University and
NC State University Acid Deposition Program
Raleigh, NC
The Workshop was hosted by the Air Quality Research Programs, USDA-NC State
University and NC State University Acid Deposition Program and was hosted by Dr. Al
Heagle and supported by the staffs of these two organizations. Program co-chairs were
Drs. Robert J. Kohut and Sandy McLaughlin; 124 persons attended the Workshop. The
poster session was continued but no record of titles was found in the files. In a rare
offering, Dr. Pat Temple submitted the Minutes of the Business Meeting. Some recorded
points of significance were:
Bob Kohut announced that a “Log Book” would be kept for each Workshop starting with
the current meeting containing a Program for each Workshop, minutes of the business
meeting, and names of the Host and members of the Steering Committee and there was
a discussion on inviting the participation of European scientists into the Workshop and
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Steering Committee; the vote on this issue passed unanimously with Dr. Adam
Posthumus being selected as the first European representative.
The Steering Committee included Drs. Bob Kohut, Sandy McLaughlin (Rotating off) ,
Lorene Sigal, Roger Ferenbaugh, Pat Irving and Pat Temple; persons added for the next
three years were Drs. Bob Amundson (East) and Bob Goldstein (West).
The “Screw Award” was presented to Dr. Eva Pell of Penn State University for leading a
delightful session on “Physiological and Biochemical Effects: What are the Important
Questions? Do we have any answers? How can the information be applied?” Dr. Pell
organized the Workshop into “round table discussion groups” and then led very strong
final discussion of the findings. Her acceptance speech during the Workshop Business
meeting was likewise memorable for those in attendance.
The 18th Air Pollution Workshop
April 14-17, 1986
Environmental Research Division
Argonne National Laboratory
Chicago, IL
The Workshop was hosted by the Environmental Research Division of Argonne National
Laboratory with Dr. Patricia Irving serving as host; 137 persons attended the meeting.
The meeting was held at the Ambassador West Hotel in downtown Chicago with a high
rise vista of the city landscape providing a rather unique vista for our Workshop in
comparison to other years of mostly rural settings. The “poster Session” was continued
using an informal buffet lunch as the time for visiting with the authors of the posters. This
was the time of the National Acid Precipitation Assessment Program with several
sessions dealing with research on the acidic deposition phenomenon and real and
potential effects to forests and crops.
The Steering Committee added Al Kuja (Ontario Ministry of the Environment, East) and
Bob Musselman (Statewide Air Pollution Research Center, Univ. of CA, West) with
Lorene Sigal and Roger Ferenbaugh rotating off the committee.
The “Screw Award was presented to Shep Zedaker of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and
State University for presenting a very animated, energetic and forceful attack on the
fallacies involved at that time within “acidic precipitation and the dying of our U.S.
forests”.
The 19th Air Pollution Workshop
April 27-May 1, 1987
A.S.L. and Associates and The University of Montana
Helena, MT
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The Workshop was hosted by A.S.L. and Associates in cooperation with the University of
Montana with Dr. Al Lefohn and Jerry Bromenshenk of the University of Montana serving
as host; 96 persons attended. The meeting was held at the Colonial Inn with a
post-Workshop tour offered to the “Gates of the Mountains” along the Missouri River.
A poster session was held during the first day of the meeting. The “great debate”
concerning regional scale air pollution being the cause of “forest declines” with Drs. Ben
Stout and John Skelly taking the negative and Sandy McLaughlin and Lance Evans
offering the affirmative. This was a serious but often “light hearted” debate between the
four individuals, topped off by Skelly laying an “unloaded” six shooter (in its holster and as
borrowed from a local Montana citizen) on the podium as he called for questions to his
presentations from those offering the affirmative perspective. There were none.
Bob Musselman submitted the Minutes of the Business Meeting with the newly formed
Steering Committee being comprised of Bob Amundson and Bob Goldstein (1988); Al
Kuja and Bob Musselman (1989); and Beverly Marie and Al Lefohn, 1990. Pat Temple
and Pat Irving rotated off the committee.
The Screw Award was presented to Dr. John A. Lawrence for leading an outstanding
session on Biotic Stress Interactions with Air Pollutants” and for offering frequent
comments and “questions” throughout the entire Workshop.
The 20th Air Pollution Workshop
April 11-14, 1988
Pennsylvania State University
University Park, PA
The Workshop was hosted by Penn State’s Environmental Resources Research Institute
and the Department of Plant Pathology with Drs. John Skelly, Don Davis and Eva Pell
serving as hosts; 172 persons attended. Special invitations had been sent to those
attending the First Workshop and as a part of the opening program, The Contributions of
Dr. F. A. Wood , Penn State” were noted in dedicating the 20th Anniversary of the Air
Pollution Workshop to his memory. A poster session was held that involved 33 posters.
As a co-organizer of the 1st Air Pollution Workshop, Dr. Dick Reinert offered “A 20 Year
Retrospective Look at Ourselves” as the banquet speaker.
Dr. Al Lefohn (Dr. Dose) earned the “Screw Award” for leading a very enthusiastic session
on the many attributes of exposure dynamics. There were no records of the Business
meeting found within the file. But it would appear that Drs. Mary Beth Adams
(U.S.D.A.-Forest Service, East) and Patrick M. McCool (Statewide Air Pollution Research
Center, Univ. of CA, Riverside, West) were elected to the Steering Committee with Bob
Amundson and Bob Goldstein rotating off.
The 21st Air Pollution Workshop
April 10-13, 1989
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Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Walnut Creek, CA
The Workshop was hosted by the Environmental Sciences Division of the Lawrence
Livermore National Laboratory with Dr. Joseph H. Shinn serving as host; 151 persons
attended. A poster session was held and a no-host afternoon tour of facilities and/or
sight-seeing was offered mid-way through the Workshop.
The “Screw Award “ was presented to Dr. Shinn for leading an outstanding session
introducing the Workshop to “A Changing Climate.”
The 22nd Air Pollution Workshop
April 24-27, 1990
Ontario Ministry of the Environment
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
The Workshop was hosted by members of the Ontario Ministry of the Environment and
the University of Guelph. There were no records as to who served as hosts for the
Workshop; 108 persons attended. A poster session was offered . No other records
were found in the files.
The “Screw Award” was presented to Dr. John Skelly for his all-too-frequent challenges to
speakers regarding the accuracy of diagnosis involving acid rain and other mesoscale
pollutants in causing “forest declines.”
The 23rd Air Pollution Workshop
April 22-25
State Air Pollution Research Center and
USDA Forest Service Forest Fire Lab
Lake Arrowhead, CA
The Workshop was hosted by the California Statewide Air Pollution Research Center (Dr.
Patrick M. McCool) and the USDA Forest Service Forest Fire Lab of Riverside CA with
Drs. Andrzej Bytnerowicz and Paul R. Miller serving as hosts for the Workshop; 108
persons attended. A poster session was offered and local field trips followed on the last
day of the Workshop.
The “Screw Award” was presented to Bob Goldstein of EPRI.
The 24th Air Pollution Workshop
April 7-10, 1992
USDA-ARS Beltsville
University of Maryland
College Park, MD
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The Workshop was hosted by the USDA-ARS Beltsville and the University of Maryland
with Dr. Ed H. Lee and Dr. Charles L. Mulchi serving as co-hosts , respectively; 91
persons attended the Workshop. The meeting was held at the Center of Adult Education
at the University of Maryland. Post-Workshop tours were offered to the USDA-Beltsville
facilities. The Steering Committee consisted of John Pye, Joe Shinn, Andrzej
Bytnerowicz, Ron Pearson, Chris Anderson and Jay Jacobson. John Skelly (East) and
Jim Houpis (West) were elected to join the Committee with John Pye and Joe Shinn
rotating off.
The “Screw Award” was presented to Mary Beth Adams for leading a very stimulating
session on “Extrapolating from Plant to Ecosystem to Region.”
The 25th Air Pollution Workshop
April 20-22, 1993
Rocky Mountain Forest and Range Experiment Station
USDA-Forest Service
Estes Park, CO
The Workshop was hosted by The USDA-Forest Service Rocky Mountain Forest and
Range Experiment Station, Fort Collins, CO with Dr. Bob Musselman serving as host; 69
persons attended the Workshop. A Keynote Speech by Dr. James P. Lodge, “An
informal history of Air Pollution Research; Where we are and where should we be?” and a
presentation by Dr. John M. Skelly titled “25 years of Air Pollution Workshops- How
important are they? ” marked the occasion of the 25th anniversary meeting. A poster
session was held with 14 posters presented. The field excursion traveled to the Rocky
Mountain National Park.
The program chairs were Drs. Ron Pearson and Andrzej Bytnerowicz, thus serving their
last year of tenure on the Steering Committee. Steering Committee members were Drs.
Ron Pearson, Andrzej Bytnerowicz, Chris Anderson, Jay Jacobson, Jim Houpis, and
John Skelly. Drs. Bob Heath (West) and Art Chappelka (East) were elected to the
Steering Committee.
The “Screw Award” was presented to Dr. Bob Heath for effectively leading a session on
the “Mechanisms of Air Pollution Effects.”
The 26th Air Pollution Workshop
March 22-25, 1994
Boyce Thompson Institute
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY
The Workshop was hosted by the Boyce Thompson Institute with Dr. Jay Jacobson
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serving as host; 105 persons attended the Workshop. The Workshop was held at the
Statler Hotel on the campus of Cornell University. A poster session was held with 24
posters displayed. An open-house/field tour was held within the BTI facilities.
The “Screw Award” was presented to Dr. Walter W. Heck in recognition of his many years
in leading the Potpourri Sessions with an effective flow of presentations and allowing time
for all presentations no matter how many were submitted just moments before the
sessions.
Steering Committee members included Drs. Chris Anderson, Jay Jacobson, John Skelly,
Jim Houpis, Art Chappelka and Bob Heath. Drs. Anderson and Jacobson rotated off with
Drs. Richard Flagler (East) and Howie Neufeld (East) elected for the next three year term.
The 27th Air Pollution Workshop
March 7-9, 1995
Instituto de Recursos Naturales
Collegio de Postgraduados
Cuernavaca, Mexico
The Workshop was held at the Hotel Del Prado in Cuernavaca, Mexico and hosted by the
Instituto de Recursos Naturales, Collegio de Postgraduados with Dr. Maria de Lourdes de
Bauer serving as host; 64 persons attended the Workshop. This was the first meeting
held in Mexico with the sessions held in Cuernavaca about 60 km south of Mexico City.
The 1995 meeting was unique in that it was planned to address the air quality problems of
the Mexico City area; a very successful field trip was held within the Desierto de Los
Leones. The Program Chairs were Drs. Jim Houpis and John Skelly with much of the
pre-workshop registrations handled by the Penn State programs due to money
exchanges and federal and state budget funds. A total of 46 posters were presented.
Many persons attended the sessions as guest of the workshop from the various agencies
within the Mexico City air quality programs with several speakers participating in a Special
Session regarding air quality in the Mexico City air shed and surrounding city-wide basin.
The field trip was accompanied with a very strong inversion over Mexico City with a visible
layering of smog venting over the ridge tops as we traveled from Cuernavaca over the
southern rim highways and into the Desierto de Los Leones National Park.
The Steering Committee was comprised of Drs. John Skelly, Jim Houpis, Art Chappelka,
Robert Heath, Richard Flagler, and Howie Neufeld. Drs. Skelly and Houpis rotated off
with Nancy Grulke (West) and Richard Jagels (East) elected.
The “Screw Award” was presented to Dr. Georg H. M. Krause of the Landesumweltamt
N.R.W. of Essen Germany for many vigorously offered comments and questions during
the sessions.
The 28th Air Pollution Workshop
April 15-18, 1996
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USDA/ARS Air Quality Research Unit
Raleigh, NC
The Workshop was hosted by the USDA-ARS with Drs. Al Heagle and Walter Heck
serving as hosts; 101 persons attended the Workshop. A poster session featured 27
posters. No other records were found within the files.
The Steering Committee was comprised of Drs. Art Chappelka, Bob Heath, Richard
Flagler, Howie Neufeld , Nancy Grulke, and Richard Jagels, the European Contact was
Dr. John Innes (Birmensdorf, Switzerland) .
The “Screw Award was presented to Dr. Jay Jacobson of The Boyce Thompson Institute.
The 29th Air Pollution Workshop
April 14-17, 1997
Arizona State University
Tempe, AZ
The Workshop was hosted by the Office of the Provost for Research, Arizona State
University with Drs. Tom Nash and Corinna Gries serving as hosts; 71 persons attended
the Workshop. A poster session was held. Two tours were offered to either the
USDA-Face Study Site or to a Copper Industry Tour with the follow-on banquet dinner
held within the Boyce Thompson Arboretum, a wonderfully pleasant concert followed with
the clear evening sky radiant with myriad stars.
The Steering Committee members included Drs. Richard Flagler and Howie Neufeld,
Nancy Grulke, and Richard Jagels.
The “Screw Award” was presented to Dr. Pat Temple in recognition of his frequent and
enthusiastically offered questions and comments interjected into discussions during the
Workshop.
The 30th Air Pollution Workshop
April 20-23, 1998
Appalachian State University
Boone, NC
The Workshop was held at the ASU Broyhill Conference Center and hosted by the
Biology Department, Graduate School, College of Arts and Sciences, and the Office of
Academic Affairs of Appalachian State University. Dr. Howie Neufeld served as host
with 72 persons attending. A poster session was held. The field trip traversed to Mount
Mitchell and the high elevation spruce-fir forests. The banquet program featured a
presentation by Dr. William Schlesinger and entertainment by the “Bluefields” a
Blue-Ridge mountain band and singers.
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The Screw Award” was presented to Dr. Niki Nicholas for her enthusiastic presentation
and for frequent challenges and questions regarding forest declines, acid rain, and air
pollution interactions.
The Steering Committee was comprised of Deborah Mangis and Dave Olszyk, Nancy
Grulke, Richard Jagels, Ken Stolte and Dave Karnosky.
The 31st Air Pollution Workshop
April 26-29, 1999
Oregon State University
Corvallis, OR
The Workshop was held at the CH2M Hill Alumni Center on the campus of Oregon State
University with Dr. Chris Anderson of the US EPA and Dr. Mike Unsworth of Oregon State
University serving as hosts; 72 persons attended the Workshop. The Poster Session
included 17 posters. The field trip traveled to Oregon’s Cascade Mountains.
The notes on the Steering Committee are very sparse.
The “Screw Award was presented to Dr. John Innes, UBC, Vancouver.
The 32nd Air Pollution Workshop
April 17-20, 2000
Auburn University
Auburn, AL
The Workshop was hosted by the School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences and was held
at Auburn University’s Dixon Conference Center. Dr. Art Chappelka served as host with
56 persons attending. A poster session included 12 presentations and the field trip
toured Calloway Gardens.
No information on the make-up of the Steering Committee was found in the files. As
based upon the Acknowledgments with the article by Chappelka, 2000 the likely
members of the Steering Committee were Drs. Chris Anderson, Alan Davison (Europe),
S. McLaughlin, H. Neufeld, P. Padgett, and M. Sanz.
The “Screw Award” was presented to Dr. J.H.B. Garner of the US EPA in recognition of
his many contributions to the Workshop and for the support for the Workshop within the
US EPA Environmental Criteria and Assessment Office.
A write-up of the 32nd Air Pollution Workshop was published in New Phytologist by Art
Chappelka (see Chappelka, A. H. 2000. Air pollution: forest health and passive sampling.
New Phytol.147:417-419).
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The 33rd Air Pollution Workshop
April 9-12, 2001
USDA-Forest Service
Riverside CA
The Workshop was held at the Mission Inn, Riverside CA as hosted by the USDA-Forest
Service with Drs. Pam Padgett and Andrzej Bytnerowicz serving as hosts; 90 persons
attended the Workshop. The Workshop Poster Session featured 38 posters. A “first”
event was offered on Monday of the Workshop Week via a Pre-workshop Symposium
hosted by Dr. Sagar Krupa (University of Minnesota) and Dr. Andrzej Bytnerowicz
(USDA-Forest Service); 17 papers were presented concerning the topical area of Passive
Samplers. Five posters were displayed during the evening session. This was the first
ever symposium held in conjunction with the APW and it proved successful with a
published set of manuscripts that followed within the year. ADD CITATION>>>>
A notably large contingent of our European colleagues joined into the Workshop.
Field trips were held within The Anza-Borrego Desert State Park; the return trip through
the windmill farms to the east of Riverside offered a differing view of alternative energy
sources.
The Steering Committee membership was not found within the files.
The “Sudbury Screw Award was presented to Dr. Howie Neufeld of Appalachian State
University.
The 34th Air Pollution Workshop
April 15-18, 2002
Pennsylvania State University
University Park, PA
The Workshop was held at the Days Inn Penn State with Penn State’s Institutes of the
Environment and the Department of Plant Pathology with Dr. John M. Skelly serving as
host; 103 persons attended the Workshop. A pre-workshop symposium “Native Plants
as Bioindicators of Air Pollutants” was offered with 19 papers presented. The majority of
these contributed papers were published within Environmental Pollution 2003, Volume
125. The Poster Session featured 31 presentations. The field trip offered a tour of the
ultra-modern coal-fired Conemaugh Electric Power Generation Station near Johnstown,
PA.
During the banquet program the Workshop thanked and honored Dr. J.H.B. Garner for his
many contributions to the Workshop and to “cleaner air for generations to come” through
his dedicated work in keeping vegetation effects due to air pollutants well covered with
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the US EPA’s Criteria Documents.
The Steering Committee for the meeting included Drs. John Innes and Robert Kohut
(Program Chairs) and Jeanne Panek, John Carroll, Kent Burkey, and Tim Lewis.
The “Sudbury Screw Award” was presented to Dr. Sagar Krupa (University of Minnesota)
for his long-lasting and ever present support of the APW; Sagar immediately invited Dr.
Antonio Ballarin-Denti of Catholic University, Brescia, Italy to share in the award for
having closed a car door on Sagar’s finger not once...but twice during the same
incident....proving once again that proper communication is sometimes everything.
The 35th Air Pollution Workshop
April 7-10, 2003
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, BC, Canada
The Workshop was hosted by The Department of Forest Resources Management with
Dr. John Innes serving as host; 64 persons attended the Workshop. A pre-workshop
symposium “Application of Air Pollution Research to Environmental Impact Assessment
and Emission Reductions” offered 8 papers, PUBLISHED???
The Steering Committee was comprised of John Carroll, Kent Burkey, Jeanne Panek,
Tim Lewis, Dave Karnosky, and Sirkku Manninen; Marcus Schaub (Switzerland) and Bob
Musselman were elected to the Steering Committee.
The “Sudbury Screw Award” was presented to Dr. David Fowler of the Bush Estate
Penicuik, Scotland, UK for an unrelenting discourse on all aspects and issues related to
nitrogen deposition.
The 36th Air Pollution Workshop
April 26-29, 2004
Michigan Technological University
Houghton, MI
The Workshop was held in the Holiday Inn Express Hotel at Rhinelander, WI and was
hosted by Michigan Technological University and the USDA-Forest Service North Central
Forest Research Station. Dr. David F. Karnosky of MTU served as host; 77 persons
attended the Workshop. A pre-Workshop Symposium “Impacts of Interacting Air
Pollutants on Forests and Crops” was offered.
The field trip visited the Aspen FACE Experiment site with an alternative offered to the
Rhinelander Paper Mill.
The “Sudbury Screw Award” was presented to Matthias Volk, Swiss Federal Research
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Station.
The Steering Committee for the workshop was comprised of David Karnosky, Sirkku
Manninen, Bob Musselman, and Marcus Schaub. Cosima Weise and Kris Novak were
elected new members of the steering committee.
The 37th Air Pollution Workshop
April 26-28, 2005
Biosphere Solutions
Banff, Alberta, Canada
The Workshop was held in Banff Park Lodge Hotel & Conference Center and was hosted
by Biosphere Solutions, Calgary, Alberta. Allan Legge, President of Biosphere
Solutions, served as host. The Workshop was attended by approximately 125
participants comprised of scientists, governmental regulators, and representatives of
private industry from the U.S., Canada, and Europe who were interested in air pollutant
effects on agricultural productivity, forest health, and ecosystem functioning. The
workshop included a day-long symposium entitled, “Relating atmospheric source
apportionment to vegetation effects: Establishing cause and effect relationships.”
Workshop session topics included risk-assessment and mitigation of air pollutant injury to
vegetation, biological indicators of air pollutant injury, effects of interactions among
atmospheric global change factors on plants, advances in passive ozone sampling
techniques, ozone flux modeling, and mechanistic biochemical studies. Time for
questions, discussion, and interaction among participants was provided after each
presentation, at coffee breaks, and during two open-topic sessions.
The “Sudbury Screw Award” was presented to Al Lefohn, A.S.L. and Associates, for his
provocative ideas about the contribution of stratospheric ozone to background
tropospheric ozone levels.
The Steering Committee for the workshop was comprised of Cosima Weise, Kris Novak,
Bob Musselman, and Marcus Schaub. Fitz Booker and Chris Andersen were elected
new members of the committee.
The 38th Air Pollution Workshop
April 11-13, 2006
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, VA
The Workshop was held in the Boar’s Head Inn in Charlottesville, VA and was hosted by
The University of Virginia. Dr. John Skelly served as host; 83 persons attended the
Workshop. A pre-Workshop symposium on “Air Pollution and Vegetation Effects
Research in National Parks and Natural Areas: Implications for Science, Policy and
Management” was offered.
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The field trip visited Monticello, the home of Thomas Jefferson.
For the first time, Golden Nut awards were presented to researchers upon their retirement
in recognition of their long-term commitment to air pollution effects research. Golden
Nuts were presented to Walt Heck and Sandy McLaughlin.
The Steering Committee for the workshop was comprised of Bob Musselman, Marcus
Schaub, Cosima Weise, Kris Novak, Chris Andersen and Fitz Booker. Vicki Sandiford
and Nancy Grulke were elected new members of the committee.
The 39th Air Pollution Workshop
April 3-5, 2007
Universidad de Guadalajara
Guadalajara, Mexico
The Workshop was held at the El Camino Real Hotel in Guadalajara and was hosted by
Universidad de Guadalajara. Dr. M.C. Santiago Sanchez Preciado, Dr. Maria De Bauer
and Dr. Sagar Krupa served as hosts; 53 persons attended the Workshop. A
pre-Workshop symposium on “Air Quality of Mexico: Its Impacts on the Terrestrial
Ecosystems, Cross-Border Issues and Polices” was offered.
The “Sudbury Screw Award” was presented to Dr. Robert Musselman.
The Steering Committee for the workshop was comprised of Cosima Weise, Kris Novak,
Fitz Booker, Chris Andersen, Vicki Sandiford, Nancy Grulke and Marcus Schaub. Steve
McNulty and David Grantz were elected new members of the committee.
The 40th Air Pollution Workshop
April 8-10, 2008
USDA/ARS Plant Science Research Unit
Raleigh, NC
The Workshop was held at the Sheraton Hotel and was hosted by the USDA/ARS Plant
Science Research Unit. Drs. Kent Burkey, Fitz Booker and Edwin Fiscus served as
hosts; 90 persons attended the Workshop. A pre-Workshop symposium on “Air Pollution
in a Changing World” was offered.
A Golden Nut Award was presented to Dr. Juergen Jager in recognition of his long-term
commitment to air pollution effects research.
The Sudbury Screw Award was presented to Dr. Edwin Fiscus in recognition of the
symposium he organized.
The Steering Committee for the workshop was comprised of Fitz Booker, Allan Legge,
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Vicki Sandiford, Nancy Grulke, David Grantz, Steve McNulty and Marcus Schaub. Ellen
Porter, Kevin Percy and Fern Perkins were elected new members of the committee.
The 41st Air Pollution Workshop
April 21-23, 2009
USDA Forest Service
Fort Collins, CO
The Workshop was held at the Hilton Hotel and was hosted by the USDA Forest Service,
Rocky Mountain Research Station. Dr. Bob Musselman served as host; 76 persons
attended the Workshop. A pre-Workshop symposium on “Air Pollution in Remote and
High Elevation Regions” was offered.
The “Sudbury Screw Award” was presented to Dr. Robert Heath.
The Steering Committee for the workshop was comprised of Vicki Sandiford, Nancy
Grulke, David Grantz, Steve McNulty and Marcus Schaub. John King, Kris Novak and
Stanislaw Cieslik were elected new members of the committee.
The 42nd Air Pollution Workshop
April 12-14, 2010
USDA Forest Service
Asheville, NC
The Workshop was held at the Marriott Renaissance Hotel and was hosted by the USDA
Forest Service. Drs. Steve McNulty and David Grantz served as hosts; 65 persons
attended the Workshop.
Field trips to the National Climatic Data Center, Grandfather Mountain, and to the highest
peak in the eastern United States, Mt. Mitchell were offered. The workshop concluded
with a closing banquet at the Historic Biltmore Estate with an invigorating talk by Mark
Wenzler, Director of Clean Air and Climate Programs with the National Parks
Conservation Association.
The “Sudbury Screw Award” was presented to Dr. Howard Neufeld for his lively
contributions to the discussion sessions.
The Steering Committee for the workshop was comprised of David Grantz, Steve
McNulty, Ellen Porter, Fern Perkins and Marcus Schaub. Tara Greaver, Dan McCarthy
and Masatoshi Aoki were elected new members of the committee.
The 43rd Air Pollution Workshop
May 24-26, 2011
Wood Buffalo Environmental Association
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Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada
The Workshop was held at the Sawridge Inn and Conference Center and was hosted by
the Wood Buffalo Environmental Association. Dr. Kevin Percy served as host; 93
persons attended the Workshop. A pre-Workshop symposium on “Alberta Oil Sands:
Energy, Industry and the Environment” was offered.
The “Sudbury Screw Award” was presented to Dr. Sirkku Manninen, University of
Helsinki, for contributing three oral presentations at one meeting.
The Steering Committee for the workshop was comprised of Ellen Porter, Howie Neufeld
(replaced Fern Perkins), Kevin Percy, John King, Kris Novak, Tara Greaver, Dan
McCarthy, Masatoshi Aoki and Marcus Schaub. Judi Krzyzanowski, Cosima Wiese and
Sirkku Manninen were elected new members of the committee.
The 44rd Air Pollution Workshop and Joint meeting
International IUFRO/COST/APW/ENVeurope Conference
May 21-24, 2012
Lithuanian University of Agriculture
Kaunas, Lithuania
This was the first Air Pollution Workshop to be held in Europe and was part of a joint
conference with IUFRO, COST and ENVeurope. 227 people registered for the meeting.
Nine people from North America attended: Howie Neufeld, Teodora Best, Dave Grantz,
Nancy Grulke, John King, Mark Fenn, Andrzej Bytnerowicz, Allan Legge and Om Rajora.
There were a number of the Europeans present who had attended previous APWs in
North America. A history of the APW was given by Allan Legge at the start of the
conference. A symposium on the first day in honor of Dr. Satu Huttunen, which was part
of the APW, went very well. Attendance at the Symposium, which was co-chaired by
Sirkku Manninen and Allan Legge, was at least 175. On day three of the conference, the
Workshop provided an informal forum (potrourri) chaired by John King for presentations
and discussions of current research, monitoring, and issues pertaining to air quality
effects on forests, agricultural crops, and natural ecosystems. Attendance at the
Potpourri was 70-100 conference participants. Generally, most Europeans were not
used to the open structure in an APW Workshop. That being said, there was a sense
that the format was appreciated because there was more communication and interaction
of participants.
From John King:
The joint meeting was fun and interesting, but hard to get to. Scientific content of all
sessions (Monday through Thursday) was in general very good and covered a range of
air pollution/climate change topics of interest to APW members. Europe was heavily
represented in the talks. The APW Potpourri session was attended by around 70 people
and had 6-8 presenters. The local hosts did an EXCELLENT job organizing the scientific
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sessions, coffee breaks/meals, and the meeting banquet was truly a memorable
event - dinner was at least a six course meal of traditional Lithuanian cuisine ("Do you
know what it is we're eating?", "Uh, not really but it tastes good") accompanied by locally
produced vodka and other beverages (APW members tasted to be culturally
sensitive). The meal was followed up by live music and a very professional
traditional Lithuanian dance group (sort of like square dancing crossed with contra
dancing and Polka), in which several APW members participated.
The Steering Committee for the workshop was comprised of John King, Teodora Best,
Tara Greaver, Dan McCarthy, Masatoshi Aoki, Judi Krzyzanowski, Cosima Wiese, Sirkku
Manninen and Marcus Schaub.
Business Meeting Minutes:
Main topic of discussion was the location/organization for the 2013 and 2014 APW
meetings. Nancy Grulke, Linda Geiser and Sarah Jovan volunteered to host the 2013
APW in Portland. Nancy Grulke noted that the exact timing (around April) and venue for
the meeting are to be decided. She will be in touch with the membership via email as
details become available. The 2014 APW meeting was volunteered to be hosted by Judi
Krzyzanowski in Toronto, Canada
No new steering committee members were elected at the business meeting.
Dr. Teodora Best from Penn State was awarded the Sudbury Screw award.
Congratlations!
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The 45th Air Pollution Workshop
2013
USDA Forest Service
Portland, OR