The East Texas Forest Entomology Seminar is scheduled for Thursday afternoon and Friday morning, October 22-23, 2009.  Thanks to special permission from the City of Lufkin, Thursday's session will be held as usual at Kurth Lake Lodge, between Lufkin and Nacogdoches.  The session on Friday will be in Room 117 (Conference Room), Arthur Temple College of Forestry and Agriculture at Stephen F. Austin State University. To preregister and prepay your registration with a credit card, visit the Forestry Marketplace.

The traditional Thursday evening meal featuring grilled steaks will be served at Kurth Lake.  The registration fee will be $30.00 for professionals and $7.00 for students and retirees, which includes the Thursday evening meal and coffee breaks.  It is important that you preregister or notify Dave and let him know how many persons to expect from your group, to assure ample food and refreshments.  

The meeting is being co-hosted by the Texas Forest Service, Forest Pest Management, and the Center for Applied Studies, Arthur Temple College of Forestry and Agriculture, Stephen F. Austin State University.  Foresters who attend the seminar will qualify for CFE credits.

AGENDA

EAST TEXAS FOREST ENTOMOLOGY SEMINAR

October 22-23, 2009

Thursday, October 22, 2009, Kurth Lake Lodge

            Moderator: Ron Billings

12:00 - 1:00 PM         Registration

1:00 - 1:05 PM          Welcome and Introductions

1:05 - 1:30 PM          Status of Forest Pests in Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi

                                                Speaker:  Joe Pase, Texas Forest Service, and Evan Nebeker, Mississippi State                               University

1:30 - 2:00 PM          Status of Redbay Ambrosia Beetle in Mississippi

                                                Speakers:  John Riggins, Mississippi State University, Randy Chapin, Mississippi                                 Forestry Commission, Chris Steiner and Wood Johnson, USFS, Forest                               Health Protection

2:00 - 2:30 PM           Ovipositing Behavior and Larval Biology of Diana and Great Spangled Fritillaries                                                     (Speyeria diana , S. cybele) in the Ouachita Mountains of Arkansas

                                                Speakers: D. Craig Rudolph, Richard R. Schaefer, J. Howard Williamson,

                                                                 Josh Pierce, William H. Baltosser, Virginia R. Baltosser, and

                                                                 Charles A. Ely, USFS, Southern Research Station

2:30 - 3:00 PM               The Southern Pine Beetle Prevention Program: A Southwide Status Report

                                                Speakers:  Wes Nettleton and John Nowak, USFS, Forest Health Protection

3:00 - 3:30 PM          Break

3:30 - 4:00 PM          SPB Prevention Project in East Texas: An Update

                                                Speakers:  Aleksandar Dozic, Michael Murphrey, and Ron Billings, Texas Forest                                                                    Service

4:00 - 4:30 PM          After the Portal

                                                 Speaker: Judy Adams, USFS, Forest Health Technology Enterprise Team

4:30- 5:00 PM           Directional Spread of SPB Infestations

                                                Speaker: Steve Clarke, USFS, Forest Health Protection

5:00 - 6:00 PM          Attitude Adjustment and Horseshoes

6:00 PM                      Dinner

7:00 PM                      Beauty, Beetles, Beasts, and Burns: A Photographic Excursion of Grand Teton

                                                      and Yellowstone National Parks

                                                Photographer:  Ron Billings, Texas Forest Service

Friday, October 23, 2009, SFASU Forestry School, Room 117

        Moderator: Dave Kulhavy

8:00 - 8:30 AM          Training Citizen Scientists to Identify and Report Invasive Plants in Texas

                                                Speaker:  Travis Gallo, Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center

8:30 - 9:00 AM          Impacts of Hurricane Ike on Galveston's Urban Forest

                                                Speaker:  L. Allen Smith, Texas Forest Service

9:00 - 9:30 AM          Soapberry Borer in Texas: An Update

                                                Speakers:  Ron Billings and Joe Pase, Texas Forest Service

9:30 - 10:00 AM          Incorporating Art in Teaching Forest Entomology and Forest Pathology and Adding                                                 Insects and Diseases to a Capstone Forestry Course

                                                Speaker:  Dave Kulhavy, SFASU

10:00 - 10:30 AM      Break

10:30- 11:00 AM       The Latest on Emamectin Benzoate Trials and TREE-age Registration

                                                Speakers: Don Grosman and William Upton, Texas Forest Service

11:00 - 11:30 AM        Climate Change Effects on Regional Population Dynamics of the Southern Pine Beetle

                                                Speakers: Andrew Birt, Robert Coulson, Maria Tchakerian, Texas A&M University,                                                                Kier Klepzig, and James Guldin, USFS Southern Research Station

11:30 AM - 12:00 PM       Modeling Long-term Effects of Altered Fire Regimes on Xeric Pine-Oak Forests                                                 Following Southern Pine Beetle Outbreaks

                                                Speakers: Weimin Xi, John D. Waldron, Andrew G. Birt, Maria D. Tchakerian,                                                                       Charles W. Lafon, David M. Cairns, and Robert N. Coulson, Texas A&M                                                                  University

12:00 PM                    Adjourn