Program Overview

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Guest Speaker: John Acorn - University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta. Topic TBA. Lecturer, Entomologist, Broadcaster, author of "The Terminal Segment" for the American Entomologist, writer and author, and host of two television shows.

Scholarship Presentation: Greg Smith, graduate of UNBC. "An assessment of interactions between endemic mountain pine beetle and a secondary bark beetle species".

Guest Speakers: The 1910 Fire, History, and Ecology. Sarah Wilson, Zone Archeologist and Art Zack, Ecologist/Silviculturist - Idaho Panhandle National Forests.

Plenary Session 1: The relationships of fire and insects. Moderator TBA. Topics will explore the influences of insects on fire behavior, and the influence of fire on insect activities.

Plenary Session 2: The relationships of climate change and insects. Moderator TBA. Topics will explore climate change and insect outbreak implications, effects of insect-killed trees on climate, and effects of climate on forests and insects.

Workshop Topics:

Graduate Student Presentations -- Moderated by Andy Eglitis and Rob Flowers. The popular sessions where graduate students present their research!
History of Forest Entomology -- Moderated by Sandra Kegley
Status of Forest Insects in the West -- Moderated by Ken Gibson
Hardwood Insects -- Moderated by Tom Coleman
Nontraditional Pesticides and Biocontrol for Defoliators -- Moderator TBA
Fire and Insect Interactions -- Moderator TBA
Invasives on our Doorstep -- Moderated by Steve Munson
State and Federal Responses to Invasive Insects -- Moderated by Ron Billings
Current Aerial Survey Techniques and Data Uses -- Moderated by Keith Sprengel
Climate Change and Forest Insects -- Moderated by John Lundquist
Recent Seed and Cone Insect Research -- Ward Strong and Rob Bennett
International Forest Entomology -- Moderated by Nadir Erbilgin
Western Spruce Budworm/Defoliator Update -- Moderated by Lorraine MacLauchlan and Jennifer Burleigh
Research Updates on Bark and Ambrosia Beetles -- Moderated by Dan Miller and Brytten Steed
Plus one or two more workshops still to be finalized

Field Trip: Coordinated by Mike Johnson and Darci Carlson. Trip will include stops at the Valley View wildfire, the old Kaiser Aluminum Plant to discuss black pineleaf scale, and Spokane's Riverside Park.

Poster Session: Coordinated by Tom Eckberg. View the Instructions for Posters.

Silent Auction: Coordinated by Kimberly Wallen and Steve Cook. View information about the Silent Auction.

Banquet: Includes the Founders Award Presentation by Ladd Livingston and music by Big Red Barn, a non-traditional bluegrass band.

Program Co-Chairs

Contact Program Co-Chairs Iral Ragenovich or Beth Willhite for additional information or to volunteer to moderate a workshop or plenary session.

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