Agenda
The Virginia Association of Forest Health Professionals
28th Annual Conference
January 27-28, 2020
Virginia Crossings Hotel and Conference Center
Glen Allen, Virginia
MEETING PROGRAM
Monday, January 27, 2020
8:00-9:00 Registration
9:00-9:15 Welcome and Introductions – VAFHP Committee
9:15-9:45 Aquatic Invasive Management and Update – Kevin Heffernan, Virginia DCR Natural Heritage Program
9:45-10:15 6 Years of Spotted Lanternfly in Pennsylvania - What Have We Learned? – Heather Leach, Penn State Entomology
10:15-10:45 Pesticide Safety is Good – Ed Olsen, Virginia Cooperative Extension
10:45-11:00 Break
11:00-11:30 Pesticide Regulatory Update – Richard Jones, Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
11:30-12:00 Spotted Lanternfly in Virginia – David Gianino, Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
12:00-12:30 Can Soil Microbes Be Used as a Metric to Assess Urban Soil Health? – Stephanie Yarwood, University of Maryland
12:30-1:30 LUNCH provided by VAFHP
1:30-1:45 Recertification Credit Form Process – Joan Allen, Fairfax County Urban Forest Management
1:45-2:15 Pollinators – James Wilson, Ph.D., Virginia Tech
2:15-2:45 Establishment & Early Impact of Spathius galinae on EAB in the NE US – Jian Duan, Ph.D., USDA Agricultural Research Service
2:45-3:15 Oak Decline; A Fight Against the Inevitable – Chelsi Abbott, Davey Institute
3:15-3:30 Break
3:30-4:00 Adaptation Planning and Climate Change – Leslie Grant and Patricia Leopold, United States Forest Service
4:00-4:30 Prescribed Fire as a Tool for Long Term Forest Health – James Remuzzi, Sustainable Solutions
4:30-5:00 Click, Post, Like: Using Social Media as a Forest Health Education Tool – David Coyle, Ph.D., Clemson University
5:00-5:15 Announcements and Adjourn
5:30 Networking Social
Tuesday, January 28, 2020
8:00-8:30 Registration
8:30-9:00 Telling the Story of Longleaf Pine Restoration in Virginia – Rebecca Wilson, Virginia DCR Natural Heritage Program
9:00-9:30 Forest Health: It's the Economy Stupid – Jim McGlone, Ph.D., Virginia Department of Forestry
9:30-10:00 Fire Ants, Heating Up Again – Eric Day, Virginia Cooperative Extension
10:00-10:30 Break
10:30-11:00 Pretty but Smelly, The Curious Case of the Callery Pear– David Coyle, Ph.D., Clemson University
11:00-11:30 Giant Hogweed: Very Threatening but a Small Risk – Jordan Metzgar, Ph.D., Virginia Tech Massey Herbarium
11:30-12:00 Out of the Ashes: Forest Ecosystems in the Aftermath of EAB – Dan Herms, Ph.D., Davey Institute
12:00-12:30 Ticks and Tick-borne Pathogens in Virginia – Alex Cumbie, Old Dominion University
12:30 Wrap-up and adjourn / Lunch on your own