{"id":693,"date":"2017-11-30T10:53:20","date_gmt":"2017-11-30T13:53:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/myavma.ca\/blog\/?p=693"},"modified":"2020-10-16T08:29:07","modified_gmt":"2020-10-16T11:29:07","slug":"atlantic-canada-forest-health-workshop-2018-january-16-18-2018-amherst-ns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/myavma.ca\/blog\/2017\/11\/30\/atlantic-canada-forest-health-workshop-2018-january-16-18-2018-amherst-ns\/","title":{"rendered":"Atlantic Canada Forest Health Workshop 2018 – January 16-18, 2018 – Amherst, NS"},"content":{"rendered":"

The 2018 Atlantic Canada Forest Health Workshop<\/em> (ACFHW)<\/strong> being held in Amherst, Nova Scotia from January 16th<\/sup> to 18th<\/sup>, 2018. The workshop is free of charge. This year\u2019s event is being hosted by the Town of Amherst, and is being held at town\u2019s Community Credit Union Business Innovation Centre. A block of rooms is booked at the Comfort Inn using code ACFHW.<\/p>\n

To book your reservations please call (902) 667-0404. Comfort Inn is located at 143 S Albion St, Amherst, NS B4H 2X2<\/p>\n

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AGENDA
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Atlantic Canada Forest Health Workshop 2018
\nCommunity Credit Union Business Innovation Centre
\n5 Ratchford St, Amherst, NS<\/p>\n

January 16th, 17th and 18th, 2018<\/p>\n

Tuesday, January 16th, 2018 (Day #1)<\/h2>\n

13:00 \u2013 13:10 Welcome and Introductions: Andrew Williams (Organizing Committee Chair)
\nSTART OF INVASIVE PEST PORTION OF AGENDA<\/p>\n

Section I – Invasive Pests Status Updates<\/p>\n

13:10 \u2013 14:10 CFIA Survey Update – Ron Neville (CFIA)<\/p>\n

Provincial Pest Status Updates<\/p>\n

14:10 \u2013 14:25 NS Update \u2013 Celia Boone (NSDNR)<\/p>\n

14:25 \u2013 14:40 NB Update \u2013 Drew Carleton (NBERD)<\/p>\n

14:40 \u2013 14:55 NL Update – Dan Lavigne (NLFAA)<\/p>\n

14:55 \u2013 15:10 PEI Update – David Carmichael (PEICLE)<\/p>\n

15:10 \u2013 15:30 – Break<\/p>\n

15:30 \u2013 15:50 Maine Forest Service Update – Colleen Teerling (Maine Forest Service)<\/p>\n

15:50 \u2013 16:10 Open slot for participants to discuss forest health issues either formally or informally.<\/p>\n

15:45 \u2013 Adjourn Day #1<\/p>\n

16:30 \u2013 17:30 Atlantic Advisory Committee for Introduced Forest Pests Business Meeting<\/p>\n

Note: Open to representatives from Federal, Provincial and Municipal Governments<\/p>\n

18:30 Group Dinner\/Sociable \u2013 Duncan\u2019s Pub, 49 Victoria St, Amherst, NS<\/p>\n

Wednesday, January 17th, 2018 (Day #2)<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Section I – Invasive Pest Status Updates (continued)<\/p>\n

8:30 \u2013 9:00 Hemlock Woolly Adelgid (Adelges tsugae) NS detection confirmation, surveys, lifecycle\/biology, Hemlock distribution in Atlantic Canada \u2013 Ron Neville (CFIA)<\/p>\n

Section II – Regulatory Updates<\/p>\n

09:00 \u2013 9:50 CFIA\u2019s Forestry Program Update – Julie LaPlante (CFIA)<\/p>\n

9:50\u2013 10:10 – Break<\/p>\n

Section lll – Invasive Pest Research<\/p>\n

10:10 \u2013 10:30 Kouchibouguac National Park update; Parks Canada national policy on IAS in federal parks update \u2013 Eric Tremblay (Parks Canada)<\/p>\n

10:30 \u2013 10:50 Efficacy of TreeAzin stem injection for control of the European beech leaf-mining weevil \u2013 Jon Sweeney (NRC\/CFS)<\/p>\n

10:50 \u2013 11:10 Host location compounds of the European Beech Weevil (Orchestes fagi), a non-native pest of beech (Fagus grandifolia) in Nova Scotia, Canada \u2013 Lucas Roscoe Ph.D. (NRC\/CFS)<\/p>\n

11:10 \u2013 11:30 Brown Spruce Longhorn Beetle (Tetropium fuscum) Risk Mitigation Strategy at Memramcook, NB \u2013 Drew Carlton (NBERD)<\/p>\n

11:30 \u2013 13:00 \u2013 Lunch (On Your Own)<\/p>\n

Section lV – Invasive Pest Issues in Atlantic Canada<\/p>\n

13:00 \u2013 13:30 Ticks and tick borne diseases in Atlantic Canada – Dr. Vett Lloyd (Mount Allison University)<\/p>\n

13:30 – 14:00 PEI Invasive Species Nature Tracker project \u2013 Kensington North Watershed Group www.peinaturetracker.ca<\/p>\n

14:00 \u2013 14:30 Dutch Elm Disease (Ophiostoma ulmi) in Atlantic Canada\u2013 Andrew Williams (Town of Truro), Chelsea Baird (Town of Amherst), Beth Hoar (City of Charlottetown)<\/p>\n

14:30 \u2013 14:45 \u2013 Break<\/p>\n

Section V – Hands on Training Session<\/p>\n

14:45 \u2013 15:15 Video \u2013 \u201cLurking in the Trees\u201d (ALB in Worcester, Mass)<\/p>\n

15:45 \u2013 17:00 Field demo of EAB panel trap installation & removal; Big Shot slingshot for high trap installation (weather dependent)<\/p>\n

END OF INVASIVE PEST PORTION OF AGENDA<\/p>\n

Thursday, January 18th, 2018 (Day #3)<\/strong><\/h2>\n

START OF NATIVE PEST PORTION OF AGENDA<\/p>\n

Section VII – Native Pest Issues<\/p>\n

8:00 \u2013 8:30 As a means of setting the stage for the Native Pest portion of the workshop, and discussions on the current spruce budworm outbreak, 3 short videos from CBC News archives covering the last two major spruce budworm outbreaks in Atlantic Canada will be viewed by the group:<\/p>\n