38th Annual Forest Vegetation Management Conference
The Forest Vegetation Management Conference (FVMC) is a nonprofit organization formed by professionals in the forest vegetation management field to establish a forum for the exchange of techniques, methodology, and research through periodic meetings.
Conference Objective:
The conference will provide continuing education on forest vegetation management to meet
California licensing needs and provide both peer and research contacts with whom those in the vegetation management field can consult when facing new challenges.
This flyer and the latest FVMC information can be found at www.fvmc.org
Continuing Education Units will be received for CDPR, ODA, IDA , SAF and
ISA Arborist/Tree Worker
January 24-26, 2017 Gaia Hotel & Spa, 4125 Riverside Place, Anderson, California
Perceptions, Politics and Pesticides
Moderator: Scott Worden
Conference Program
7:00 Registration Opens- HOSTED BREAKFAST Sponsored by Horizon Forestry, LLC & GE Forestry, Inc
7:55 – 8:00 Welcome & Opening Remarks: Scott Worden, 2017 FVMC Chair
Program Chair Remarks: Matt Brown, 2017 FVMC Vice-Chair & Program Chair
8:00 - 8:45 Sustaining Site Productivity: Lessons from 25 yrs of the Long-Term Soil Productivity Experiment– Dr. Deborah S.
Page-Dumroese, Supervisory Research Soil Scientist, USDA Rocky Mtn. Research Station
8:45 - 9:30 Installation of the LTSP: Getting it on the Ground– Devil’s in the Details– David Young, Soil Scientist, USDA PSW
Research Station
9:30 - 9:45 BREAK Sponsored by Helena Chemical Company & CAPCA
9:45 - 10:30 Vegetation Control & Site Disturbance Effect on Tree Growth in Young Mixed-Conifer Plantations in California:
Two Decades Results- Dr . J ianwei Zhang, Research Forester , USDA PSW Research Station
10:30 - 11:15 Detrimental Effects of Compaction on Root Proliferation & Soil Quality: Reality or Myth ? - Dr. Matt Busse, Soil
Scientist, USDA PSW Research Station
11:15 - 12:00 Long-Term Soil Productivity Panel Discussion– TBA
12:00 - 1:30 Hosted Lunch - Sponsored by Bayer Environmental Science & Deep Forest Services
1:30 - 2:15 Keynote Speaker– Perception, Politics and Pesticides - Congressman Doug LaMalfa– invited
2:15 - 3:00 The Forester’s Guide to Pesticide Risk Assessment or How I learned that a Poison isn’t Always Poisonous– David
Bakke, Pesticide Use Specialist, Pacific Southwest Region , USDA Forest Service
3:00 - 3:15 BREAK Sponsored by Green Diamond Resource Co & PRT
3:00 - 3:30 CAPCA Update & the Role of the PCA - Ruthann Anderson, CEO, California Association of Pest Control Advisors
4:00 - 4:45 Collaboration & Communication, Critical Components for a Successful Vegetation Management Program– Tim
Gibson, Agricultural Commissioner, Plumas & Sierra Counties
4:45 - 5:15 Suppliers Update: Moderated by Dave Gallagher , Pest Management Technology
5:15 - 7:30 Vegetation Management Reception: Hosted beer , wine, and hors d’oeuvres
Sponsored by Roseburg Resource Company, Wilbur-Ellis Company, Western Helicopter Services Inc., Alligare, LLC, DowAgro Sciences, PRT, Trinity River Lumber Co
7:00 - 8:00 Hosted BREAKFAST Sponsored by Cal Forest Nurseries & Thunder Road Resources
8:00 - 10:00 Facilitated Discussion: Oregon: Whiteny Schimke, C&D Lumber . ~ Coast CA: J im Adams, Green Diamond Resource Co. ~ Interior/Cascades CA: Travis Erickson, Collins Timber Company ~ Sierra Nevada’s: Mark Pritchard, Sierra Pacific Industries~ Agency: Maria Benech, Stanislaus National Forest
10:00 - 10:15 BREAK Sponsored by Soper-Wheeler Company & Jefferson Resource Company, Inc
10:15 - 11:00 Understanding Pesticide Fate for the Protection of Water Resources– Dr. Jeffrey Jenkins, Department of
Environmental and Molecular Toxicology, College of Agricultural Sciences at Oregon State University
11:00 - 11:45 Pesticide Toxicology & Risk Assessment- Dr. Jeffrey Jenkins, Department of Environmental and Molecular Toxicology,
College of Agricultural Sciences at Oregon State University
11:45 - 12:30 Update on the Status of the California Biomass Sector - Tad Mason, CEO, TSS Consultants
12:30 - 1:30 Hosted Lunch Sponsored by Great Tree Tenders & Wilbur-Ellis Company
Business Meeting, Forest Legacy Committee Update, Award Ceremony
1:30 - 2:00 Luncheon Speaker: Waiver Changes & Implications for Vegetation Management & Herbicides, George Gentry, VP Regulatory Affairs, California Forestry Association
2:00 - 2:45 EPA Glyphosate Review– Steven Gould, Monsanto
2:45 - 3:15 FSC Certification & Pesticides– Terry Cundy, Manager Silviculture, Wildlife & Environment, Potlatch Corp.
Tuesday, January 24
Moderator: Bob Rynearson
Wednesday, January 25
3:15 - 3:45 BREAK Sponsored by Alligare, LLC, & Brenton VMS
3:45 - 4:30 King Fire Reforestation – Dana Walsh, Silviculturist, El Dorado National Forest
4:30 - 5:00 Robert F Powers Memorial Scholarship Recipient Research Presentation
5:00 - 5:30 Poster Session
7:00 - 8:00 Hosted BREAKFAST Sponsored by Forest Protection
8:00 - 8:30 Herbicide Modes of Action in Forestry– Ed Fredrickson, Owner/Researcher, Thunder Road Resources
8:30 - 9:15 Assessing the Rick of Herbicides on Fish & Wildlife Species – Joel Trumbo, Senior Enviornmental Scientist,
Department of Fish & Wildlife
9:15 - 9:45 Changes in the Personal Protection Equipment Requirements of Title 3 Section 6738– Harvard R Fong, Scientist,
Department of Pesticide Regulation, Worker Health & Safety
9:45 - 10:00 BREAK Sponsored by IFA Nurseries and Highlanders Forest LLC
10:00 - 10:45 Day Fire, Both Sides of the Coin– Peter Hall, TMO/Silviculturist, Modoc National Forest
10:45 - 11:15 Tips for Getting Your Agricultural Pest Control Advisors License– Shaney Emerson, Sales Rep/PCA, Helena
Chemical Company
11:15 - 12:00 Plant Identification for Selective Herbicide Applications - Jennifer Poore, Lead Botanist, Sierra Pacific Industries
12:00 Raffle Prize Winner Drawn– Must be Present to Win
12:100 Adjourn
Please note, you must be in attendance for each session to get CE’s for that session.
Portable Document Format (PDF) PowerPoint presentations for FVMC conferences are online at www.fvmc.org. The PDFs are available for use by conference members. Attendees of the FVMC are members of the FVMC for the subsequent three years. Please contact FVMC for Password to open the PDFs.
Growpro Inc. / Cal Forest Nurseries Fox Weather, LLC PacForest Supply Company Dow AgroSciences Bayer Environmental Science Arborjet
Thursday, January 26
Moderator: Carl Yingst
Society of American Foresters (SAF) Wilbur-Ellis Company Helena Chemical Company Red Mtn. Resource, LLC Fecon, Inc
Please visit our Exhibitor’s Booths during the conference:
FVMC Executive Board Officers
Chair: Scott Worden, Soper– Wheeler Co
Vice-Chair: Matt Brown, PG & E
Secretary/Treasurer: Brian Lindstrand, Sierra Pacific Industries
Board of Directors
Mark Pritchard, Sierra Pacific Industries
Jeff Webster, Consulting Forester
Gary Cline, U.S. Forest Service
Gary Fiddler, U.S. Forest Service
Ed Fredrickson, Thunder Road Resources
Mark Gray, Sierra Pacific Industries
Danielle Lindler, Jefferson Resource Co.
Mike Aronson, Sierra Pacific Industries
Brian Lindstrand, Sierra Pacific Industries
Mark Pustejovsky, Sierra Pacific Industries
Mark Pritchard, Sierra Pacific Industries
Len Lindstrand, Retired
Dana Walsh, U.S Forest Service
Mike Newton, Oregon State University
Matt Brown, PG&E
Danielle Lindler, Jefferson Resource Company, Inc
Bryan Taylor, Trinity River Lumber Company
Carl Yingst, Shasta County Ag
Scott Carnegie, W. M. Beaty & Associates
Bob Rynearson, W.M. Beaty & Associates
Scott Worden, Soper-Wheeler Co.
Paul Ederer, Campbell Timberland Management
Jeff Webster, Jefferson Resource Company, Inc
Program Committee
Chair: Matt Brown, PG&E
(Officers and directors above also serve on this committee)
38th Annual Forest Vegetation Management Conference
January 24-26, 2017
Registration Form
One registrant per form, please.
Name_______________________________ Organization___________________________________________
Address _________________________________________________________________________________
City ___________________________________________ State ______________ Zip __________________
Phone ______________________________ E-mail ______________________________________________
PCA# __________________________________________
QAL# ___________________ QAC# ________________
A catered lunch will be provided during the conference on January 24-25, 2017 If you have special dietary needs, please let us know at least three weeks prior to the conference, and we’ll try to accommodate your needs.
FEES: Registration $200 _____ (Includes $5 Scholarship Fee) Late Registration— $250 _____ $50 added after 12/17/16 (Must be postmarked by this date) Dr. Robert F Powers Scholarship Donation $ _____ TOTAL REGISTRATION FEE $ _____
FVMC Tax ID #68-0109661
No Refunds After 12/17/16
Make check payable to FVMC and return to: FVMC, P.O. Box 277, Weed, CA 96094
Receipts will be emailed once registration is received
To Register online or to Pay by Credit Card:
Please visit our website and click on “Registration” in the top right corner of the page.
www.fvmc.org Questions?
Contact Danielle Lindler, Conference Coordinator
Additional forms may be obtained at the following
site:
www.fvmc.org
*Your license # is required in order
to issue CE’s.
Members & Motions - You become a member with your registration and you may submit resolutions
for the FVMC’s consideration by sending a copy to Secretary-Treasurer, Brian Lindstrand at least two weeks prior to
the conference at FVMC, P.O. Box 277, Weed, CA 96094 or via email at [email protected]
Forest Vegetation Management Conference P.O. Box 277 Weed, CA 96094
Forest Vegetation Management Conference
Hotel Information Conference attendees are responsible for arranging their
own accommodations. Space is limited, so reservations
should be made as far in advance as possible.
Gaia Resort & Spa (530) 365-7077
4125 Riverside Place, Anderson, CA 96007
An online link with the discounted room rates can be found
at http://fvmc.org/conference.html
One King or Double Queen: $99/night
Government Rate: $99/night
Group room block and rates held thru Jan 10, 2017
One king or two queen beds
Bottom floor has patios
Workstation area 32 inch screen televisions (as we replace these,
we are going to 42 inch)
Wolfgang Coffee and Teas
Iron and Ironing board
New clock radios with IPOD/IPAD charger
Refrigerator and microwaves in every room
Oversized Gilchrist and Soames Soap and Lotion
Shampoo filled dispenser in all Showers and Bathtubs
Hair dryers in all guest rooms
GAIA Resort