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

FVMC1979@gmail.com

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 fvmc1979@gmail.com

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