Western Forest Insect Work Conference Victoria, BC March 29 - April 1, 2005 1 Western Forest Insect Work Conference Executive: Chair Darrell Ross Past Chair José Negron Secretary Lia Spiegel Treasurer Ladd Livingston Councilor Jennifer Burleigh Councilor Tim McConnell Councilor Danny Cluck Victoria Conference: Program Committee Peter Hall Local Arrangements Lorraine Maclauchlan 2 DISCLAIMER The contents of these proceedings are not available for citation or publication without the consent of the author. Articles may have been reformatted but were printed approximately as submitted. Authors are solely responsible for content. Table of Contents Western Forest Insect Work Conference Executive: .................................................................. 2 Victoria Conference:.................................................................................................................... 2 Conference Program ....................................................................................................................... 5 General Meetings ............................................................................................................................ 6 Executive Committee Meeting .................................................................................................... 6 Initial Business Meeting .............................................................................................................. 9 Final Business Meeting ............................................................................................................. 20 Scholarship Presentation............................................................................................................... 22 Award to Ladd Livingston .............................................................................................................. 25 Founders’ Award Address ............................................................................................................. 26 Panel Discussions ......................................................................................................................... 39 Panel 1. Going…going…gone: Supply and Demand for Future Entomologists ...................... 39 Panel 2. Damaged Wood .......................................................................................................... 43 Panel 3. What’s in the Future?................................................................................................. 48 Special Workshop: Analysing Climate Change ............................................................................. 50 Workshops..................................................................................................................................... 63 Regeneration Issues/Seed and Cone Insects........................................................................... 63 Impact of Treatments on Non-targets ....................................................................................... 66 Beetle Outbreaks – How did we get here? ............................................................................... 68 Forest Health Monitoring- No borders in western North America ............................................. 70 Gypsy Moth Status and Eradication.......................................................................................... 76 New Management Directions – Wood vs. View ........................................................................ 80 Preventing the Next “Big” Outbreak .......................................................................................... 81 Detection/Aerial Survey – Methods and Standards .................................................................. 84 Are Insect Outbreaks Increasing?............................................................................................. 86 Environmental impact studies: how do we analyze the effects of our actions, and how do we present them to the public?....................................................................................................... 87 Verbenone/MCH/Mass-trapping/Non-host................................................................................ 91 Urban Forest Pest Issues.......................................................................................................... 96 Emerging Technologies in Forest Entomology ......................................................................... 98 Future Role of Silviculture in IPM............................................................................................ 100 Decision Support Systems – Development............................................................................. 102 Decision Support Systems – Applications............................................................................... 104 Regional Trends...................................................................................................................... 107 Exotic Introductions................................................................................................................. 115 Defoliator Impacts, Management and Control ........................................................................ 121 Impacts and Assessments of Management ............................................................................ 125 High Elevation Forests/Extreme Environments ...................................................................... 127 Graduate Student Presentations ................................................................................................. 132 Abstracts of Poster Presentations ............................................................................................... 139 Group Photographs from WFIWC 2005, Victoria BC .................................................................. 151 List of Participants ....................................................................................................................... 159 Conference Program Date Time Title Moderator March 28 13:30 – 19:00 Registration 19:00 – 21:00 Reception 19:00 – 20:00 Executive Committee Meeting Darrell Ross March 29 08:30 – 10:00 General Meeting Darrell Ross 10:30 – 11:00 Opening Address Dr. Paul Addison 11:00 – 12:00 Scholarship Presentation Kathy Bleiker 13:30 – 15:00 Workshops: Regeneration Issues/Seed & Cone Robb Bennett Impact of Treatments on Non-targets Ken White Beetle Outbreaks – How did we get here? Alan Carroll Forest Health Monitoring Tim McConnell 15:30 – 17:00 Workshops: Gypsy Moth Status and Eradication Dave Bridgewater New Management Directions – Wood vs. View Mike Wagner Preventing the Next “big” Outbreak Ken Gibson Detection/Aerial Survey – methods and standards. Tim Ebata 19:00 – 21:00 Poster Reception March 30 08:30 – 10:00 Workshops: Are Insect Outbreaks Increasing? Vince Nealis Environmental Impact Studies Connie Mehmel Verbenone/MCH/Mass trapping/Non-host Leo Rankin Urban Forest Pest Issues Jerry Carlson 10:30 – 12:00 Graduate Student Presentations Kimberly Wallin 13:30 – 15:00 Panel: Going…Going…Gone – Supply and demand of Peter Hall entomologists 15:30 – 17:00 Tours 19:00 – 21:00 Banquet and Founders’ Award Gary Daterman March 31 08:30 – 10:00 Workshops: Emerging Technologies in Forest Entomology Dezene Huber Future Role of Silviculture in IPM Peter DeGroot Decision Support Systems – Development Terry Shore Climate Change – Special Workshop David Gray 10:30 – 12:00 Panel: Damaged Wood Daniel Lousier Climate Change – Special Workshop David Gray 13:30 – 15:00 Workshops: Insect Status Reports from each Region Don Grosman Decision Support Systems – Applications Marvin Eng Exotic Introductions and Exotic Insects Dave Holden Climate Change – Special Workshop David Gray 15:30 – 17:00 Workshops: Defoliator Impacts, Management and Control Karen Ripley Impacts and Assessments of Management Art Stock High Elevation Forests/Extreme Environments Lorraine Maclauchlan Climate Change – Special Workshop David Gray April 1 08:30 – 10:00 Panel: John Borden What’s in the Future? 10:30 – 12:00 Final Business Meeting Darrell Ross Adjourn 5 General Meetings Executive Committee Meeting 28 March 2005 Darrell Ross called the meeting to order at 5:05 pm. Present: Darrell Ross: WFIWC Chair and Chair, Memorial Scholarship Committee Tim McConnell: Councilor Ladd Livingston: Treasurer Ken Gibson: Chair, Founders’ Award Committee Peter Hall: 2005 meeting arrangements Karen Ripley: Chair, Memorial Scholarship Fundraising Committee Jennifer Burleigh: Councilor Brytten Steed, Chair; Common Names Committee Lia Spiegel: Secretary Peter Hall gave updates on program changes and conference registration and income. The talk at Pacific Forestry Centre has been moved to the hotel due to the large number of participants, but the field trips remain unchanged. The Initial Business Meeting will break at 9 am for the keynote speaker and continue after the keynote. There are 167 registrants to date, 79 Canadian, 88 US. Costs to date: catering, miscellaneous, posters: $28,000 CD. Income & Donations: The Canadian Forest Service and BC Ministry of Forests combined have donated approximately $20,000 CD. These contributions combined with registration income total approximately $50,000 and put the current meeting firmly in the black. Bob Coulson announced that NAFIWC would take place in Asheville, NC May 22-26, 2006. He would like us to postpone WFIWC for one year to accommodate the North American meeting. Lia Spiegel read the minutes of the 2004 Final Business Meeting. Old Business: There