Issues and Threats: Tree and Forest Health Care

Course Itinerary

 Tuesday, November 7, 2017

8:30-9:00 am Registration

9:00-9:15 Welcome / Learning Environment

9:15-9:45  Changing Demographics – Land, People, & Forests

(Kim Coder, Professor of Tree Biology & Health Care, Warnell School, UGA)

9:45 - 10:45  Trees & Shifting Climate: Risks & Variability (Kim Coder, Professor of Tree Biology & Health Care, Warnell School, UGA)

10:45-11:00 Break  (provided)

11:00-12:15  Invasive Species of Concern in the South

(Elizabeth Moss, Forest Health Technician II, Center for Invasive Species & Ecosystem Health, UGA)

12:15 noon - 1:15  Lunch (provided)

1:15-3:00  Major Tree Problems Identified During Field Assessments – Part 1

(Connie Head, Consulting Urban Forester, Technical Forestry Services, Commerce, GA)

3:00 - 3:15  Break (provided)

3:15 - 4:15  Major Tree Problems Identified During Field Assessments – Part 2

(Connie Head, Consulting Urban Forester, Technical Forestry Services, Commerce, GA)

4:15 - 5:00  Trees, Water & Drought: Understandings & Solutions

(Kim Coder, Professor of Tree Biology & Health Care, Warnell School, UGA)

5:00  Adjourn

Wednesday, November 8, 2017

8:30-10:00am Current & New Diseases Affecting Foliage of Forest & Shade Trees
(Jean Williams-Woodward, Associate Professor of Plant Pathology, UGA)

10:00-10:15  Break  (provided)

10:15-11:30 Current & New Diseases Affecting Trunks and Roots of Forest & Shade Trees 
(Jean Williams-Woodward, Associate Professor of Plant Pathology, UGA)

11:30-12:15 Ice Storm Damage & Trees
(Kim Coder, Professor of Tree Biology & Health Care, Warnell School, UGA)

12:15-1:15 Lunch (provided)

1:15-2:30 Vertebrate Pest Damage To Trees
(Mark McConnell, Wildlife Specialist, Warnell School, UGA)

2:30 - 3:00  Current & In-Coming Insect Pests – Part 1
(David Coyle, Forest Health Extension Associate, Southern
Regional Extension Forestry & Warnell School, UGA)

3:00-3:15 Break   (provided)

3:15 - 4:30  Current & In-Coming Insect Pests – Part 2
(David Coyle, Forest Health Extension Associate, Southern Regional Extension Forestry & Warnell School, UGA)

4:30 Closing  / Evaluations

4:45 Adjourn