North Carolina Forest Health Update
Webinar Details
When:
May 30, 2023 1:00 pm US/Eastern
Length: 01:00 (hh:mm)
Advance Registration NOT required.
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Presenter(s):
- Brian Heath - Forest Health Specialist West, NC Forest Service
- Jim Moeller - Forest Health Specialist East, NC Forest Service
- Jim Slye - Forest Health Program Head, NC Forest Service
Virtual Event Format:
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This webinar is being offered as a service to the forestry community by the North Carolina Board of Registration for Foresters. It will consist of a summary of major forest health occurrences throughout the state from the previous year as detailed in North Carolina’s annual Forest Health Highlights Report. Forest impacts described include native and non-native invasive pests as well as abiotic factors. Information will be presented by the North Carolina Forest Service Forest Health Program and will be delivered from both a regional and statewide perspective.
Zigzag Sawfly: Photo by R. Bardon
Agenda
Introduction: The NC Forest Service Forest Health Program – Jim Slye, Forest Health Program Head
Selected Forest Health Highlights – Jim Moeller, Forest Health Specialist East
- Emerald Ash Borer – the spread continues! Extent, damage, and trapping results
- Laurel Wilt – impacts on multiple species, threats from the southwest, north, and west.
- Southern Pine Beetle Activity – After a long hiatus, will we see impacts again?
- Forest Tent Caterpillar – A native, recurrent defoliator in Eastern North Carolina
- Spotted lanternfly – Updates and status following initial infestations
Selected Forest Health Highlights – Brian Heath, Forest Health Specialist West
- Walnut Twig Beetle – Are we holding it at bay, potential impacts?
- Sudden Oak Death – Stream sampling protocol and potential impacts.
- White pine decline – A regionwide, poorly understood phenomena.
- Fall cankerworm – Will it spike in 2023?
- Needlecasts – A southwide phenomena. How will North Carolina be affected?
Closing/Questions – What is on the horizon for Forest Health? - Jim Slye, Forest Health Program Head
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