IUFRO workshop: "Forest Health, invasive species and air pollution", Maine, USA, June 2-5, 2009
First announcement: The Northeast Forest Health Field Workshop will be held on June 2-5 at the Schoodic Educational and Research Center (http://acadiapartners.org/), Winter Harbor, Maine. Check-in will begin Tuesday evening, June 2, and continue at 7:30 am on June 3. The theme for Wednesday's field trips is "Using Silviculture to Reduce Risk from Pests" and will focus on spruce/fir, American beech, and eastern white pine forest types. Thursday's field trips will examine the "Forest Health of Acadia National Park" on Mount Desert Island and will focus on invasive species, air pollution damage, and forest health monitoring. There will also be time available in the evenings and Friday morning for activity reports from the attendees. More details on the program and registration will come later. Please reserve June 2-5 on your calendars to spend a few days in the forest and along the spectacular coast of Maine!
IUFRO: International Union of Forest Research Organizations, http://www.iufro.org/.
Dr. William H. Livingston
Associate Director of Undergraduate Programs School of Forest Resources University of Maine
5755 Nutting Hall, rm 201b
Orono, ME 04469-5755
USA
ph: 207-581-2990
fx: 207-581-2875
Email: WilliamL@maine.edu
Web: http://www.forest.umaine.edu/
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