[MassChestnutOrchards] Fwd: USFS/TACF Meeting - Penn State Aug 12

Wed Aug 5 10:52:34 EDT 2009

FYI -if anyone interested in attending. please let me know.
-Jamie

--- On Wed, 8/5/09, Sara Fitzsimmons <sff3 at psu.edu> wrote:

From: Sara Fitzsimmons <sff3 at psu.edu>
Subject: Fwd: USFS/TACF Meeting - Penn State Aug 12
To: ksykes at fs.fed.us, "fred hebard" <fred at acf.org>, "Kendra Gurney" <kendra at acf.org>, "Paul Lupo" <pll106 at psu.edu>, "Dave Armstrong" <darm2 at comcast.net>, "brian mccarthy" <mccarthy at ohio.edu>, "Bryan Burhans" <bryan at acf.org>, "Paul Sisco" <phsisco at gmail.com>, "carolyn keiffer" <keiffech at muohio.edu>, "Greg Miller" <empirechestnut at gotsky.com>, "Burnworth" <hburnworth at msn.com>, "jim mckenna" <jrmckenn at purdue.edu>, "Bruce Wakeland" <bwakeland at starband..net>, "herb darling" <hdarling at hfdarling.com>, "kim steiner" <steiner at psu.edu>, "Glen Rae" <glenrea42 at msn.com>, "Sally Weeks" <weeksss at purdue.edu>, "lisa worthen" <lworthen at purdue.edu>, "Jamie Donalds" <n1djb at yahoo.com>, "Rex Mann" <rexbmann at gmail.com>, "bill adamsen" <bill.adamsen at gmail.com>, "Eric Zenner" <eric.zenner at psu.edu>, "john carlson" <jec16 at psu.edu>, gsknight at tds.net, "bob paris" <bob at acf.org>, "craig hibben" <giarchibb at aol.com>, "Thomas Cook" <Thomas.Cook at masseyenergyco.com>, "bill macdonald"
 <macd at wvu.edu>, "mark double" <mdouble at wvu.edu>, rowitmer at state.pa.us, "Colleen B Grundy" <cgrundy at fs.fed.us>, "Andrea Hille" <ahille at fs.fed.us>, "Glen A Juergens" <gjuergens at fs.fed.us>, "Susan Stout" <sstout at fs.fed.us>, "Kurt Gottschalk" <kgottschalk at fs.fed.us>, "Daniel Twardus" <dtwardus at fs.fed.us>, "Robert Lueckel" <rlueckel at fs.fed.us>, "Paul C Berrang" <pberrang at fs.fed.us>, "Steven P Alarid" <salarid at fs.fed.us>, "Chris Casey" <ccasey at fs.fed.us>, "Michael Bohne" <mbohne at fs.fed.us>, "Noel Schneeberger" <nschneeberger at fs.fed.us>, "Ron Overton" <roverton at fs.fed.us>, "Paul Momper" <pmomper at fs.fed.us>, "Barbara Crane" <barbaracrane at fs.fed.us>, "Alan Iskra" <aiskra at fs.fed.us>, "Gary L Willison" <gwillison at fs.fed.us>, "dick will" <pups54 at aol.com>, "Tracey Coulter" <trcoulter at state.pa.us>, "Alex Day" <fforaday at aol.com>, "tim eck (home)" <teck11 at embarqmail.com>
Date: Wednesday, August 5, 2009, 7:29 AM

Hi everyone,

Here are a few details and some accompanying materials for the upcoming USFS/TACF meeting next Wednesday, August 12.

In preparation for the meeting, I have attached several documents
1)  USFS/TACF Memorandum of Understanding
2)  TACF Testing Task Force Planting Protocol
3)  TACF Summary Restoration Plan

The location is PENN STATE UNIVERSITY in ROOM 217 of the FOREST RESOURCES BUILDING.  
The building is located on the corner of Bigler and East Park Avenue.  The nearest parking deck is located beside Forest Resources Building on Bigler Road.  I've attached an official PSU campus map.
We'll be having a mostly working lunch, but will have a 30 minute break during that time.  You can bring your own lunch/snacks, but we'll also make available a menu or two from a local delivery place so that you can place orders for lunch.  In addition, the PSU Creamery is located one more building down Bigler beside the parking deck. 

If you'd like to call in, the number for the room is:   (814) 865-4510.

There are several open spots, so if anyone wants to make a last minute trip, we'd love you to join us.
If you have any questions, or need anything else, just let me know.

No changes have been made to the agenda since my last message.  The agenda is shown below.
Some changes have been made to the list of attendees.  That list is also shown below.

AGENDA
1.  Introduction and Welcome (0.5 hour, 8:00 am - 8:30am)
2.  Background and History of The American Chestnut Foundation and its Breeding Program (0.5 hour, 8:30am - 9:00am)
3.  Planting and Growing American Chestnut Trees (1 hour, 9:00am - 10:00am)
BREAK (15 minutes)
4.  Reintroduction Strategy (includes testing and restoration plan) (0.75 hour, 10:15am - 11am)
5.  Status of Breeding and Regional Adaptability of advanced backcross material (1 hour, 11am - 12pm)
LUNCH (30 minutes)
6.  USFS experience with chestnut plantings (1 hour, 12:30pm - 1:30pm)
7.  Where to go from here? (2 hours, 1:30pm - 3:30pm)
BREAK, TRAVEL (30 minutes)
8.  Tours, PSU Arboretum and Gamelands (2 hours, 4:00pm - 6:00pm)

ATTENDEES (as of 8/4/09)
1- Paul Berrang - geneticist - National Forest System - Region 9 (confirmed)
2 - Colleen Grundy - silviculturist - National Forest System - Region 9 (confirmed)
3 - Andrea Hille - silviculturist - Allegheny NF  (confirmed)
4 - Glen Juergens - silviculturist - Monongahela NF  (confirmed)
5 - Susan Stout - silviculturist and project leader - Forest Service Research, Warren, PA (confirmed)
6 - Kurt Gottschalk - forester and project leader - Forest Service Research, Morgantown, WV  (confirmed)
7 - Alan Iskra - plant pathologist - State and Private Forestry Field Office, Morgantown, WV (confirmed)
8 - possibly someone from the Fernow Experimental Forest (i.e. FS Research) 
9 - Gary Willison - Watershed &Timber Group Leader - Wayne National Forest, OH (confirmed)
10 - friend of the Wayne (unconfirmed)
11 - Robert Witmer, PA DCNR Planning Section Chief (confirmed)
12 - Sara Fitzsimmons, TACF Northern App. Science Coordinator (confirmed)
13 - Fred Hebard, TACF Staff Pathologist (confirmed)
14 - Bryan Burhans, TACF President and CEO (confirmed)
15 - Kendra Gurney, TACF New England Science Coordinator (confirmed)
16 - Kim Steiner, Professor of Forest Science (PSU), Science Cabinet Chair (TACF) (confirmed)
17 - John Carlson - PSU professor of Forest Genetics (comfirmed)
18 - Paul Lupo - PSU research associate charged with oversight of PSU chestnut orchards (comfirmed)
19 - Rep from Hoosier National Forest (unconfirmed)
20 - Rep from Finger Lakes / Green Mountain National Forests (unconfirmed)
21 - Rex Mann, USFS (retired), Chair of Restoration Plan Development (TACF) (confirmed)
22 - Jim McKenna, Operation Tree Breeder, Purdue HTIRC (confirmed)
23 - Bruce Wakeland, Indiana Consulting Forester, former IN-TACF president (confirmed)
24 - PA - Dave Armstrong (confirmed)
25 - open26 - open
27 - open

28 - open
29 - open
30 - open

Thanks!
Sara

Sara Fern Fitzsimmons
Northern Appalachian Regional Science Coordinator
The American Chestnut Foundation®
The Pennsylvania State University
206 Forest Resources Lab
University Park, PA 16802

e-mail: sara at acf.org
phone (office): 814-863-7192
phone (cell): 814-404-6013
fax: 814-863-3600

http://chestnut.cas.psu.edu
http://www.acf.org
http://www.patacf.org

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