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<DIV>FYI -if anyone interested in attending. please let me know.</DIV>
<DIV>-Jamie<BR><BR><BR>--- On <B>Wed, 8/5/09, Sara Fitzsimmons <I><sff3@psu.edu></I></B> wrote:<BR></DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(16,16,255) 2px solid"><BR>From: Sara Fitzsimmons <sff3@psu.edu><BR>Subject: Fwd: USFS/TACF Meeting - Penn State Aug 12<BR>To: ksykes@fs.fed.us, "fred hebard" <fred@acf.org>, "Kendra Gurney" <kendra@acf.org>, "Paul Lupo" <pll106@psu.edu>, "Dave Armstrong" <darm2@comcast.net>, "brian mccarthy" <mccarthy@ohio.edu>, "Bryan Burhans" <bryan@acf.org>, "Paul Sisco" <phsisco@gmail.com>, "carolyn keiffer" <keiffech@muohio.edu>, "Greg Miller" <empirechestnut@gotsky.com>, "Burnworth" <hburnworth@msn.com>, "jim mckenna" <jrmckenn@purdue.edu>, "Bruce Wakeland" <bwakeland@starband.net>, "herb darling" <hdarling@hfdarling.com>, "kim steiner" <steiner@psu.edu>, "Glen Rae" <glenrea42@msn.com>, "Sally Weeks" <weeksss@purdue.edu>, "lisa worthen" <lworthen@purdue.edu>, "Jamie Donalds"
<n1djb@yahoo.com>, "Rex Mann" <rexbmann@gmail.com>, "bill adamsen" <bill.adamsen@gmail.com>, "Eric Zenner" <eric.zenner@psu.edu>, "john carlson" <jec16@psu.edu>, gsknight@tds.net, "bob paris" <bob@acf.org>, "craig hibben" <giarchibb@aol.com>, "Thomas Cook" <Thomas.Cook@masseyenergyco.com>, "bill macdonald" <macd@wvu.edu>, "mark double" <mdouble@wvu.edu>, rowitmer@state.pa.us, "Colleen B Grundy" <cgrundy@fs.fed.us>, "Andrea Hille" <ahille@fs.fed.us>, "Glen A Juergens" <gjuergens@fs.fed.us>, "Susan Stout" <sstout@fs.fed.us>, "Kurt Gottschalk" <kgottschalk@fs.fed.us>, "Daniel Twardus" <dtwardus@fs.fed.us>, "Robert Lueckel" <rlueckel@fs.fed.us>, "Paul C Berrang" <pberrang@fs.fed.us>, "Steven P Alarid" <salarid@fs.fed.us>, "Chris Casey" <ccasey@fs.fed.us>, "Michael Bohne" <mbohne@fs.fed.us>, "Noel Schneeberger"
<nschneeberger@fs.fed.us>, "Ron Overton" <roverton@fs.fed.us>, "Paul Momper" <pmomper@fs.fed.us>, "Barbara Crane" <barbaracrane@fs.fed.us>, "Alan Iskra" <aiskra@fs.fed.us>, "Gary L Willison" <gwillison@fs.fed.us>, "dick will" <pups54@aol.com>, "Tracey Coulter" <trcoulter@state.pa.us>, "Alex Day" <fforaday@aol.com>, "tim eck (home)" <teck11@embarqmail.com><BR>Date: Wednesday, August 5, 2009, 7:29 AM<BR><BR>
<DIV id=yiv636933105><BR>Hi everyone,<BR><BR>Here are a few details and some accompanying materials for the upcoming USFS/TACF meeting next Wednesday, August 12.<BR><BR>In preparation for the meeting, I have attached several documents<BR>1) USFS/TACF Memorandum of Understanding<BR>2) TACF Testing Task Force Planting Protocol<BR>3) TACF Summary Restoration Plan<BR><BR><B><U>The location is PENN STATE UNIVERSITY in ROOM 217 of the FOREST RESOURCES BUILDING. <BR></U></B>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.<BR><B>We'll be having a mostly working lunch, but will have a 30 minute break during that time.</B> 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. <BR><BR>If you'd like to call in, the number for the room is: (814) 865-4510.<BR><BR>There are several open spots, so if anyone wants to make a last minute trip, we'd love you to join us.<BR>If you have any questions, or need anything else, just let me know.<BR><BR>No changes have been made to the agenda since my last message. The agenda is shown below.<BR>Some changes have been made to the list of attendees. That list is also shown below.<BR><BR>
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<BLOCKQUOTE class=cite cite="" type="cite"><B><U>AGENDA<BR></U></B>1. Introduction and Welcome (<I>0.5 hour, 8:00 am - 8:30am)<BR></I>2. Background and History of The American Chestnut Foundation and its Breeding Program (<I>0.5 hour, 8:30am - 9:00am</I>)<BR>3. Planting and Growing American Chestnut Trees (<I>1 hour, 9:00am - 10:00am</I>)<BR><B>BREAK (15 minutes)<BR></B>4. Reintroduction Strategy (includes testing and restoration plan) (<I>0.75 hour, 10:15am - 11am</I>)<BR>5. Status of Breeding and Regional Adaptability of advanced backcross material (<I>1 hour, 11am - 12pm</I>)<BR><B>LUNCH (30 minutes)<BR></B>6. USFS experience with chestnut plantings (<I>1 hour, 12:30pm - 1:30pm</I>)<BR>7. Where to go from here? (<I>2 hours, 1:30pm - 3:30pm</I>)<BR><B>BREAK, TRAVEL (30 minutes)<BR></B>8. Tours, PSU Arboretum and Gamelands (<I>2 hours, 4:00pm - 6:00pm</I>)</BLOCKQUOTE><BR><BR><B><U>ATTENDEES (as of
8/4/09)<BR></U></B><FONT size=2>1- Paul Berrang - geneticist - National Forest System - Region 9 (confirmed)<BR>2 - Colleen Grundy - silviculturist - National Forest System - Region 9 (confirmed)<BR>3 - Andrea Hille - silviculturist - Allegheny NF (confirmed)<BR>4 - Glen Juergens - silviculturist - Monongahela NF (confirmed)<BR>5 - Susan Stout - silviculturist and project leader - Forest Service Research, Warren, PA (confirmed)<BR>6 - Kurt Gottschalk - forester and project leader - Forest Service Research, Morgantown, WV (confirmed)<BR>7 - Alan Iskra - plant pathologist - State and Private Forestry Field Office, Morgantown, WV (confirmed)<BR></FONT><FONT color=#ff0000 size=2>8 - possibly someone from the Fernow Experimental Forest (i.e. FS Research) <BR></FONT><FONT size=2>9 - Gary Willison - Watershed &Timber Group Leader - Wayne National Forest, OH (confirmed)<BR></FONT><FONT color=#ff0000 size=2>10 - friend of the Wayne
(unconfirmed)<BR></FONT><FONT size=2>11 - Robert Witmer, PA DCNR </FONT>Planning Section Chief (confirmed)<FONT color=#ff0000 size=2><BR></FONT><FONT size=2>12 - Sara Fitzsimmons, TACF Northern App. Science Coordinator (confirmed)<BR>13 - Fred Hebard, TACF Staff Pathologist (confirmed)<BR>14 - Bryan Burhans, TACF President and CEO (confirmed)<BR>15 - Kendra Gurney, TACF New England Science Coordinator (confirmed)<BR>16 - Kim Steiner, Professor of Forest Science (PSU), Science Cabinet Chair (TACF) (confirmed)<BR>17 - John Carlson - PSU professor of Forest Genetics (comfirmed)<BR>18 - Paul Lupo - PSU research associate charged with oversight of PSU chestnut orchards (comfirmed)<BR></FONT><FONT color=#ff0000 size=2>19 - Rep from Hoosier National Forest (unconfirmed)<BR>20 - Rep from Finger Lakes / Green Mountain National Forests (unconfirmed)<BR></FONT><FONT size=2>21 - Rex Mann, USFS (retired), Chair of Restoration Plan Development (TACF)
(confirmed)</FONT><FONT color=#ff0000 size=2><BR></FONT><FONT size=2>22 - Jim McKenna, Operation Tree Breeder, Purdue HTIRC (confirmed)</FONT><FONT color=#ff0000 size=2><BR></FONT><FONT size=2>23 - Bruce Wakeland, Indiana Consulting Forester, former IN-TACF president (confirmed)</FONT><FONT color=#ff0000 size=2><BR></FONT><FONT size=2>24 - PA - Dave Armstrong (confirmed)</FONT><FONT color=#ff0000 size=2><BR>25 - open</BLOCKQUOTE>26 - open<BR>27 - open<BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=cite cite="" type="cite">28 - open<BR>29 - open<BR>30 - open<BR><BR></FONT>Thanks!<BR>Sara<BR><BR><BR>Sara Fern Fitzsimmons<BR>Northern Appalachian Regional Science Coordinator<BR>The American Chestnut Foundation®<BR>The Pennsylvania State University<BR>206 Forest Resources Lab<BR>University Park, PA 16802<BR><BR>e-mail: sara@acf.org<BR>phone (office): 814-863-7192<BR>phone (cell): 814-404-6013<BR>fax: 814-863-3600<BR><BR><A href="http://chestnut.cas.psu.edu/" target=_blank rel=nofollow>http://chestnut.cas.psu.edu</A><BR><A href="http://www.acf.org/" target=_blank rel=nofollow>http://www.acf.org</A><BR><A href="http://www.patacf.org/" target=_blank rel=nofollow>http://www.patacf.org</A></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV></td></tr></table><br>