Welcome to Savannah
G
Georgia
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Forest Health Monitoring
Workgroup Meeting
February 24
24--26
Thank You Georgia
Business
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Please see Valerie Cooper if:
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you have not picked up your registration packet
If you have issues with room charges
you would like to attend the Thursday field trip
and have not signed up (We have room for 105 on
the buses)
Please fill out your lunch request and return to
Valerie along with your money no later than
Wednesday
y at noon.
2009 Planning Committee
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Chairman – Rob Cruz - USFS
Co--Chair. - Roger Burnside – ADNR
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ADNR-- Division of Forestry
James Johnson – Georgia Forestry Commission
B b Burns
Barbara
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– State
St t off Vermont
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t – Dept.
D t off Forests,
F
t Parks
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Rec.
Ron Billings – Texas Forest Service
Trisha Wurtz – USFS
Valerie Cooper – USFS
B
Bruce
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Moltzan
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– USFS
Borys Tkacz - USFS
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Response
tto IInvaders
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off F
Forests
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Urban Environments
Objectives
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Learn about Rural and Urban Forest Invaders
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Learn about some of Georgia
Georgia’ss Forest Health
Issues and how they are finding solutions
Objectives
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Share Experiences:
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Responses to Invaders
Risk Map Revision process
State Assessments
F
Forest
t Health
H lth C
Conditions
diti
in
i your area
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Aerial Detection Survey
Pest Condition Database
Evaluation Monitoring Projects
Objectives
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Build the Program
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We want your ideas
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Actively participate in the Plenary Session
Participation in the Regional Breakouts
Participation in the Focus Groups
Viewing
V ew g tthee poste
posterss oof tthee ggreat
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work that
t at each
eac of
o you are
a e doing
do g
Suggestion for improving our yearly meetings (including more
active involvement if you have the desire to be more actively
involved
Direction for the FHM Management Team (Focus Group
Resolutions)
Objectives
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Rekindle and develop new relationships
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Strengthen Federal and State working relationships
Strengthen Federal relationships
Develop new collaborations opportunities
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Research
Universities
State & Federal Coops
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Gain
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A greater appreciation for the issues that others are
facing
New knowledge
New/renew passion for the work that all of us are
engaged in
New energy
New focus – your FHM Workgroup participation
helps to guide the FHM program
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Have Fun
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Take aways:
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Renewed enthusiasm for the work
Ideas on how you can build on the work that others are
doing
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Focus
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Group
participation)
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New friendships
New ways
y and ideas of doingg our work
Discover new resources, i.e. partners
A desire to actively participate in the risk map revision
process
An appreciation for Savannah and the State of Georgia
A desire to return next year
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Let’s
Let s Begin