Superior-Woods Tree Improvement Association Fall Workshop
Valhalla Inn, Thunder Bay
Valhalla Inn, Thunder Bay
Agenda
Tuesday, September 28
- 8:30 am Welcome and Introduction
- Paul Charrette SWTIA
- 8:35 am Overview of Tree Improvement and Orchard Pest Management in British Columbia
- Ward Strong, Tree Improvement Branch, BC Ministry of Forests
- 9:15 am Seed Orchard Fire Safety and Protection
- Sean Horan, Valley Fire Company
- 10:00 am Break
- 10:20 amSeed Orchard Pest Management in British Columbia
- Ward Strong, Tree Improvement Branch, BC Ministry of Forests
- 11:15 am Inclusion of Wood Density in Seed Orchard Roguing Decisions
- Megan Thompson, SWTIA
- 11:40 am Update on Wood Quality Study and Proposal to Test Field Measurement of Wood Density
- Paul Charrette, SWTIA
- 12:00 pm Lunch (provided)
- 1:00 pm Competition Control Measures for Orchard Establishment and Management
- Michael Irvine, Forest Health and Silviculture Section, MNR
- 1:45 pm Use of Bar-Codes to aid in the tracking and mapping of tree improvement tests
- Janet Lane, Weyerhaeuser and Kate Wood, PRT
- discuss hardware and software options for mapping tests and collecting height data from tests (e.g. TAP).
- 2:45 pm Break
- 3:00 pm Breeding Zone Delineation for Jack Pine in Northwestern Ontario as an Optimization Problem
- Bill Parker and Kevin Crowe, LU
- 3:45 pm Break
- 4:00 pm SWTIA Fall Business Meeting