8:45-9:00

Coffee

9:00-9:05

Jason White, Ph.D.

Director, CAES

Welcome

9:05-9:40

Eli Ward, Ph.D.

Assistant Scientist, CAES

CT Forest Health Program Highlights: 2024 Year in Review

9:40-10:00

Chris Martin

State Forester and Forestry Division Director, CT DEEP

DEEP Forestry Division Updates

10:00-10:30

Tom Trask

Forest Protection Supervisor, CT DEEP

CT Fall Fire Season 2024: Collaboration for Effective Protection

10:30-10:50

BREAK

10:50-11:20

Elena Karlsen-Ayala, Ph.D.

Research Plant Pathologist, USDA Forest Service

Nate Westrick, Ph.D.

Assistant Scientist, CAES

Wilt Not, Want Not: An Overview of Oak Wilt and Implications for CT

• Presentation # 1
• Presentation # 2

11:20-11:50

Jeff Ward, Ph.D.

Chief Scientist Emeritus, CAES

Slash and Birch

11:50-12:10

Claire Rutledge, Ph.D.

Associate Scientist, CAES

Spotted Lanternfly: Where it is, Where it Might be Going, and How to Detect it

12:10-1:00

LUNCH (BYO)

1:00-1:30

Annise Dobson, Ph.D.

Associate Research Scientist, Yale University

Impacts of Jumping Worms and Multiple Stressors on Forest Regeneration

1:30-2:00

Carole Cheah, Ph.D.

Assistant Scientist, CAES

Hemlock Woolly Adelgid Biocontrol in CT: 2024 Updates

2:00-2:10

BREAK

2:10-2:40

Tom Worthley

Associate Extension Professor, UConn

Trajectory as a Forest Stand Assessment Component

2:40-3:10

Bob Marra, Ph.D.

Associate Scientist, CAES

Beech Leaf Disease: Observations from Japan and Research Updates

3:10-3:30

Open Discussion and Wrap-up