Forest Nursery Association of British Columbia (FNABC)
and the
Western Forest and Conservation Nursery Association (WFCNA)
3RD Joint Meeting

Dunsmuir Lodge, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
August 10 - 13, 1998

Today and the Future

9:00 AM * West Coast Forest Industry Perspective (* title to be confirmed)Bill Dumont, Chief Forester, Western Forest Products
9:50 AM Coffee Break
10:20 AM Forest Nursery Industry - Now and the FutureJim Bryant, Western Nursery Operations Manager, Weyerhaeuser, Rochester, Washington
10:45 AM Carbon Sequestation Project - Mexico*Dr. Tom Starkey, International Forest Company, Odenville, Alabama
11:10 AM Carbon Sequestation Pilot Projects in BCWarren Bell, Director, Ministry of Environment, BC
11:35 PM Sister Nurseries*Raul Moreno, USDA*Tom Landis, National Nursery Specialist, USDA, Portland, Oregon
12:00 PM National Nursery Cooperative - Canada*Dr. Irwin Smith, Executive Director, Lustr Co-op, Thunder Bay, Ontario
12:20 PM Lunch at the Hotel
1:30 PM Nursery Tours
3:00 PM Travel to the BC Forest Museum - Duncan
6:00 PM Barbecue at the BC Forest Museum
9:00 PM Return to hotel

Nursery Culture

8:00 AM Current Trends in Nutrition in Containers Seedlings* Eric van Steenis, Nursery Specialist, Ministry of Forests, BC
8:35 AM Fertilizer Technology*Richard R. Benson, Technical Manager Western Region, Scotts Company - Salem, Oregon
9:10 AM Seedling Contract Specifications - Seedling Quality * Drew Brazier
9:45 AM Coffee Break

Vegetative Production

10:15 AM Vegetative Production of BC conifers*Bev Wigmore , Forest Renewal BC Project, Cowichan BC
10:35 AM Growing Spruce Somatic Seedlings*Don Summers, Manager, Forest Nursery Extension, Surrey, BC, Ministry of Forests
10:55 AM Somatic Spruce Seedlings - Field Results*Dr. Chris Hawkins, Research Scientist, Prince George, BC, Ministry of Forests, Research
11:20 AM Eucalypt Propagation & ManagementJanine Lum, Consultant, Forest Solutions, Honoka’s Hawaii
11:40 AM Propagation of Aspen from Root CuttingsDavid R. Dreesen, USDA, Los Lumas Plant Materials Center, New Mexico
12:00 PM Lunch at Hotel
1:00 PM Informal Presentations of Technology Updates
Presenters must register in advance.
Limitation will be a maximum of 10 minutes.
3:15 PM Travel to Buchart’s Gardens
6:00 PM Return to hotel
6:15 PM No host bar
7:00 PM Banquet at Hotel
Chief Forester’s Award
Entertainment/speaker

Seedling Health

8:00 AM Forest Nursery Pathology in BC*Dave Trotter, Nursery Pest Management Specialist, Ministry of Forests, Surrey, BC
8:30 AM Biological Control in Forest Nurseries*Don Elliot, Applied Bionomics, Sidney, BC

Innovation in Nursery Operations

9:00 AM TBA
9:20 AM Container Mechanization*Jim Kusisto, Manager, Skimikin Nursery, Ministry of Forests, BC*Gary DeBoer, Riverside Nursery, Armstrong, BC
9:45 AM Coffee Break

What’s Up With Native Plants

10:15 AM Native Plants at the Pacific Forest Centre*Rob Hagel, Pacific Forest Centre, Victoria, BC
10:35 AM Use of Native Plants in Mine Reclamation*Carol Jones, C.E. Jones & Associates, Victoria, BC
10:55 AM Native Plants in the Styroblock System*Dave Enns, Landing Nursery, Vernon, BC
11:15 AM Use of Native Species in conjunction with Bioengineering Techniques in Streambank Restoration* Mike Wallis, Biologist, Wallis Environmental Aquatics, Salmon Arm, BC
11:35 AM Collection, Propagation and Use of Native Plants* Paulus Vrijmoed, Linnaea Nurseries Ltd.
11:55 AM Closing of Joint ConferenceEv van Eerden, FNABC President
12:10 PM FNABC Business Meeting