Great Plains Tree Pest Council

                                           “Cooperating for the health of forest resources in the Great Plains”

 

 

Purpose

The purposes of this organization shall be to: (1) advance the science and practice of pest management and tree health as it applies to Great Plains forestry practices and systems. (2) provide a medium for exchange of professional thought, and (3) serve as a clearing house for technical information on pest problems and tree health issues in the Great Plains.

 

 

Membership

Membership in this organization shall include any entomologist, plant pathologist, weed scientist, forester, silviculturist, tree geneticist, or other professional interested in tree pest management in the Great Plains.  Members shall be those qualified persons who attend meetings or otherwise express interest in the business of the organization.

 

 

Officers for the next year (as of end of April 18-19, 2007 meeting)

President – Sheryl Costello, USDA Forest Service, Forest Health Protection, Golden, CO 80401, phone: (303) 236-9552, email: scostello@fs.fed.us

 

Secretary – Les Cook, Wyoming State Forestry Division, Cheyenne, WY, 82002, phone: (307) 777-5495, email: LKoch@state.wy.us

 

Immediate Past President – Melissa Powers, formerly Kansas Forest Service, Manhattan, KS; now away from region

 

 

Meeting Information

2008 – Fort Collins, CO, April 23 and 24

2007 – Manhattan, KS, April 18 and 19

2006 - Lincoln, NE, April 26 and 27

 

 

Meeting Minutes

2007 Minutes

2006 Minutes

2005 Minutes

 

 

MEMBERS and AFFILIATIONS (as of 5/1/06)

Kurt Allen                          USDA Forest Service, Rapid City, SD

Dale Anderson                 South Dakota Dept. of Agriculture

Jon Appel                         Kansas Dept. of Agriculture

Ray Aslin                          Kansas State Forest Service - State Forester, Manhattan, KS

Bob Atchison                    Kansas Forest Service

John Ball                          South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD

Robert Bauernfeind          Kansas State University - Extension Entomology, Manhattan, KS

Anastasia Becker             Missouri Dept. of Agriculture, Jefferson City, MO

Eric Berg                          Nebraska Forest Service, Lincoln, NE
Jim Blodgett                     USDA Forest Service, Rapid City, SD

Kelly F. Burns                  USDA Forest Service, Lakewood, CO

Bob Cain                          USDA Forest Service, Lakewood, CO

Sheryl Costello                US Forest Service, Lakewood, CO

Whitney Cranshaw          Colorado State University, Dept. of Entomology, Ft. Collins, CO

Gregg DeNitto                  USDA Forest Service, S&PF, Missoula, MT

Mary Ellen Dix                  USDA Forest Service, Washington DC

Dave Farmer                   Colorado State Forest Service, Ft. Collins, CO

Coe Foss                         South Dakota Resource Conservation and Forestry, Rapid City, SD

Ken Gibson                      USDA Forest Service, Forest Health Protection, Missoula, MT

Loren Giesler                   Univ. of Nebraska Lincoln - Plant Pathology, Lincoln, NE

Betsy Goodrich                Colorado State University

Mark Harrell                      Nebraska Forest Service, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE

Jeri Lyn Harris                  USDA Forest Service, Lakewood, CO

John Hart                          Hartwood Consulting, Cheyenne, WY

Bruce Helbig                    USDA - APHIS, PPQ, SD

Kara Hempy-Mayer          Colorado Dept. of Agriculture, Coop. Ag. Pest Survey, Lakewood, CO

Bian Howell                      USDA Forest Service, Lakewood, CO

Betsy Hudgins                  Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK

Marcus Jackson               USDA Forest Service, Missoula Field Office, Missoula, MT

Roger Jacob                     Iowa Dept. of Nat. Resources, Division of Forests and Prairies, Ames, IA

Bill Jacobi                         Colorado State Univ. Dept. of Bioag. Sci. & Pest Mgmt., Ft. Collins, CO

Erik Johnson                    USDA Forest Service, Lakewood, CO

Steve Johnson                 USDA - APHIS

Carl Jorgensen                USDA Forest Service, Forest Health Prot., Boise, ID

Michael Kangas               NDSU-North Dakota Forest Service, Dept. of Plant Pathology, Fargo, ND

Amy Kearney                   Montana Dept. Natural Resources & Conservation, Missoula, MT

Holly Kearns                    Colorado State Univ, Dept. of Bioag. Sci. & Pest Mgmt., Ft. Collins, CO

Aaron Kiesz                     City Forester, Aberdeen, SD

Jennifer Klutsch               Colorado State Univ, Dept. of Bioag. Sci. & Pest Mgmt.,  Ft. Collins, CO

Janet Knodel                    North Dakota State University, Dept of Entomolgy, Hultz Hall, Fargo, ND

Justin Knott                      North Dakota Dept of Agriculture, NDSU-Dept of Entomology, Fargo, ND

Les Koch                         Wyoming State Forestry Division, Cheyenne, WY

Ronda Koski                    Colorado State Univ, Dept. of Bioag. Sci. & Pest Mgmt., Ft. Collins, CO

Joseph Krupinsky            Northern Great Plains Research Lab, USDA ARS, Mandan, ND

Will Lanier                        Montana State University - Plant Diagnostic Lab

Carrie Larsen                   North Dakota Dept. of Agriculture, NDSU, Fargo, ND

Dan Long                         USDA Forest Service, Rapid City, SD

Bill Lovett                         Nebraska Forest Service

John Lundquist                USFS RMFRES, Ft. Collins, CO

 

Tom Mc Clure                 USDA Forest Service, Lakewood, CO

Tim McConnell                USDA Forest Service

Manfred Mielke                USDA Forest Service

Wade Morrow                 Regina, Saskatchewan

Bruce Neill                      Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Administration, Saskatchewan

Dave Nelson                   North Dakota Dept of Agriculture

S. Olin Phillips                Division of Forestry, St. Paul, MN

Melissa Powers              Kansas Forest Service, Manhattan, KS

Glenn Salsbury               Kansas Dept. of Agriculture

Tom Sanders                  KS Dept. of Agriculture, Plant Protection and Weed Control, Topeka, KS

Stephani Sandoval          New Mexico State University, New Mexico State Forest Health Specialist

Bill Schaupp                    USDA Forest Service, Rapid City, SD

Michele Schoeneberger  USDA Forest Service, USDA-FS/NRCS National Agroforestry Center, Lincoln, NE

Michael Schomaker        Colorado State Forest Service, Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, CO

Charles Shaw                 USDA Forest Service

Mark Shour                      Iowa State Univ

David Simmons              MN Dept of Agriculture

Jessica Smith                 South Dakota Resource Conservation and Forestry, Rapid City, SD

Robert Smith                   National Arbor Day Foundation, Lincoln, NE

Ray Sowers                    South Dakota Resource Conservation and Forestry - State Forester, Pierre, SD

Laurie Stepanek              Nebraska Forest Service, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE

Ned Tisserat                   Colorado State Univ, Dept. of Bioag. Sci. & Pest Mgmt, Ft. Collins, CO

Julie Van Meter                Nebraska Dept. of Agriculture

Amanda VanderMeer      Colorado State Univ, Dept of Bioag Sci & Pest Mgmt, Ft Collins, CO

James Walla                   North Dakota State University, Department of Plant Pathology Fargo, ND

Jeff Witcosky                  USDA Forest Service, Lakewood, CO

Vicki Wohlers                  Nebraska Dept. of Agriculture, Bureau of Plant Industry, Lincoln, NE

Nina Zidack                     Montana State University

 

 


CONSTITUTION

 

History

(Compiled by Bill Schaupp, Chairperson for the 2004 meeting)
The Great Plains Tree Pest Workshop was formed from and established to replace the Pest Management Task Force of the Great Plains Agriculture Council, Forestry Committee, which was disbanded in 1990.

 

At least two versions of a proposed Constitution of the Great Plains Tree Pest Workshop were drafted in 1992 by the following people:

 

Judy Pasek                USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Region, Forest Pest Management, Rapid City Service Center

 

Mary Ellen Dix           USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Forest and Range Experiment Station, Lincoln, Nebraska

 

Rich Dorset                South Dakota Department of Agriculture, Resource Conservation and Forestry

 

Mark Harrell               Nebraska Forest Service and Department of Forestry, Fisheries, and Wildlife, University of Nebraska

 

Bob Lavigne              Department of Plant, Soil, and Insect Science, University of Wyoming

 

These versions were presented, and one draft was proposed and then ratified at the first meeting of this new group, held in Lincoln, Nebraska, April 20-21, 1993.

 

At the first meeting, Bill Jacobi (Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO) was elected

Chairperson, Carol Bell (USDA Forest Service, Northern Region, Missoula, MT) was elected Secretary-Treasurer and Judy Pasek was elected past Chairperson ---together they comprised the first Executive Board.

 

One amendment to the Constitution has been proposed. A name change was approved at the 1998 meeting held March 18-19, 1998, in Rapid City, South Dakota. Thereafter, our group became known as the "Great Plains Tree Pest Council".

 

An item of new business at the 1998 meeting was presented that has as yet to be enacted. That was to compile a complete set of annual meeting minutes and pass this along between successive Chairpersons. Having such a compilation available to all would improve continuity and help perpetuate an organizational identity.

 


  

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