Continental Dialogue Meeting
October 5-6,
2011
Millennium Harvest House --
Boulder, CO
The Continental Dialogue Steering Committee is
pleased to invite you to join other leaders from the Rocky
Mountains and around the country who are working to address the
growing threat to North American forests from non-native insects
and diseases. The Seventh Continental Dialogue meeting will take
place on Wednesday and Thursday, October 5-6, 2011 in Boulder,
Colorado at the Millennium
Harvest House. The Steering Committee
has worked diligently to include a host of emerging issues in
the meeting agenda. The meeting also provides participants the
option of attending an exciting field trip exploring impacts of
thousand cankers disease locally in the urban environment and
the implications for the forest ecosystem in the East.
The meeting will serve as an opportunity for this diverse
group to build on the successes of the last year and plan for
the future of the Dialogue. Specific objectives include:
cultivating collaborations toward action to address the threat
of non-native forest insects and diseases; look for
opportunities to link state and local actions to Continental
Dialogue efforts to enhance national policies and strategies;
expand the effectiveness and reach of public and private
entities, and citizens, in the battle against the non-native
insects and diseases killing their trees; and identify and agree
on needed actions for the Continental Dialogue to take in the
upcoming year. Current panel topics being considered include:
Applying What we Know to Managing the Firewood Pathway; Climate
Change Impacts on Forests and the Spread of Invasives; and
Technology Applications for Managing Invasives. We invite you to
join us in this important effort.
Field Trip
The Seventh Dialogue Meeting will include a field trip the
morning of Wednesday, October 5th to visit sites that highlight
the discovery and response to the thousand cankers disease in
Boulder, CO. If you wish to attend the field trip, you will
need to indicate that when registering for the meeting.
There are space constraints and logistical considerations for
the trip so please plan to register as early as possible to
guarantee a spot. The cutoff date for field trip registration
is Tuesday, September 27th.
Field trip attendees will gather at the meeting room at the
Millennium Harvest House on October 5th. Following a
presentation, field trip attendees will divide into two groups
and board buses for the tour of the thousand cankers disease
sites. The field trip will conclude between 12:15 and 12:30 pm
when the buses return to the Millennium Harvest House. Following
the field trip, attendees will proceed to the main meeting room
to register and begin the first day of the meeting.
Meeting Information
If you have any questions, please contact Debbie Lee (dlee@resolv.org; 202-965-6381)
or Beth Weaver (bweaver@resolv.org;
202-965-6211) of RESOLVE.
