Northeastern Forest Pest Council
OUR PURPOSE
To promote a better understanding, coordination, and cooperation between all agencies interested in forest entomology, forest pathology, forest health protection, and management.
To encourage and support the inclusion of pest management as an integral part of forest management.
To serve as a clearinghouse for information on pest research and management.
Thank you for making the meeting a success!
The 86th Northeastern Forest Pest Council Annual Meeting
March 12 - 14th, 2024
Gerald N. Lanier Student Forum Winners
The Gerald N. Lanier Student Forum gives graduate students from the northeastern U.S. and eastern Canada a friendly and relaxed setting in which to practice their presentation skills, and it affords an opportunity to discuss their work with practitioners and other scientists.
At this meeting there were enough student presentations that they were split into two groups, one for students working on their Masters degree and the other for students working on their PhD.
Thank you to all the presenting students!
Award Winners
Students working towards their Masters degree
1st Place
Emma Irvine
Univ. of Maine
Flight Capabilities of Female Browntail Moth
2nd Place
Kathleen Stutzman
Univ. Vermont
Regeneration Dynamics in Northeastern Pitch Pine Barrens Under a Range of Different Restoration Scenarios
3rd Place
Erin Reilly
Univ. of N.H.
The role of Inducible Tree Defense in Establishment and Growth of Beech Bark Disease
Award Winners
Students working towards their PhD
1st Place
Devin Rowe
Univ. of Maine
Shedding Light on Browntail Moth Behavior to Artificial Light Sources
2nd Place
Nick Dietschler
Cornell Univ.
Spatial and Temporal Niche Partitioning of Three Sympatric Specialist Predators of the Hemlock Woolly Adelgid
3rd Place
Bre Aflague
Univ. of N.H.
Field Variation in Emamectin Benzoate Concentrations: Impacts on Emerald Ash Borer and Its Biological Control Agents
Posters
Kat Zwierstra (on the left) from the University of Maine, with her poster on Thermal Calendars to Inform Management In a Changing Climate.
Ella McDonald (on right) from the University of Maine with her poster for The Ash Protection Collaboration Across Wabanakik: Organizing for Ecological and Cultural Sustainability.
