Bark Beetle Workshop
August 10 – 15; 2010
Flagstaff, Arizona
Seminar objectives
Through lecture, lab, and field exercises, the workshop will:
-Familiarize participants with basic bark beetle anatomy, biology, and identification
-Expose participants to diverse bark beetle communities, including invasive species, in a variety of habitats and pine forest types
-Explore conditions, scenarios, and strategies necessary for sound forest management
Location
The workshop will be held in Flagstaff, Arizona at the Rocky Mountain Research Station. Plant and insect communities in northern Arizona are defined by elevation. Within 50 km, desert, chaparral, pinyon-juniper, grassland, pine forest, and mixed conifer forests can be observed. The site of the workshop is also within 100 km of the Grand Canyon.
Bark Beetle Workshop 2010 Application
Applications may be submitted via email or hard copy.
Please direct all inquiries regarding the workshop to:
Introduction
This workshop will emphasize a hands-on approach to learning about bark beetle biology, ecology and management. The target audience for this course is technicians, professionals, and graduate students in a bark-beetle related field of study. Over the 5 day period of the course, participants will spend approximately 60% of their time in a laboratory or field settings developing proficiency in beetle identification and collection.