AGENDA
12:00pm ARRIVAL
12:30 pm Oak Wilt Life Cycle and Transmission; Proper Diagnosis/Sampling
Luke Murchie, ISA Certified Arborist, MI Oak Wilt Qualified; Oakland County Parks, and Urban Forest Specialists
1:15 pm Resources & Reporting: Oak Wilt Viewer, USFS OW Story Map; Graphics on MichiganOakWilt.org
Julie Stachecki, ISA Certified Arborist, TRAQ; MI Oak Wilt Qualified; Site Specific, Inc.
2:00 pm BREAK
2:15 pm Seasonal Development of Nitidulids: Calendars and Degree Days:
Highlights and review from 2022 presentation. Dr. Deb McCullough. MSU Dept. of Entomology
3:00 pm Current MI-Based Oak Wilt Topics & Research Activity: New Grad students; Stumps; Genomes; Field Diagnostic Kits; Chestnuts; Risk tolerance
Dr. Monique Sakaldis, MSU Dept of Plant, Soil & Microbial Sciences
4:00 pm Commercial Arboriculture: “Components of 2 Companies’ Stop/Start or Continue, Oak Tree work Decisions”
Josh Gleason, ISA Certified Arborist/PHC Manager, Guardian Tree Experts and David Fraker, ISA Certified Arborist/Owner, Treecology, LLC, Both are MI Oak Wilt Qualified
4:30 pm Adjourn