Pre-meeting Field Trip (Monday afternoon)

·  Arriving over the weekend or Monday morning? Join us for a pre-meeting field trip on Monday from 1 pm to 5 pm (exact times may change).

·  The pre-meeting field trip will be on the Sangre de Cristo side of the Santa Fe National Forest and will highlight aspen cankers and root diseases in mixed conifer and spruce-fir stands.

·  There is no registration fee, so:

o Participants will need to bring their own food and water.

o Carpooling from Hotel Santa Fe will be required.

·  If interested, please contact Greg Reynolds (gregory.j.reynolds@usda.gov)

Field Trip (Wednesday)

·  Join us on Wednesday from 9 am to 5 pm for a field tour focusing on local forest pathology issues.

·  The all-day field trip will loop through the Jemez Mountains and will highlight local tribal forestry concerns, riparian cottonwood forest along the Rio Grande (the bosque), southwestern dwarf mistletoe of ponderosa pine, and fire history of the Valles Caldera National Preserve. 

·  Transportation and lunch for this field trip is included in your registration costs.

·  Transportation will be via coach, not school buses, and bathroom stops are planned!