Inland Empire Tree Improvement Cooperative 51st Annual Meeting
This year’s theme is “Planting the Future”. The annual meeting will take place on Wednesday, March 5, 2025 at the Coeur d’Alene Resort Conference Center in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho.
IETIC 2025 Annual Meeting Announcement
The IETIC Steering Committee will meet March 6, 2025 and the Inland Empire Reforestation Council will meet March 4, 2025.
The registration fee for IETIC is $135 per person if paid by February 12th, and $165 after February 12th. Fee includes breaks, lunch, and meeting supplies.
The registration fee for the IETIC Steering Committee Meeting is March 6th is $75.
Room reservations at the Coeur d’Alene Resort can be made by calling 888-965-6542. A block of rooms will be held until February 10, 2025 under “Inland Empire Reforestation Council” at $142 and $175 per night (we share the room block with IERC).
Use the following link if you’d like to book online in the available room block: Inland Empire Reforestation Council IERC.
7:00 Registration
8:00 Welcome
8:05 Nothing New Under the Sun: Challenges, Solutions, and Lessons Learned in Southern Pine Improvement – Andrew Sims
9:05 What I’ve Learned after 37 Years of Working in Seed Orchards, Wins and Losses – Dan Gaudet
10:05 Break
10:35 Genetic Resistance to Pathogens in Forest Trees – What is Success? – Richard Sniezko
11:35 Western White Pine Species Group Report – Don Patterson
12:00 Lunch
1:00 Pests and Integrated Management of Insects in PNW Seed Orchards – Steve Cook
2:00 Physiological and Morphological Responses of Douglas-fir Seedling to Drought Preconditioning and its Effect on Cold Hardiness – Arthur Hsu
2:40 Break
3:00 From Peaks to Performance: Exploring Drought Resilience in Douglas-fir Seedlings across Seed Sources – Vovener Edmond
3:40 Seed Supply Working Group Reports – Marc L. Rust
4.30 Wrap-up & Adjourn