Workshop and Field Demonstration
Workshop and Field Demonstration for Non-Chemical Pre-shipment and Quarantine Treatment of Softwood and Hardwood
What is this about? This program is composed of both a workshop and field demonstration of vacuum-steam phytosanitation for logs. The goal of the workshop is to introduce all those associated with the movement and export of logs to a commercially viable non-fumigation method of treatment.
Who Should Attend? Loggers, lumber manufacturers, freight forwarders, forest products exporters, forest industry NGOs, Forest Service representatives, USDA APHIS PPQ inspectors, fumigators and academic and research institutions.
When? June 5, 2019
Cost: None, but you must register (download the brochure below). We have limited seating and need registrations to assure the correct amount of food for lunch.
Where? The workshop and demonstration will be held in Fayette, MO. The workshop will be held at the Keller Building’s Extension Conference Room and the field demonstration will be held at Missouri Pacific Lumber.
Sponsors: USDA Forest Service, Wood Education and Resource Center, Princeton, WV; Virginia Tech, Department of Sustainable Biomaterials, Blacksburg, VA, the Missouri Department of Conservation; the Missouri Department of Agriculture; and Missouri Pacific Lumber.
Registration: See the attached brochure for more information.
