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Emerald Ash Borer Task Force Meeting

October 30 , 6:30 pm 8:30 pm

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Agenda

6:30 — Call to order, deltas, loose ends; attendance in the chat

  • How to communicate with non TF members

6:40 — Brief announcements

7:00 — Viability Assessment overview presentation and discussion

  • What are unique aspects OCF that are relevant Viability Assessment
    • Spatial scale
      • OCF-wide, LUMP units, forest treatment sites, trees
    • Things may get worse before better
      • Complete shift-in ecosystem type likely
    • Temporal scale/range for response planning
      • 5-10 years; 10-20 years; 20-40 years        

7:15 — Discuss potential KEAs and Indicators: examples (KEA- indicators

  • Emerald Ash Borer- Distance from Fair, Detected on site, other measures?
  • Forest type- Conifer, ash-dominated hardwood, Oak/camas prairie, other measures?
  • Canopy/Forest Cover- % tree cover, % Oregon Ash cover, % dead tree cover, other measures?
  • Tree composition- Total stems per acre (by size class), Oregon Ash stems per acre
  • (by size class), other measures
  • Legacy trees- Oregon Ash (location, DBH, shade, condition), Non-Ash (species, location, DBH, shade, condition), other measures?
  • Understory-  see ‘tree composition’ for saplings and other; Downed wood (metric?), priority plant species,
  • Other KEAs- Soil, elevation/flooding, breeding birds, public access

8:00 —  Wrap up KEAs and next steps

  • Schedule next meetings

8:20 — Plus Delta

8:30 — Adjourn