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Venue: Sitka Fine Arts Camp • Formerly Sheldon Jackson College (1878)
• Rich history, great location • Houses the Sheldon Jackson museum (1895)
& the Hames Rec Center • Walking distance of Totem Park &
downtown Sitka
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Allen Hall, Sitka Fine Arts Camp • Presentations in newly
renovated Allen Hall (1911) • Committee meetings in
Sweetland Hall • Poster Session in the Del
Shirley Room, Allen Hall • Banquet in Allen Hall
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Venue: Sitka Fine Arts Camp
Sweetland Hall Committee Meetings
Del Shirley Room Poster Session & Social
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Lodging Westmark Hotel Sitka • Block of 40 rooms (no minimum) • $139 plus tax, +$20 extra person • 1/2mi from venue
Dorms at Sitka Fine Arts Camp • $70/single room, $35/shared room • All bathrooms are shared • Very basic, but economical & handy • Can accommodate all of us, and there’s a campfire pit!
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Pre-meeting Field Trips • Hike from Herring Cove to Beaver Lake • Hike to Picnic Rock, Mt. Verstovia • Put the work in work conference! Investigate
mature western hemlock mortality at Starrigavan campground- Tiiiiiimber!
Beaver Lake Trail
Dying hemlock
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Field Trips! • ½ Day boat trip to view yellow-cedar decline
– 100-passenger Allen Marine boat (with presentations)
• Full day on the (entire) Sitka road system – Herring Cove: old-growth stem decays – Totem Park: spruce aphid and hemlock dwarf mistletoe – Mt. Verstovia: Alaska’s oldest commercial clear cut (1850s) – Starrigavan Recreation Area: young-growth forest
management & hazard trees
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How ‘bout a short Sitka slide show…
Need we say more?
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Totem National Historic Park, National Park Service
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Alaska Marine Highway
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Yellow-cedar decline, as seen from the Juneau
to Sitka Ferry
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Picnic Rock, Mount Verstovia
A challenging climb
with rewarding views
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Beaver Lake Trail
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The awesome power of stem decays on full display in abundant old-growth. Yes, pini took down this massive spruce!
Stem Decay
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Hemlock dwarf mistletoe abounds, another pathogen key to gap-dynamics. Guaranteed to see it or your money back.
Hemlock Dwarf Mistletoe
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Spruce Aphid Damage to Sitka spruce
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An eagle inspects hemlock canker symptoms. Inoculation trials are underway on Prince of Wales Island.
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While we’re at it, let’s send this guy out with a BANG!
Not that I’ve mentioned anything because nothing is official…
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Some may decide to take annual leave in Southeast Alaska around WIFDWC
May is our typically our driest month, but the rainforest makes no promises.
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See you in May!