Southern Forest Health Work Conference (SFHWC)

Organized by forest entomologists to advance forest entomology and provide a medium for professional collaboration on forest insect problems in SE U.S.

[Southern Forest Health Work Conference (SFHWC) @sfiwc22]

You can now find SFHWC on Instagram and BlueSky!

Instagram: @sfhwc_
BlueSky: https://t.co/TQBg5iQKgV

See you there! 📷🦋

[Southern Forest Health Work Conference (SFHWC) @sfiwc22]

Reminder🚨 Titles and abstracts for our SFHWC 2025 graduate student session are due Friday, May 16! The session will be on July 16. There will be room for 14 presentations, each 10 minutes in length.

We can’t wait to hear about your research! 🤗

[Tropical Plant Clinic & Research Lab @ClinicPlant]

On behalf of the Florida Phytopathological Society @FPSFloridaPhyt1 (FPS), we are pleased to invite you to participate in our biennial meeting scheduled for May 6-8, 2025, at the UF/IFAS Indian River Research and Education Center @UFIFAS_IRREC in Fort Pierce, Florida.

Registration is now open for only $130 and includes lunch on the 7th and 8th!

Link: https://t.co/2VerU1I7lN

We hope you will join us to share your #research and #extension efforts. There will be ample opportunities for participants to discuss, share, and engage in stimulating conversations during the various scientific sessions and presentations. The FPS meetings provide excellent networking opportunities for plant pathologists actively working in the state of #Florida!

#planthealth #plantdisease #fungi #bacteria #virus #foodsecurity

@plantpathgrads @APS_Tropical @APS_OIP @APS_PHC @plantdisease @SouthernSARE @sfiwc22 @FDACS @FDACSDPI @USDA_ARS @Cano_Lab @FloridaMGs @FlaFarmBureau @FNGLAMiamiDade @FNGLA @FSHS_Hort @UFTropical @UFPlantPath @UF_EPI @UF_IFAS @UFEntNem @pbcgov @Broward_FCS @PlantDiseaseJ

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[Southern Forest Health Work Conference (SFHWC) @sfiwc22]

We’re excited to see you at this year’s SFHWC! It will be held at the Hyatt Regency Tulsa Downtown in Tulsa, OK from July 15-17, 2025.

🚨 We have hotel rooms reserved for the group until June 23, 2025, so make sure to get your rooms reserved by then!

See you soon. 🌳

[Southern Forest Health Work Conference (SFHWC) @sfiwc22]

We’re looking forward to this year’s SFHWC! 🌳 The theme is “From Roots to Canopy: Forest Health Advances with Time and Technology.”

Do you have a topic suggestion? Want to be a session moderator? Let Program Co-Chairs, Zach Bragg, Carrie Fearer & Dana Nelson know by April 18!

[Southern Forest Health Work Conference (SFHWC) @sfiwc22]

Job alert!🚨 Two Wisconsin DNR Forest Health Specialist positions are open with an application deadline of THIS Monday, January 6th! Apply at the link below.

https://t.co/NJvJPG4xwL

[Dr. David Coyle @drdavecoyle]

Making #foresthealth science happen! Stemming from conversations at this year's @sfiwc22 meeting, John Nowak and Jim Meeker (@USFSRegion8) and I met with @mlgriffinWX1 today to figure out how to measure the impacts of #weather on southern pine beetle outbreaks. Stay tuned!

[Southern Forest Health Work Conference (SFHWC) @sfiwc22]

Reminder! 📣 If you presented a talk or poster at this year's SFHWC in Greenville, please email an abstract of your presentation TODAY, Friday, October 11, 2024 to [email protected]! Abstracts will be included in the 2024 Proceedings. 🐞🌳

[Caleb J. Wilson @CalebJohnWilson]

Check out this article I wrote on our recent EAB research paper

[Dr. Brian Lovett @lovettbr]

Hello lovely followers! I invite you to virtually share your work with my group during our lab meetings. We offer speakers attention and enthusiasm and would be delighted to host students/ECRs from diverse backgrounds. Please RT and share signup link! https://t.co/j1PcopN2Dq

[Angela Chuang @arachnonaut]

Really enjoyed the recent opportunity to help labmates in @drdavecoyle's lab harvest invasive Miscanthus (silvergrass) in the Blue Ridge Mts of North Carolina! Pretty obvious treatment differences following different herbicide treatments- can you guess which are our controls? 😄

[Samantha Kennett @smkennett4]

Our research on the ManhattAnt was featured on @npratc yesterday!

https://t.co/NuiuYFhT79

[NC State Extension Forestry @NCSUExtForestry]

Join the Pack! We are seeking applicants for an Extension Associate in Prescribed Fire & Fire Science.
12-month, full-time, professional staff.
Application reviews commence August 5, 2024, and continue until the position is filled.
https://t.co/hcSfxSzfym

[Southern Forest Health Work Conference (SFHWC) @sfiwc22]

Unfortunately, Mary was unable to attend due to a recent injury, so her award was accepted by her Ph.D. advisor, Lynne Rieske-Kinney. Please consider supporting Mary through her recovery at the following GoFundMe link: https://t.co/qNr8cocQdB

[Southern Forest Health Work Conference (SFHWC) @sfiwc22]

Congratulations to Mary Wallace, our Roger F. Anderson Award recipient! This award is presented annually to recognize excellence in research and outstanding contributions to forest health by a graduate student. 🤩 #sfhwc24

[Samantha Kennett @smkennett4]

A great week attending my first @sfiwc22 with the Coyle Lab!

[Tom Sheehan @bughuntertom]

New pub out! https://t.co/Jb0VvRrOae

[Southern Forest Health Work Conference (SFHWC) @sfiwc22]

Congratulations to Dr. Kamal Gandhi, our A.D. Hopkins Award winner! The A.D. Hopkins Award is presented to an individual with an outstanding record of service to southern forest health. Congratulations, Dr. Gandhi! 👏 #sfhwc24 @UGAWarnell

[Southern Forest Health Work Conference (SFHWC) @sfiwc22]

Congratulations to our Graduate Student Session winners! Cassandra Waldrop (UGA) won the M.S. competition, and Tim Shively (Virginia Tech) won the Ph.D. competition. 🤩🏆

#sfhwc24 @UGAWarnell @VT_Entomology

[Southern Forest Health Work Conference (SFHWC) @sfiwc22]

Rain didn’t deter our second day of SFHWC! We enjoyed graduate student talks, a tour of downtown Greenville, giant Jenga, and a poster session. Have photos to share? Tag us or use #sfhwc24!