Continental Dialogue Meeting
October
27-28, 2009
Fort Mason
Center --
San Francisco, CA
The Continental Dialogue
Steering Committee is pleased to invite you to join other
leaders from the Pacific coast and around the country who are
working to address the growing threat to North American forests
from non-native insects and diseases. The Fifth Continental
Dialogue meeting will take place on Tuesday and Wednesday,
October 27 – 28, 2009 in San Francisco, California. The Steering
Committee has worked diligently to include a host of emerging
issues in the meeting agenda. The meeting also provides an
opportunity for participants to experience one of two exciting
field trips.
This meeting will serve as an opportunity for this diverse
group to build on the successes of the last year and plan for
the future of the Dialogue. Specific objectives include:
cultivating collaborations toward action to address the threat
of non-native forest insects and diseases; linking state and
local actions to Continental Dialogue efforts to enhance
national policies and strategies; enlisting communities in the
battle against non-native insects and diseases impacting their
trees; and identifying and agreeing on needed actions for
Continental Dialogue to take in the upcoming year. We invite
you to join us in this important effort.
