Date: October 21, 2022 (Rain Date October 28, 2022)

Time: 9 am – 11 am (duration 2 hours)

Location: Britannia Park, 102 Greenview Avenue, Ottawa. Participants to meet at the Ron Kolbus Centre (click here for map).

The Asian longhorned beetle (ALHB) training session is designed to equip participants with the knowledge and tools required to detect ALHB in the field. The format of the training will be a short presentation and discussion followed by a review of ALHB signs and symptoms simulated on trees in the park. The session will provide participants with an overview of ALHB biology, signs and symptoms of attack, surveillance methods for this pest and its’ background in Canada. All portions of this session will be conducted outside.

The session will take place at an ALHB simulation site, where artificially generated signs of ALHB have been placed on host trees. This will provide participants an opportunity to conduct a mock survey at the ALHB simulation site, to establish their search image for this pest and gain a familiarity of the signs of ALHB if encountered in the field.

Please dress appropriately as there will be as outdoor session. Also please note that this session will adhere to local COVID-19 public health guidelines. Please bring a mask as we do not know what the city of Ottawa guidelines on Covid will be at that time.

This workshop is brought to you by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency and the Regional Forest Health Network.

Space is limited so please register no later than October 17, 2022 to:
Jim McCready
jdmccready@rogers.com