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Table of Contents:

(includes only new articles submitted since the last edition of On Target)

Northeastern Region

* NOFA Course in Organic Land Care

* NOFA Organic Lawn & Turf Course Aug 15 CT & Aug 17 MA

Delaware

* Urban Pests in the News - Cicada Killers, Bed Bugs, Brown Recluse Spider, Rabies

* Pest and Pest Control Fact Sheets

Maine

* Department begins brook trout study (Morning Sentinel)

Maryland

* Sustainable Landscaping: Turning a New Leaf -- conference Nov 3

New England

* PRO New England Current Pest News

* PRO New England News by state and category

New Hampshire

* Towns turn to weeding out milfoil (Union Leader)

New York

* Pest alert helps track changing climates

* Plum pox virus detected for first time in New York state

* Organic Finger Lakes Wine (Ithaca Times)

* The Master Gardener Volunteer Report for 2005

* CCE Community Horticulture News excerpts - July 2006

* CCE News - July 31, 2006

* CCE News - July 24, 2006

Pennsylvania

* New Penn State Outreach Center Provides Resources to Philly Kids

* Apple and Peach Pest Management

* The BugMobile Travels Far and Wide

West Virginia

* The Orchard Monitor

North Central Region

Illinois

* Asian Longhorned Beetle (ALB) - Last Remaining Illinois ALB Quarantine Area Deregulated

Michigan

* MSU guide "Identifying Natural Enemies in Field Crops"

Southern Region

* Southern Region IPM Center Announces New Communication Specialist

Georgia

* Georgia Cotton Crop Profile

Mississippi

* Mississippi growers get Section 18 for Furadan on aphids

North Carolina

* Asiatic Soybean Rust Update In North Carolina's Pest News

South Carolina

* Clemson hires soybean rust specialist

Tennessee

* Quadris Fungicide Use in Tobacco Production

Virginia

* Virginia Pest Advisory for July

Western Region

California

* California toughens rules on a household pyrethroid pesticide (Sacramento Bee)

National

* National Forum for 1890 and 1862 Institutions - Sept 11-12

* 2006 National Soybean Rust Symposium – Nov 29-Dec1

* Conference - Emerging Trends in the Application of Genomics in Agricultural Research - Sept 10-12, 2007

* Pesticides Exposure Associated With Parkinson's Disease (Harvard School of Public Health)

* Pennsylvania IPM's National IPM News Page

APHIS

* News from APHIS - July 2006

ARS - Agricultural Research Service

* ARS Workshops Enrich Organic Farming Tour

* ARS News Service - July 24-28

* ARS News Service - July 17-21

Beyond Pesticides

* Daily News Headlines

Center for Health, Environment, and Justice

* Poisoned Schools - Invisible Threats, Visible Actions

CSREES

* Three USDA Scientists Honored by President Bush

* CSREES Update - July 26, 2006

* CSREES Update - July 12, 2006

EPA

* EPA Pesticide Program Updates 7/31/06

* EPA Pesticide Program Updates 7/28/06

* EPA Pesticide Program Updates 7/21/06

* EPA Pesticide Program Updates 7/18/06

* EPA Pesticide Program Updates 7/14/06

* EPA Pesticide Program Updates 7/11/06

Homeland Security

* USDA issues 2006 Voluntary Security Guide for Agricultural Producers

IPM Institute

* IPM Education for Pesticide Retailers and Consumers at Point of Sale

* IPM STAR: A One-of-a-Kind Certification Program

* New Resources

* Fort Riley Child Development Centers awarded IPM STAR

* IPM Institute

IPMnet News

* IPMnet NEWS Issue #148 July/August 2006

Master Gardeners

* 2007 Intl Master Gardener Conference May 2-5, 2007

Pesticide.net

* Headlines for eJournal - August 1, 2006

* Insider eJournal archives

Plant Management Network

* PMN News Update - July 25, 2006

International

* Chinese GM cotton farmers are losing money due to 'secondary' pests

* 4th International Bemisia (Whitefl y) Workshops Dec 2006

Job Opportunities

* Interim Director -- NYS Farmers’ Direct Marketing Association

* Plum Pox Technicians – immediate need -- Cornell University - Dept. of Plant Pathology

* Executive Director -- Pesticide Action Network, San Francisco, CA

* Natural Resources / Environmental Sciences Program Specialist -- CSREES

* Research Support Specialist - Wine Grape Research & Extension -- Cornell University Hudson Valley Lab

* Assistant Extension Educator in Agriculture, Kennebec and Waldo Counties -- University of Maine Cooperative Extension

Funding Opportunities

Northeastern Region

* EPA Region 1 -- Food Quality Protection Act/Strategic Agricultural Initiative Program

* Great Lakes Protection Fund --- Great Lakes Protection Fund

* U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service --- Fisheries Enhancement, Mitigation and Research Fund (FEMRF)

National

* EPA -- Conferences, workshops, and/or meetings

* National Gardening Association -- Youth Gardens Grants

* National Institutes of Health (NIH) -- Comparative Biology Elucidation of Environmental Pathways and Susceptibility

* NSF -- Grant Opportunities for Academic Liaison with Industry (GOALI), various Directorates