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On Target News for September 2006
(includes only new articles submitted since the last edition of On Target)
* Biologically Based Pest Management for Production Nurseries - Oct 5-6
* Professional Grant Proposal Writing Workshop - Burlington, VT October 31
* Pesticide labels protested (Democrat & Chronicle)
Maryland
* 2007 Advanced Landscape Plant IPM PHC Short Course, Jan 8-12
* Emerald Ash Borer Surveillance Detects the Presence of the Insect
* Md. Biologists to Use Beetles on Loosestrife (WTOP)
Massachusetts
* Massachusetts to Spray for Mosquitoes
New England
* Eastern Equine Encephalitis Troubling Massachusetts
* PRO New England Current Pest News
New Jersey
* New Jersey sees spike in gypsy moth damage
New York
* Monroe-Woodbury Public Schools Awarded IPM STAR Certification
* Cornell researchers: no magic in a bottle for tough perennial weeds
* CCE Community Horticulture e-Newsletter - August 23
* Cornell Cooperative Extension News Page
Pennsylvania
* Olympic Hoppers Wanted at The Great Insect Fair
* PA IPM News Summer 2006 Edition Available
* Penn State Students Gain International Experience
West Virginia
* Look What's Out There in IPM - September
* Look What's Out There in IPM - July/August
* WVU Extension Service - The Orchard Monitor archives
* WVU Extension Service - Look What's Out There Archive
Indiana
* Plant pathogen found in state for the first time at Portage store
Wisconsin
* Loose Soil Keeps Potatoes Healthy
* Southern Regional IPM Center News Page
California
* UC Exotic/Invasive Pests and Diseases Research Workshop - 10/3/06
* Plumas National Forest, California, Roadside Noxious Weed EIS
* Phytophthora Genome Sequence Project Targets Soybean Wilt, Sudden Oak Death Pathogens
* Managing Agricultural Landscapes for Environmental Quality - Oct 11-13 (room cutoff 9/11)
APHIS
* News from APHIS - August 2006
ARS - Agricultural Research Service
* Web-Based System Tracks Watersheds' " Vital Signs "
* Insect Virus Could Spell Doom For Potato Pest
* There's hope for weary, pest-plagued American bees; it comes from the hills of southeast Russia
* Workshop for USDA-ARS Organic Research, October 23-25
Beyond Pesticides
Center for Health, Environment, and Justice
CSREES
* CSREES Sponsors Biological Invasions Researcher Database
* CSREES Update - August 23, 2006
* CSREES Update - August 9, 2006
* Plant Sciences Update Newsletter: August 2006
EPA
* EPA Seeks Public Comment on Proposed Stipulated Injunction Regarding Threatened Species
* Judge rejects Bush decision on pesticides (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
* Ten Year Effort Yields Tangible Accomplishments
* Atrazine Effects Determination for the Barton Springs Salamander
* EPA Publishes Final Rule on Registration Review
* EPA Publishes Regulation Establishing Standards for Pesticide Containers and Containment
* U.S. Pesticide Safety Highest in the World
* U.S. Continues to Set Bar on Pesticide Safety
* Public Comment Periods for EPA: Formetanate HCl and Dimethoate
* EPA Pesticide News Stories Recent Archive
* EPA Pesticide News Stories Archive
* EPA Pesticide Program Updates
* Federal Register - Pesticides - Archive
IPM Institute
* Fort Belvoir Child Development & Youth Services Centers earn IPM STAR
IPMnet News
* IPMnet NEWS #149, September 2006
Pest Control Technology
* Orkin Announces 2006 Gold Medal IPM Partner Award Finalists
Pesticide.net
* Benefits of EPA's Pesticide Programs Uncertain, Inspector General Finds
* Disclose "Hazardous" Inert Ingredients in Pesticides, Petitions Demand
* EPA Plans Immediate Carbofuran Cancellation
Plant Management Network
* PMN Journal Articles Indexed in AGRICOLA
SARE
* Four Farmers Win Sustainable Farming Award
* Weather Information System Coordinator - Michigan State University
* Assistant Manager – Agronomist - Glades Crop Care, Inc.
* Entomologist / Plant Pathologist - Iowa Depart of Ag & Land Stewardship Entomology & Plant Science Bureau
* Institutional Patient-Oriented Career Development Programs in the Environmental Health Sciences - NIH / NIEHS
* Associate Administrator - USDA - CSREES
* Extension Specialist and Asst. Professor, Sustainable Agriculture - Univ. of ME Coop. Ext. & Dept. of Plant, Soil, and Envir. Sciences
* Postdoctoral Associate, Plant Disease Resistance - Boyce Thompson Institute
Northeastern Region
* Northeastern IPM Center - Northeastern Regional Integrated Pest Management Competitive Grants Program
* Northeastern IPM Center - Partnership Grants Program
National
* EPA - Targeted Watersheds Capacity Building Grants
* EPA - Targeted Watersheds Implementation Grant Program
* EPA - P3: People, Prosperity and the Planet Student Design Competition for Sustainability