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On Target News for September 2006


Table of Contents:

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

Northeastern Region

* 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

North Central Region

Indiana

* Plant pathogen found in state for the first time at Portage store

Wisconsin

* Loose Soil Keeps Potatoes Healthy

Southern Region

* Southern Regional IPM Center News Page

Western Region

California

* UC Exotic/Invasive Pests and Diseases Research Workshop - 10/3/06

* Plumas National Forest, California, Roadside Noxious Weed EIS

National

* Phytophthora Genome Sequence Project Targets Soybean Wilt, Sudden Oak Death Pathogens

* Managing Agricultural Landscapes for Environmental Quality - Oct 11-13 (room cutoff 9/11)

* Interior, Commerce, Agriculture, EPA, Council on Environmental Quality Announced First Eight Listening Sessions on Cooperative Conservation

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

* ARS News Archive

Beyond Pesticides

* Daily News Headlines

Center for Health, Environment, and Justice

* CHEJ's September E-Bulletin

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

* IPM Institute

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

* Insider eJournal archives

Plant Management Network

* PMN News Update - August 30

* PMN Journal Articles Indexed in AGRICOLA

SARE

* Four Farmers Win Sustainable Farming Award

Job Opportunities

* 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

Funding Opportunities

Northeastern Region

* Northeastern IPM Center - Northeastern Regional Integrated Pest Management Competitive Grants Program

* Northeastern IPM Center - Partnership Grants Program

* William P. Wharton Trust

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

* EPA - Drinking Water State Revolving Funds