On
Target IPM News
June 2007
View the current news as a web page (updated frequently)
Links to items posted
since the last email edition:
Northeastern Region
* Troublesome Chinese mitten crabs infiltrate Chesapeake Bay
(Virginian-Pilot 6/5)
* 10 Most Wanted - Beware of the
invaders of the Chesapeake (Annapolis Capital Online, with photos)
* Aliens in Our Midst (Bay Weekly, 5/31)
* Northeast Small Farm & Rural Living Expo, Oct
13-14
* The Northeast Eco Apple Project
Sets Standards for Ecological Apple Production
Connecticut
* Expanded School Pesticide Ban Passed (Hartford Courant, 6/6)
* Lawn and lot runoff pollute Norwalk River (Ridgefield Press)
* Senate bans pesticides,
herbicides at most schools (Danbury News Times)
* Town aims for pesticide-free fields (Southern CT Newspapers)
Maryland
* Mitten Crab Discovery Spurs Alert Along Coast (Baltimore Sun, 6/2)
* Scientists warn about spread of Chinese mitten crab (Trentonian, 6/3)
Massachusetts
* Caterpillars Munch Away on Martha's Vineyard (Vineyard Gazette, 6/1)
* U Mass Amherst Agriculture
& Landscape Program Events Calendar
New Jersey
* Asian Longhorned Beetle Update
for May 18
New York
* Cornell 2007 Integrated Crop and Pest Management Guidelines for
Commercial Vegetable Production
* eXtension Launches Wildlife Damage Web Site (CCE News 5/29)
* Several new 2007 Cornell Guidelines for Pest
Management posted
* DEC Treats for Sea Lampreys on
the South Fork of the Ausable River
* Watch Out for Spring
Caterpillar Pests
* Governor Signs Executive Order
Creating Council On Food Policy
Pennsylvania
* Managing Weeds & Soil Quality Organically, June 13
* Grazing School for Transitioning to Organic, July 17, Middleburg
* Grazing School for Transitioning to Organic, July 18, Mansfield
* Invasive Plants: Research,
Removal, and Renewal, Aug 15-16
West Virginia
* Look What's Out There in IPM -
June 2007
* Look What's Out There in IPM -
May 2007
North Central
* North Central IPM Center
Connection, May 2007
* Leopold Center for Sustainable
Agriculture - Help Us Celebrate 20 Years
Southern
* Southern IPM Center news page
Western
California
* CA Invasive Plant Council
Symposium, Sept 20-22, 2007
* San Rafael City Council
Resolution Establishing IPM Policy
National
* NEHA Workshop on Biology &
Control of Insects and Rodents, June 16-17
* National Environmental Health Assoc. Conference & Exhibition, June
18-21
* Pesticides reduce symbiotic
efficiency of nitrogen-fixing rhizobia and host plants (PNAS, 6/4/07)
* A Growing Threat Down on the Farm (Science, 5/25/07, about resistant
weeds)
* A Perennial Search for Perfect Wheat (NY Times 6/5/07)
* Insect Death Match (Great
Lakes Radio Consortium)
* Super Weeds on the Rise (Great
Lakes Radio Consortium)
* American Phytopathological Society Annual Meeting
(July 28-Aug 1)
American Farmland Trust
APHIS
* NAPPO Annual Meeting, Oct
22-26
* USDA Restricts Ash Nursery Stock, Other Plant Products From Canada
* Managing Vertebrate Invasive Species, August 7-9
ARS - Agricultural Research Service
* Building and Heating a Virtual
Greenhouse
* 'Cologne' Attracts Beneficial
Lacewing Predators
* New Fruit Fly Control
Combination More Effective, Longer Lasting
* Vaccine Offers New Control
Options for Foot-and-Mouth Disease
* Bacterium Curbs Several Insect
Pests
* Maps Predict Path of
Destructive Citrus Pest
* How do you spot tiny insects
that might be lurking inside grains?
* Ethanol ''Leftover'' Has
Weed-Fighting Potential
* Scientists Pit Fungus Against
Potato Pest
* Possible New Control for
Whiteflies Discovered
Beyond Pesticides
* Beyond Pesticides Daily News Blog
CSREES
* CSREES Update - May 30, 2007
* CSREES Update - May 16, 2007
EPA
* EPA Approves Natural Refuge for Insect Resistance Management in Bollgard
II Cotton
* School Nurses Updated on
Programs to Protect Children from Indoor Air Polluntion
* Endangered Species Effects
Determinations and Consultations - An Interim Process for Public Input
* Methyl Bromide Inventory Continues Downward Trend
* 2007 Children's Environmental Health Excellence Awards (apply by 6/15)
* Federal Register - Pesticides - Archive
House
Agriculture Committee
* 2007 Farm Bill Discussion
Draft Language
* House Agriculture Committee
News Room
IPM Institute
* IPM Institute Event Calendar
IPMnet NEWS
IR-4
* IR-4 Launches Searchable
Database for Biopesticide and Organic Pest Management Solutions
Pesticide.net
* Pesticide.net Insider eJournal - June 5, 2007
* Pesticide.net Insider eJournal
- May 22, 2007
* Upcoming Meetings and Events
Plant Management Network
SARE
* SARE
Calendar of Sustainable Agriculture Events
USDA
* USDA Develops Teaching Resource ''Understanding Avian
Influenza''
* National Invasive Species Information Center - Conferences and Worskhops
Calendar
International
* Workshop on Biological Control of Invasive Species of
Forests in the U.S. and China, 9/20-9/25
BCPC
* XVI
International Plant Protection Conference, Oct 15-18
Funding Opportunities
Northeastern
* NY Farm Viability
Institute - Agricultural Innovation Center
Grants
National
* BASF - Invasive Vegetation Management
Matching Grant Program
* USDA - Regional Aquaculture Centers
* USDA - CSREES - Higher Education
Multicultural Scholars Program
Job Opportunities
* Postdoctoral
Assoc., Ecology and Management of Invasive Plants Program - Cornell
Univ., Dept. of Natural Resources
* Executive Director
- Ecological Farming Association
* Horticulturist -
Quaker Hill Native Plant Garden
* Field Assistants, Non-Chemical
Invasive Species Control and Restoration - Audubon California's
Starr Ranch Sanctuary
* Field Crew Leader, Non-Chemical Invasive Species
Control and Restoration - Audubon California's Starr Ranch Sanctuary
* Riparian Exotic Species
Control and Restoration Internships - Audubon California's Starr
Ranch Sanctuary
* Extension Educator, Agr.
Science - Univ. of Maryland Cooperative Extension, Harford Co.
* Faculty, Landscape Development and Ornamental Horticulture -
Vermont Technical College, Randolph Center
* Assistant Superintendent - Cornell University, Robert Trent
Jones Golf Course
* Executive Director
- Northeast Organic Farming Association of New Jersey
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