On Target IPM News
July-August 2007
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Links to items posted since the last email edition (except calendar items which have expired):
Northeastern Region
* Trees and Soils: Biology and Care (8/21 workshop)
* Green-Blue Grants Program Supports Projects to Promote Use of IPM in Residential Settings
* 2007 Northeastern Region Pesticide Safety Education Center Workshop
* SARE Sponsors Nematode Management Workshops in the Northeast (9/19 and 10/3)
* EPA Approval of New DuPont Avaunt Label for 84 Additional Crops
* On-Farm Workshop / Tour Stresses Sustainable Agriculture Practices
Chesapeake Bay
* Chesapeake Bay Program Updates Toxics of Concern List
Delaware
* On-Line Pesticide Applicator Training for Delaware Applicators
* Pesticide Briefs - July 16, 2007
Maryland
* June/July Issue of Pesticide Notes
* Maryland Invasive Species Council News
Massachusetts
* How green is your yard? (Boston Globe 7/5/07)
* U Mass Amherst Agriculture & Landscape Program Events Calendar
New England
* EPA New England - In the News
New York
* Governor Signs Environmental Protection Fund Bill
* VHS Found in Three More NY Waters; Nuisance Algae Found in VT
* New Sustainable Farming Center for the Finger Lakes Region (in Cornell Small Farms Update)
* Weed Warrior Wins IPM Award for Reducing Herbicide Risk
* DEC Pesticide Residue Removal Proposed Rulemaking
Pennsylvania
* New Publication Aims to Jump Start Kids into IPM
* Penn State Advice for Protecting Bees
* Take Control of Grubs in Your Lawn
* Mosquitoes and West Nile Virus
* Emerald Ash Borer Arrives in PA
* Emerald Ash Borer Found in Western PA
West Virginia
* Look What's Out There in IPM - July 2007
North Central
* Leopold Center Success Story - Long-term Research Proves Organic Promise
* Notes from the Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture - June 2007
* North Central IPM Center - Upcoming Events
Southern
* Southern IPM Center news page
Western
* Western IPM Center Newsletter - June 2007
National
* Grass Warfare (Wall Street Journal, 7/7/07)
* Articles about Colony Collapse - Compiled by USDA, National Ag. Library
American Farmland Trust
APHIS
* APHIS Makes Determination on Genetically Engineered Pox Resistant Plums
* Contact Information for Alfalfa Producers To Determine Proximity to Roundup Ready Alfalfa Fields
* Detection of Sirex woodwasp in Macomb Co., Michigan
* Emerald Ash Borer in Pennsylvania
* Update on the Emerald Ash Borer in Ontario, Canada
ARS - Agricultural Research Service
* Cowpea Plants React to Insect Attack
* No Shortcuts in Checking Soil Health (organic and no-till comparisons)
* Fungus gets at root of weevil problem
* High-Tech Tools Tackle Ag Management
* Plum-Pox-Resistant Trees Move Forward
* Drug Resistant Gene Found in Bee-Disease Microbe
* ARS Scientists, Cooperators Identify Potato Pest
* New Dry Edible Bean Resists Bacterial Disease
* New Habanero Blasts Taste Buds and Pepper Pests
* Can the Right Potting Mix Replace Fungicide?
* Scientist Pinpoints When Weeds Are Most Meddlesome
Beyond Pesticides
* Beyond Pesticides Daily News Blog
CSREES
* National Water Conference, Feb 3-7, 2008
* CSREES Update - August 8, 2007
* CSREES Update - July 25, 2007
* CSREES Update - June 27, 2007
* CSREES Update - June 13, 2007
EPA
* EPA fines companies for pesticide violations
* EPA's 2007 Report on the Environment
* ToxCast Program - Prioritizing Toxicity Testing of Environmental Chemicals
* Pesticide Reregistration Review and Risk Mitigation Allow Special Reviews to Be Closed Out
* NAFTA Document on Pesticide Residues Available for Comment
* EPA's OPP Invites Nominations for Pesticide Program Dialogue Committee
* EPA Holds First-Ever Dialogue with Agriculture Leaders
* Products Intended for the Control of Public Health Pests Must Be Effective
* Final Registration Review Work Plans Available for Clomazone, Hexythiazox, Lactofen and Sulfosate
* Notice of Hearing on Request to Reduce Pre-Harvest Interval for EBDC Fungicides on Potatoes
* EPA Organizes Atrazine Scientific Advisory Panel
* EPA Puts Performance Measurement to Work for Real-World Change
* The Economic Impacts of Aquatic Invasive Species
* EPA Announces New Web Site Listing Regulations With Potential Impact on Agriculture
* EPA Advances Public Health and Environmental Protection with New Pesticide Screening
* EPA Pesticide Meetings Calendar Page
* Federal Register - Pesticides - Archive
IPM Institute
* IPM Institute Event Calendar
IPMnet NEWS
* IPMnet NEWS - July/ August 2007
IR-4
* IR-4 Project Newsletter - July 2007
* IR-4 Project Newsletter - April 2007
Legislative News
* Bush Administration Threatens to Veto Bipartisan Food and Farm Legislation
* U.S. House of Representatives Passes Historic Farm Bill
* House Agriculture Committee Unanimously Passes Groundbreaking Farm Bill
* Preliminary Draft of 2007 Farm Bill Released for Discussion by House Committee on Agriculture
* Subcommittee Reviews Federal Crop Insurance Program
* House Agriculture Committee News Room
National Pest Management Association
* Conference: Going Green - Marketing to the 21st Century Customer (Nov 28-30)
Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS)
* USDA Awards Nearly $20 Million in Conservation Innovation Grants
Pest Control Technology
* Bell Laboratories Honored for Environmental Stewardship
* Florida DEP Recognizes Massey Services Environmental Stewardship
* Weed Man Participates in EPA Program
* U.S. Lawn & Garden Consumables Demand to Exceed $9 Billion in 2010, New Research Shows
* Bed Bug Seminars to be Held in New York and Las Vegas
Plant Management Network
SARE
* SARE 20th Anniversary Conference, March 25-27, 2008, Kansas City, MO
* Announcing SARE's 20th Anniversary Conference Photo Competition
* New SAN Publication: Rangeland Management Strategies
* SARE Calendar of Sustainable Agriculture Events
USDA
* Johanns Announces Funds to Control Light Brown Apple Moth
* USDA Announces Colony Collapse Disorder Research Action Plan
* USDA Announces Additional Funding for Emerald Ash Borer and Potato Cyst Nematode Eradication
* National Invasive Species Information Center - Conferences and Worskhops Calendar
Funding Opportunities
Northeastern
* New York Farm Viability Institute - Focus Opportunity Grants
* New York Farm Viability Institute - Applied Research Partnership Grants
* Northeastern IPM Center - Green-Blue Grants Program
* NYS Department of Agriculture and Markets - Grow New York Food and Agriculture Industry Development Program
National
* EPA - Development of Environmental Health Outcome Indicators
* EPA - STAR Graduate Student Fellowships
* National Science Foundation - International Planning Visits and Workshops
* National Science Foundation - Informal Science Education
* National Science Foundation - Undergraduate Research and Mentoring in the Biological Sciences
* NIH - Centers for Agricultural Disease and Injury Research, Education, and Prevention
Job Opportunities
* Extension Agent, Ft. Belknap Reservation - Montana State University
* Sustainable Agr. Extension Specialist & Asst. Professsor - University of Maine
* Agronomic Crops and Weed Control Advisor - Univ. of California Cooperative Extension
* Entomologist - Biocontrol Specialist - Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Maryland
* Faculty Research Assistant - University of Maryland
* Extension Educator, Integrated Vegetable Crop Management - Michigan State & Ohio State Extension
* Stored Product / Post Harvest Pest Management - Oklahoma State University - Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology
* Crop Consultant - Glades Crop Care
* Faculty Research Assistant - National Pesticide Information Center
* Plant Disease Diagnostician - Utah State University
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