On
Target IPM News
January 2008
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Links to items posted
since the last email edition (except calendar items which have expired):
Northeastern News
Maryland
* MDA Collects 18 Tons of Empty
Pesticide Containers for Recycling This Year
Massachusetts
* 2008
Winter Lawn Care Conference - January 23
* Request the 2007 Report from
UMass Extension Agriculture and Landscape Program
New Jersey
* NJ
Gypsy Moth Population Expected to Increase in 2008
* Lower
DE Watershed Farmers Info Sessions - 2008 Conservation Security Program - Dec
13 & 19
New York
· NYS Ag & Markets' Robert
Mungari Receives IPM Award
Pennsylvania
* Yikes! There's a Mouse in the
House!
West Virginia
* Look What's Out There in IPM -
Dec 2007
National News
* Natural Organic Lawn Care for
Professional Turf Managers and Landscapers, Feb 20-21
* The
Soul of a New Vaccine (for malaria, NY Times 12/11/07)
* Emerald
Ash Borer Education Kit from Illinois Natural History Survey
ARS - Agricultural Research Service
Beyond Pesticides
* Maine Tackles Chemicals In
Consumer Products
CSREES
* CSREES
Update - December 12, 2007
EPA
* Comment Period Extended on
Endosulfan Risk Assessments
* EPA Widens Window on
Regulatory Process
* Dimethenamid - Pesticide Tolerance
* Fluroxypyr - Pesticide Tolerance
* Comments Sought for Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program Procedures
* Crop
Groupings Ease Regulatory Burdens for Minor Crops
* EPA
Denies NRDC Request to Cancel Dichlorvos
* Latest News from the EPA Ag
Center
* Proposed Rules, Policies, and
Guidance (items for public comment)
* EPA Pesticide Program Highlights
* EPA Pesticide Meetings
Calendar Page
* Federal Register - Pesticides - Archive
Legislative News
* Peterson Announces Short Term
Plan to Continue Farm Bill Programs
* House Agriculture Committee
News Room
National Agricultural Library
* National Invasive Species
Information Center - Calendar of Events
Pest Control Technology
* No Picky Eaters Among
Successful Argentine Ants
* California DPR Reports Drop in
Use of Pesticides
* Regulatory Update: Unsettled
Congress Creates Uncertainty
* Victoria, B.C., Canada
Approves Bylaw to Curb Pesticide Use
Plant Management Network
* PMN
Update #71 - Dec 19, 2007
SARE
* SARE
Calendar of Sustainable Agriculture Events
* Global
Summit Promotes Building Capacity for Reduced Risk Pest Control Practices
* U.S.
scientists visit China on an IPM exchange tour
* EPA - Broad Agency Announcement for Conferences, Workshops,
and/or Meetings
* NSF - Informal Science Education
* USDA - CSREES - Pest Management Alternatives
Program (PMAP)
* USDA - CSREES - Methyl Bromide Transition
(MBT)
* USDA - CSREES - Biotechnology Risk Assessment
Grants Program (BRAG)
* USDA - CSREES - Risk Avoidance and Mitigation
Program (RAMP)
* USDA - CSREES - Crops at Risk (CAR)
* USDA – NRCS - 2008 Conservation Innovation Grants (CIG)
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