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On Target News for July 2006
Table of Contents:
(includes only new articles submitted since the last edition of On Target)
Northeastern Region
Connecticut
* Conservation Grazing Workshop, August 12 (Invasive Plant Control)
Massachusetts
* Area groups to fight highway herbicides (MetroWest Daily News)
New England
* Agricultural Pocket Pesticide Calibration Guide available
* Updated New England Apple Pest Scouting Card available
* New England Apple PMSP used as reference for EPA phosmet registration proposal
* New Fact Sheets in PRO New England Fact Finder Database
* PRO New England recent project updates
New Hampshire
* State targets invasive plants in salt marshes (Portsmouth Herald)
New York
* 2006 Cornell Strategic Marketing Conference Nov 14-15: Beyond Growing
* Field Day Open House July 25; at Cornell E.V. Baker Agricultural Research Farm in Willsboro
* Fourth Annual Floriculture Field Day - August 8, 2006
* Berry Section of Cornell Fruit Page Now Offers So Much More!
* School Districts Share Knowledge, Reduce Pesticide Use in Buildings and on Athletic Fields
* New Invasive Species List-Serve
* Cornell Seed Growers Field Day July 6, 2006
* IPM Labs Laboratories Inc. attended Intl Org for Biological Control Mtg, Zurich, May 2006
* CCE Community Horticulture News excerpts
* Cornell Cooperative Extension News Page
West Virginia
* WVU Extension Service "Look What's Out There" Archive
Southern Region
* NewsFlash from the Southern IPM Center
Western Region
* The Western Front June 2006 (.pdf file)
* The Western Front - recent archive
National Organizations, Issues, etc.
* Sales of Organic Beers Start to Hop (Associated Press)
* Landscape Management for Functional Biodiversity
* Boring Beetle Ignites Conservationist Concerns (National Public Radio)
APHIS
Beyond Pesticides
CSREES
* USDA Awards More Than $7 Million in Small Business Research Grants
* CSREES Communications electronic list
* CSREES Hall of Fame Nominations Requested (.pdf link)
* CSREES Releases Implementation Plans for 2007 Hatch and McIntire-Stennis Programs
* CSREES Update - June 28, 2006
* CSREES Update - June 14, 2006
EPA
* EPA Pesticide Program Updates 6/26/06
* EPA Pesticide Program Updates 6/23/06
* EPA Pesticide Program Updates 6/20/06
* EPA Pesticide Program Updates 6/16/06
* Proposed Phaseout of Pesticide Azinphos-Methyl and Longer Restricted Entry Intervals for Phosmet
* EPA Pesticide Program Updates-subscribe
* Federal Register - Pesticides - Archive
IPM Institute
IPMnet News
* IPMnet NEWS - Issue #147 - June 2006
* IPMnet News archive (1995-April 2006)
IR-4
* IR-4 Ornamental Horticulture Workshop, Oct 10-12, 2006, Denver
* IR-4 Ornamental Horticulture Survey
Pesticide.net
* Headlines for eJournal - June 20, 2006
Plant Management Network
SARE
* New Publication Highlights Successful Farming Systems
* Manage Insects on Your Farm: A Guide to Ecological Strategies
USFWS
* Courses from the USFWS Nat'l Conservation Training Center, August, WV
Job Opportunities
* Programmer, NY Pesticide Reporting (PSUR, PMEP) – Cornell University
* Assistant Professor, Community and Urban Horticulturalist – Oregon State University
* Ph.D. Assistantship, Horticulture, Fall 2006 – Virginia Tech
Funding Opportunities
Northeastern Region
* Environmental Protection Agency Region 2 – Food Quality Protection Act / Strategic Agricultural Initiative Grants
* New York Farm Viability Institute – Agricultural Innovation Center Grants Program 2006
* New York Farm Viability Institute – Extension Innovation Grants 2006
* New York Farm Viability Institute – Applied Research Partnership Grants 2006
National
* Environmental Protection Agency – Environmental Justice Grants