On Target News for January 2007

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Table of Contents:

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

Northeastern Region

* Sweet Corn Pest Management Plan Completed for the Northeast

* 2007 Seven-Week Course: IPM for Greenhouse Crops

* IPM and Weed Management for Herbaceous Perennials, Jan 16

* Northeast Organic Farming Association - Request for Summer Workshop Presenters

* Organic Beekeeping Workshop, April 27-28

* Publication Available: Tree Fruit Field Guide to Insect, Mite, and Disease Pests and Natural Enemies of Eastern North America

Delaware

* Delaware Horticulture Industry Expo and Annual Pesticide Conference, Jan 17-18

* Pesticide Briefs - Dec 22, 2006

Maryland

* Pesticide Notes - October/November 2006

Massachusetts

* Organic Dairy Workshops, February & March

New England

* PRO New England Current Pest News

* PRO New England News by state and category

New York

* College of Human Ecology Extension Evaluation Presentation Archived

* NYS Farmers- Direct Marketing Conference - Jan 18-20, 2007

* Long Island leader earns IPM award for innovation at ag-urban interface

* 2007 Cornell Guide for Integrated Field Crop Management available

* CCE Community Horticulture e-Newsletter - December 2006

* CCE Community Horticulture News Blog

* CCE News - IPM related excerpts - December 11, 2006

* CCE News - IPM related excerpts - December 4, 2006

Pennsylvania

* Penn State DNA Sequencing Project on Asian Longhorned Beetles Named Top Priority

* Stink Bugs On the Move

* IPM Program Wraps Up Successful Philly Project to Get the Bugs Out

* PA Assn for Sustainable Ag - Farming for the Future 2007 Conference, Feb 1-3

* Vegetable Growers in Southern Pennsylvania Urged to Make the Switch to IPM

West Virginia

* News from West Virginia

* Look What's Out There - December 2006

* Look What's Out There - November 2006

North Central Region

* North Central IPM Center - Connection November 2006

* North Central IPM Center - Connection archives

Iowa

* Leopold Letter - Fall 2006

* Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture - Leopold Letter Archives

Minnesota

* Publication from UMN Extension -- IPM: A Risk Management Framework to Improve Decision Making

Southern Region

* Southern Regional IPM Center News Page

Western Region

* San Francisco Integrated Pest Management Conference Feb. 13

National

* 7th Pesticide Stewardship Conference - Reno, NV - Feb 25-28

* Interagency Research Forum on Gypsy Moth and other Invasive Species - Jan 9-12

* 2007 Weed Science Society of America Meeting Feb 4-8

APHIS

* News from APHIS - December 2006

* Emerald Ash Borer FAQs

* Quarantine expanded for emerald ash borer to include Illinois, Indiana and Ohio

ARS - Agricultural Research Service

* ARS Seeks Partner for New Environmentally Friendly Fertilizer

* Weed Implicated in Potato Blight Persistence (ARS News)

* Mushrooms fight fowl parasite

* To Catch a Pest, Scientists Fine-Tune Traps (ARS News Service)

* ARS News Archive

Beyond Pesticides

* Organic Land Care Basic Training for Municipal Officials or Transitioning Landscapers - online Feb-March

* Daily News Headlines

CSREES

* National Water Conference, Jan 28-Feb 1

* Planning and Evaluation Mini-Conference, April 23-24, 2007

* CSREES Update - December 15, 2006

* CSREES Update - November 29, 2006

EPA

* Lodi-Woodbridge Winegrape Commission Wins Awards

* EPA Fines Syngenta $1.5 Million for Distributing Unregistered Genetically Engineered Pesticide

* Revisions to the Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Regulation (UCMR) for Public Water Systems

* Remaining Lindane Registrations Cancelled

* EPA Authorizes Critical Uses of Methyl Bromide for 2007 (News Brief)

* Chloropicrin Risk Assessments Available for Comment

* Comment Invited on Malathion Risk Management and Tolerance Reassessment Decision

* EPA Pesticide Program Highlights

* EPA Pesticide News Stories Archive

* Federal Register - Pesticides - Archive

IPM Institute

* IPM Institute news page

IPMnet NEWS

* IPMnet NEWS Issue #151 December 2006

National Plant Diagnostic Network

* 2007 National Meeting of NPDN, Jan 28-31

Pesticide.net

* Pesticide.net Insider eJournal - December 19

* Pesticide.net Insider eJournal - December 5

Plant Management Network

* PMN News Update - December 20, 2006

* PMN News Update - November 29, 2006

* PMN News Update - October 26, 2006

SARE

* Save the Date for the 2008 SARE Conference - March 25-27, 2008

International

* Newly described parasite of emerald ash borer (EAB) in China

* Conference in Berlin - Best Practice in Disease, Pest and Weed Management, May 10-12

Job Opportunities

* Plant Clinic Director and Extension Specialist - University of Maryland

* Postdoctoral Research Associate - Insecticide Toxicology Research Laboratory
Cornell University

* Extension Educator, Agriculture & Natural Resources - University of Maryland

* CSREES Plant and Animal Systems Program Specialist - CSREES - Cooperative State Research, Extension, and Education Service

* Senior Campaign Director, Health and Environment Program - National Resources Defense Council

* Biological Science Technician (Insects) - Agricultural Research Service

* Extension Associate - Bee IPM - Cornell University

* The Employment Page

Funding Opportunities

National

* EPA Region 3 - Strategic Agricultural Initiative Supplemental Grant Program to Foster Transitions

* Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) - Conservation Innovation grants

* USDA - Special Research Grants Program: Pest Management Alternatives Program (PMAP)

* USDA - CSREES - Integrated Pest Management Risk Avoidance and Mitigation Program (RAMP)

* USDA - CSREES - Integrated Pest Management Crops at Risk Program

* USDA - CSREES - Biotechnology Risk Assessment Grants (BRAG)

* USDA - CSREES - NRI - National Research Initiative - Plant Biosecurity

* Funding Opportunities Page