On Target News for March 2007
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Contents:
(includes
only new articles submitted since the last edition of On Target)
Northeastern Region
* NY Farms! Event
Calendar of Agricultural Events in the Northeast
Connecticut
* NOFA CT/MA
Organic Lawn and Turf Handbook Available Soon
Delaware
* DE Dept. of Ag. to receive $94,000 NESARE grant for bee
project
* Watermelon Growers Meet to Plan Pest Control
* Pesticide Briefs - Feb 28, 2007
Maryland
* Maryland
Home and Garden Information Center's FAQ Section Has a New Search Function
* Home and
Garden Information Center - Timely Tips
* Univ.
of Maryland Grapes and Fruit Event Calendar
Massachusetts
* State Support
for UMass IPM School and Vegetable Activities
New England
* Why aren't all the farms in Maine organic?
* PRO NewEngland Pest Management Stakeholder Survey
- 2006
* Pest Management
Surveys and Pest Profiles for Pepper and Strawberry
* PRO New England Current Pest News
* PRO
New England - Calendar of Upcoming Pest Management Events
New Jersey
* Muths
to Receive Master Farmer Award
* Farm and Land Management Short Course, part of Horses 2007
Educational Conference, Mar 31 - Apr 1
New York
* First Statewide Conference Held on Invasive Plants
* NYS DEC and Ag & Markets to Cooperate with Maryland on
Emerald Ash Borer Surveillance
* Grower Brian
Reeves Receives Excellence in IPM Award
* Beat the Weeds:
Learn Latest Control Strategies at NNY Crop Congresses, March 14-15
* Field Crop
Insect Pest Management Workshop, March 14
* Weed
Identification and Control Workshop, March 23
Pennsylvania
* PA IPM and PEPP
at Overbrook Elementary School
* Philadelphia
IPM Project Strengthened with New Team Member
* New Grape
Grower Workshop, March 21
* Penn State
Fruit Times - February 27
* Penn State
Fruit Times - January 23
West Virginia
* Look
What's Out There in IPM - March 2007
* Look
What's Out There in IPM - February 2007
* The
Orchard Monitor - February 5
* North
Central IPM Center - Connection - February 2007
Iowa
* Leopold Letter - Winter 2006-7
Southern Region
* Southern Regional IPM
Center News Page
Western Region
* Western Integrated Pest Management Center
California
* California
Advocates Producer Responsibility For Toxic Products
National
* All Things Organic Conference - May 5-8
* Pollinator
Partnership - Pollinator Week June 24-30
* Opportunities for Controlling Invasive Species
* U.S.
Agency Violated Law in Seed Case, Judge Rules (NY Times article, about GM
alfalfa)
Alert: Bee Colony Collapse Disorder
* Mid-Atlantic
Apiculture Research and Extension Consortium (MAAREC) - Home Page
* MAAREC - Bee Colony
Collapse Disorder Podcast
* Colony Collapse Disorder (formerly Fall Dwindle Disease)
Working Group - Preliminary Report 12/15/06
* Honey Bee Colony Collapse Disorder - Incidence Map Feb 2007
* Honey Bee Die-Off Alarms Beekeepers, Crop Growers,
Researchers (American Beekeeping Federation)
* National Bee Loss Survey
(beesurvey.com)
* Recent USDA
National Agroforesty Center Publications on Bees
* Bees on their Knees, Gardeners to the Rescue (San Francisco
Chronicle, 3/3/07)
* Bees on their Knees (Living on Earth radio interview with
transcript)
* Losing Their Buzz (NY Times Op-Ed by May Berenbaum, 3/2/07)
* Bee researchers call for cash to study mysterious disorder
(Palm Beach Post, 2/21/07)
* The Case Of The Vanishing Bees (CBS Evening News, 2/13/07)
* Honeybees Vanish, Leaving Keepers in Peril (NY Times,
2/27/07)
APHIS
* NAPPO
Update - Phytophthora ramorum Quarantine Lifted at Tiffany Creek
Preserve, NY
* NAPPO
Update - Quarantine Areas for Pine Shoot Beetle, Tomicus piniperda, in
New Jersey and Maine
* NAPPO
Update - Regulated Areas within New York State for Swede Midge
* News from APHIS - February 2007
ARS - Agricultural Research Service
* ARS
Honors Top Scientists for 2006
* Working
Towards a More Complex Cucumber
* A
Cold Approach to Nematode Egg-Hatch
* Counting
Eimeria Before They Hatch (chicken coccidiosis)
* Natural
Enzyme Deters Fall Armyworms and Other Corn-feeding Insects
* Partner
Sought To Commercialize Patented Fly Trap
* Perfecting
Pesticide Applications to Protect the Troops
* Researchers
Exploit Cattle Pathogen's Genomic Secrets (Anaplasmosis marginale)
* Superior
Lettuces Fend Off Two Destructive Viruses
* Two
Recently Discovered Moths May Thwart Troublesome Weeds
* USDA
Map of Africanized Honey Bee Spread Updated
Beyond Pesticides
* Changing Course in a Changing Climate (25th
National Pesticide Forum), June 1-3
* Beyond Pesticides Daily News Blog
CSREES
* CSREES Strategic Plan for 2007-2012
EPA
* EPA Funded
Project Results in Significant Reduction in Pesticide Use in Wildlife Park
* EPA's FY 2008
Budget Focuses on Next Phase of Environmental Progress
* EPA Pesticide Program
Highlights
* EPA Pesticide News Stories Archive
* Federal Register -
Pesticides - Archive
House
Agriculture Committee
* House Ag
Committee Adopts Budget Letter
* Subcommittee
Reviews USDA Farm Bill Proposals for Specialty Crops and Organic Agriculture
* Ag Committee
Chairman and Ranking Member Discuss Farm Bill Funding Before House Budget
Committee
* House
Agriculture Committee Reviews USDA Farm Bill Proposals
IPM
Institute
IPMnet NEWS
* IPMnet NEWS
Issue #153 March 2007
Pesticide.net
* Pesticide.net
Insider eJournal - February 27
Plant
Management Network
* PMN News Update - February 26, 2007
SARE
* SARE Calendar of Sustainable Agriculture Events
International
Association of Natural Biocontrol Producers
Canada
* Clover Insect Pest--Casebearer Moth
Job Opportunities
* Seasonal
Integrated Pest Management and Conservation Crew Leader - City of Boulder Parks
and Recreation Department
* Public Health Inspector, Bureau of Veterinary and Pest
Control Services - New York City Dept. of Health and Mental Hygiene
* City Research Scientist, Bureau of Environmental Disease
Prevention- New York City Dept. of Health and Mental Hygiene
* Research
Supervisor - Pesticide Residue and Efficacy - Washington State University
at Prosser
* Ag &
Nat Res Extension Agent - West Virginia University Extension - Calhoun
& Roane Co.
* Ag &
Nat Res Extension Agent - West Virginia University Extension - Hampshire
Co.
* Extension Associate, Grass Biofuels Project - Cornell
Univ., Dept. of Plant Breeding and Genetics
* Senior Extension Associate (Avian Medicine), Long Island Duck
Research Lab - Cornell University - College of Veterinary Medicine
* Agriculture
and Natural Resource Educator - Cornell Cooperative Extension - Schuyler Co
* Horticulture/Agriculture
Educator - Cornell Cooperative Extension, Fulton & Montgomery Co.
* Various Pest
Control Job Postings - GetPestControlJobs.com
Funding Opportunities
Northeastern
* EPA - Region 1 (New
England) - Healthy
Communities Grant Program
National
* Charles A.
and Anne Morrow Lindbergh Foundation
* EPA - Schools
Chemical Clean-out Campaign
* EPA - Community
Action for a Renewed Environment (CARE) Program
* Tree Research and
Education Endowment Fund (TREE Fund) - Hyland R.
Johns Grant Program