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Spotlight on Connecticut IPM

Massachusetts IPM budget cut

Highlights from other states:
* Maine potato IPM game
* New York honeybee research
* Vermont apple website
* West Virginia weather stations

Managing house flies on Delaware dairy farms

For more information on IPM in the Northeast, visit our website at northeastipm.org or contact regional IPM facilitator, Jim VanKirk (315.787.2378; jrv1@cornell.edu), or information specialist Liz Thomas (315.787.2626; egt3@cornell.edu) NYS IPM Program Office, NYSAES, 630 W. North Street, Geneva, NY 14456. Publication supported by CSREES, USDA, special project number 99-34103-7391. Writing and design: Elizabeth Myers (315-787-2624; ebm24@cornell.edu).

Imagine the Possibilities

Federal base funding for IPM has more than doubled since 1978, but this increase is offset by the declining purchasing power of the dollar. State IPM programs struggle to meet the obligations of growing salary and administrative costs. What could these programs do with increased base funding?

• Engage with stakeholders more successfully, using surveys and other tools to gather feedback about their short- and long-term needs.

• Achieve IPM goals in a more timely way, pairing the latest research advances with outreach efforts so clients can put the best strategies to work right away.

• Demonstrate the impacts of IPM project by tracking changes in pesticide use and calculating the effects on economic, human health, and environmental risks.

• Leverage funds more effectively from public and private sources.

• Improve the capacity of states with limited resources to implement IPM strategies.