On
Target IPM News
December 2007
The OnTarget web page is updated frequently: http://northeastipm.org/news_ontarget.cfm
Email archives: http://northeastipm.org/news_ontargetarchiveindex.cfm
Links to items posted
since the last email edition (except calendar items which have expired):
Northeastern News
* Next
round of vegetable/strawberry IPM Educator Exchange grants available
* Growing and Marketing Greener for Greenhouses and Garden Retailers - Dec
14
* New Guide to High Tunnel Berry Production
Massachusetts
* 2008 Green Directory Available
from University of Massachusetts Extension
* U Mass Amherst Agriculture
& Landscape Program Events Calendar
New York
* James Tette, New York's
"Father of IPM," Receives IPM Award
* $1.4 Million Earmarked to
Battle Milfoil, Phragmites and Other Aquatic Invasive Species
* What's New in Organic Dairy
and Field Crop Research - December 13
* Workshops Held on Resolving
Canada Geese Conflicts in the Hudson Valley
* New York Farm Viability
Institute Press Room
Pennsylvania
* PASA 17th Annual Farming for
the Future Conference, Feb 7-9, 2008
* Christmas Tree Pests Target of
New Project
West Virginia
* Look What's Out There in IPM -
Nov 2007
For news from other
regions, see the OnTarget web page: http://northeastipm.org/news_ontarget.cfm
National News
* 2008 National No-Tillage
Conference, Jan. 9-12, 2008
* National Invasive Weed Awareness Week, Washington
D.C. Feb 24-29
American Farmland Trust
APHIS
* USDA concludes genetically engineered creeping bentgrass investigation
* Quarantine of Entire State of
New Jersey for Pine Shoot Beetle
* New detections of Sirex
noctilio Fabricius in Pennsylvania and New York, and biocontrol efforts
* New Research on Cold Tolerance
of Ralstonia solanacearum Strains
ARS - Agricultural Research Service
Beyond Pesticides
* Beyond Pesticides Daily News Blog
CSREES
* USDA Grants Help to Quantify Conservation Benefits of Watersheds
* CSREES Administrator's Report to the Partnership, Nov. 2007
* CSREES Update - November 28, 2007
* CSREES Update - November 14, 2007
EPA
* Baltimore City Schools Receive
EPA Funds to Improve Indoor Air Pollution
* Comment Period Extended for
Draft List of First Pesticides To Undergo Endocrine Disruptor Screening
* FIFRA Panel to Review Preliminary Interpretation of a Three-Year Atrazine
Monitoring Program
* FY 2007 Performance and
Accountability Report
* EPA Seeks Nominations to New Agricultural Advisory Committee
* EPA Develops Web Site for Registration Service Fees
* EPA Publishes Final Rules to Update and Clarify Data Requirements for
Pesticides
* Methyl Parathion Cancelations and Amendments to Usage
* Pesticide Inert Ingredients - Information on Certain Revoked Exemptions
* Prometon Risk Assessments; Notice of Availability, and Risk Reduction
Options
* Schedule for Next Four Years of Registration Review Available
* Latest News from the EPA Ag
Center
* Proposed Rules, Policies, and
Guidance (items for public comment)
* EPA Pesticide Program Highlights
* EPA Pesticide News Stories
Archive
* EPA Pesticide Meetings
Calendar Page
* Federal Register - Pesticides - Archive
IPM Institute
* National Conference Call on Residential Pest
Management's Impact on Environment - Dec 19
* IPM Institute Event Calendar
IPMnet NEWS
Legislative News
* Farm Bill Reformers' Fair Weather Friend
* House Agriculture Committee
News Room
National Agricultural Library
* National Invasive Species Information
Center - Calendar of Events
National Research Council
* Committee on Twenty-First Century Systems Agriculture
Pest Control Technology
* Case Study: Controlling Bed Bugs in Apartments
Plant Management Network
* PMN Update #70 - Nov 20, 2007
SARE
* New Voices Contest Seeks
Innovative Vision for Sustainable Agriculture
* SARE
Calendar of Sustainable Agriculture Events
* Weeds Across Borders conference, May 27-30, Alberta
* Proposed Ban on Genetically Modified Corn in Europe
(NY Times 11/23/07)
Northeastern
* Friends of Long Island
Horticulture
National
* EPA - Environmental Education Grants
* USDA - CSREES- Risk Management Education
* USDA - CSREES - Integrated Organic Program
* USDA - CSREES - NRI -- Plant Genome
* USDA - CSREES - NRI -- Biology of Weedy and Invasive
Species in Agroecosystems
* USDA - CSREES - NRI -- Arthropod and Nematode Biology
and Management (A): Organismal and Population Biology
* USDA - CSREES - NRI -- Arthropod and Nematode Biology
and Management (D): Protection of Managed Bees Coordinated Agricultural Project
(CAP)
* Extension
Support Specialist, IPM in Public Housing - Northeastern IPM Center,
position based at Cornell
* Program
Assistant - Northeastern IPM Center, position based at Cornell
* Field
Research Director - IR-4 - Rutgers Agricultural Research and
Extension Center
* Pome Fruit Breeder/Geneticist
- Washington State University
* Sr.
Research Associate & Project Coordinator, Durable Rust Resistance in Wheat
- Cornell University
* Postdoctoral
Associate, Arabidopsis-aphid interactions - Boyce Thompson Institute
* Biological
Science Technician - USDA ARS - Grape Genetics Research Unit
(Geneva, NY)
* Asst.
Cooperative Extension Specialist and Asst. Entomologist - University
of California Riverside
* Asst.
Professor, Agroecology of Speciality Crops - University of Vermont,
Dept. of Plant and Soil Science
* Assistant
Professor of Landscape Management and Nursery Production - Cornell
University - Dept. of Horticulture
* Entomologist -
State of Iowa
* Entomologist -
International Rice Research Institute
* Wildlife
Biologist (damage control) - USDA - APHIS - West Virginia
* Extension
Associate, Wildlife Damage - Cornell Cooperative Extension - Suffolk
Co.
* Organic
Farm Coordinator - Cornell University
* Non-native
Invasive Species Coordinator - Nature Conservancy - Florida
* Crop Consultant - Glades
Crop Care, Inc.
* Agronomist / Principal
Investigator - Glades Crop
Care, Inc.
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