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
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
* 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
* Look What's Out There - December 2006
* Look What's Out There - November 2006
* North Central IPM Center - Connection November 2006
* North Central IPM Center - Connection archives
Iowa
* 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
* 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)
Beyond Pesticides
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
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
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