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Department of Agriculture
Plant Protection Laws and Regulations Cooperative Agricultural Pest Survey
Economic Fact Sheet
Cooperative Extension Service

  • State Plant Regulatory Official

    Scott Frank (217-785-4754)

    Serves on the National Plant Board, oversees state pest detection and regulatory activities and coordinates survey activities between government agencies, public and private organizations. Coordinates the state's initial emergency response if an exotic pest is detected.

  • State Survey Coordinator

    Kelly Estes (217-333-1005)

    Coordinates survey planning, execution and reporting as well as community outreach activities.

  • State Plant Health Director

    Steve Knight (847-699-2414)

    Directs federal APHIS-PPQ pest detection and regulatory activities in cooperation with state officials, and coordinate the initial PPQ emergency response if an exotic pest is detected in the state.

  • Pest Survey Specialist

    Provides technical support in planning, executing and reporting annual surveys and coordinates pest detection activities with neighboring states.

News
01/10/2012 - A Weeders Work is Never Done in Westchester Prairie
01/09/2012 - Coalition Sponsoring Free Ecological Training Course
01/06/2012 - Borer Continues to Threaten Illinois Ash Trees
01/04/2012 - Insecticides Can Stave Off Borers Damage
12/14/2011 - Watching for Weeds in Illinois
11/15/2011 - State Extends Emerald Ash Borer Quarantine
11/14/2011 - Invasive Species Threatens Great Lakes Wetlands
10/25/2011 - Fall is Good Time to Hunt Gypsy Moth Eggs
10/24/2011 - Volunteers Students Help Clear Invasive Species at Headwaters
10/11/2011 - Foreign Insects Diseases Got Into US
10/10/2011 - Quagga Mussels A Threat to the Great Lakes
10/10/2011 - Voracious Invasive Quagga Mussels Gobbling Great Lakes Food Chain
08/15/2011 - Another Invasive Species Plagues Southern Illinois Forest
08/08/2011 - Neighboring States are Watching and Waiting
08/05/2011 - SA Researcher Urging Illinois Soybean Farmers to Scout for Disease
07/20/2011 - Team Shows How the Honey Bee Tolerates Some Synthetic Pesticides
07/13/2011 - PPQ Postentry Quarantine (PEQ) Release Policy
05/12/2011 - Carpenter Cooks up a Good use for Fallen Trees
05/05/2011 - Why Clear Water in Lake Michigan is Not Necessarily a Good Thing Editorial
04/28/2011 - Biocontrol Fungus and Wasps Released to Control Emerald Ash Borer
04/27/2011 - World of Science Lecture Emerald Ash Borer
04/22/2011 - Updated List of Regulated Articles for Asian Longhorned Beetle
04/14/2011 - Invasive Mussels Causing Massive Ecological Changes in Great Lake
03/16/2011 - SmackDown Terrestrial Terror The Fighting Begins
03/15/2011 - Woodpeckers Pointing the Way to Emerald Ash Borer
03/07/2011 - NAPPO Additional Counties in VA and IL Added to Quarantine Area
02/28/2011 - APHIS Adds Warren County IL and Loudoun County VA to the Pine Shoot Beetle Quarantine Area
02/17/2011 - Emerald Ash Borer Plan in Works
02/04/2011 - Park District Battles Invasive Species and Would Like Help
01/21/2011 - Gut Wrencher Researchers Seek Magic Bullet to Control Mussels

Related Pages

Weed Identification Tool
Illinois Natural History Survey
Illinois Department of Natural Resources
North Central Diagnostic Network
Updates from IL CAPS
Control EAB with Pesticides?
City of Chicago Guide to Land Based Invasives
Invasive Plants in the Chicago Region
Beetle Busters
National Ash Tree Seed Collection Initiative
Great Lakes Information Network
University of Illinois Gypsy Moth
Insecticide Options for Protecting Ash Trees from Emerald Ash Borer
Plant Smart
River to River Cooperative Weed Management Area
Granulate Ambrosia Beetle Alert
Ash Management Guidelines for Private Forest Landowners
Videos

3 Bio-Control Wasps for Ash Borer
Voracious Invasive Quagga Mussels

CAPS 2011 Survey Targets   
Common Name Scientific Name Options
Australian Grapevine Yellows Candidatus Phytoplasma australiense Pest Info | NAPIS Maps
European Grapevine Moth Lobesia botrana Pest Info | NAPIS Maps
False Codling Moth Thaumatotibia leucotreta Pest Info | NAPIS Maps
Grapevine Pierce's Disease (PD) Xylella fastidiosa Pest Info | NAPIS Maps
Silver Y Moth Autographa gamma Pest Info | NAPIS Maps
Summer Fruit Tortrix Moth Adoxophyes orana Pest Info | NAPIS Maps