Idaho
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Cooperative Extension Service

  • State Plant Regulatory Official

    Mike Cooper (208-334-2283)

    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

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

  • State Plant Health Director

    Brian Marschman (208-373-1600)

    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

    Larry Cain (307-432-7979)
    Provides technical support in planning, executing and reporting annual surveys and coordinates pest detection activities with neighboring states.

News
12/20/2011 - Uninvited Guests
11/16/2011 - Low Level of Stripe Rust Infection Found in Winter Wheat
11/15/2011 - Pests Lay Siege to Idaho Each Winter after Hiding in Traveling Firewood
10/25/2011 - Fall is Good Time to Hunt Gypsy Moth Eggs
10/24/2011 - Two More Southeast Idaho Fields Infected with Microscopic Potato Pest
10/12/2011 - Addition of Regulated Area in ID for Pale Cyst Nematode
09/30/2011 - USDA Ratchets Up Containment Push
09/08/2011 - Digital Cameras Open New View of Americas West
09/07/2011 - Addition of Regulated Area in Idaho for Pale Cyst Nematode
08/31/2011 - Pale Cyst Nematode Addition of Regulated Area in Idaho - NAPPO
08/10/2011 - Cereal Cyst Nematodes Rising Problem in PNW Researchers Say
07/22/2011 - Extinction Countdown Whitebark Pine Turned Down for Endangered Species List
07/21/2011 - Blasting Weeds Away
07/13/2011 - PPQ Postentry Quarantine (PEQ) Release Policy
07/01/2011 - Bamboo like Japanese Weed is Bringing Trouble to Idaho
06/24/2011 - Buy it Where You Burn it Campaign Aims to Control Insects
06/24/2011 - OSU uses campground firewood as invasive species education tool
06/20/2011 - Globodera pallida Addition of Regulated Area in Idaho
06/15/2011 - More Nematodes Found in Idaho
06/07/2011 - How Lodgepole Pines Protect Their Kind Against Fire Mountain Pine Beetles Infestation
06/07/2011 - Noxious Invasive Weeds Do Millions in Damage in Idaho You Can Help
04/25/2011 - Finding the Tools to Manage Invasive Annual Grasses
04/25/2011 - 2011 EBIPM Field School
03/09/2011 - County Sets Up Border Base Against Invasive Mussels
02/04/2011 - Invasive Species Workshop Set
01/31/2011 - Invasive Grass Threatens Western Grazing Lands
01/21/2011 - DNR Warns of Moth Outbreak in Area Trees
01/06/2011 - Burn Firewood NW States Urge You to Buy Local
// - NASA Satellites Reveal Surprising Connection Between Beetle Attacks and Wildfire
// - Climate change allows invasive weed to outcompete local species

Related Pages

Idaho Plant Disease Reporter
PNW Pest Alert Network
Idaho Agricultural Experiment Station
Department of Plant Soil and Entomological Sciences
Grasshoppers
Introduction to Rangeland Weeds
Weed Identification Tool
Invaders Database System
Idaho State Department Agriculture Plants and Insect
Idaho State Department of Agriculture Grasshopper and Mormon Cricket Control Program
National Ash Tree Seed Collection Initiative
Idaho Weed Awareness Campaign
Plant Smart
FDAC Exotic Fruit Fly Information
Mountain Pine Beetle Activity May Impact Snow Accumulation and Melt
Videos

Exotic Fruit Fly Monitoring

CAPS 2011 Survey Targets   
Common Name Scientific Name Options
Black Maize Beetle Heteronychus arator Pest Info | NAPIS Maps
Brown Stripe Downy Mildew Sclerophthora rayssiae var. zeae Pest Info | NAPIS Maps
Cucurbit Beetle Diabrotica speciosa Pest Info | NAPIS Maps
European Corn Borer Ostrinia nubilalis Pest Info | NAPIS Maps
Japanese Beetle Popillia japonica Pest Info | NAPIS Maps | APHIS-PPQ Page
Java Downy Mildew Peronosclerospora maydis Pest Info | NAPIS Maps
Late Wilt of Corn Harpophora maydis Pest Info | NAPIS Maps
Old World Bollworm Helicoverpa armigera Pest Info | NAPIS Maps
Philippine Downy Mildew Peronosclerospora philippinensis Pest Info | NAPIS Maps
Physoderma Brown Spot Physoderma maydis Pest Info | NAPIS Maps