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

  • State Plant Regulatory Official

    Carol Holko (410-841-5920)

    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

    Kim Rice (410-841-5711)

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

  • State Plant Health Director

    Matt Travis (410-631-0073)

    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

    Rachel Nyce (717-241-0133)
    Provides technical support in planning, executing and reporting annual surveys and coordinates pest detection activities with neighboring states.

News
01/11/2012 - New Hope to Save Hemlock Trees from Attack
01/10/2012 - Pyrokinin β-Neuropeptide Affects Necrophoretic Behavior in Fire ...
01/03/2012 - Weather treatment program helped fight gypsy moth in 2011 ...
10/25/2011 - Fall is Good Time to Hunt Gypsy Moth Eggs
10/20/2011 - Invasive Zebra Mussels Spreading in MD
09/27/2011 - Hemlocks Still Abundant Despite Adelgid Infestations
09/12/2011 - Biology of the Soybean Aphid in the United States
09/08/2011 - Wood Debris from Irene Concerns Ash Borer Experts
08/16/2011 - Emerald Ash Borer Quarantine Area Expanded to Include D.C. and Additional Counties in MD and TN - NAPPO
08/15/2011 - APHIS Adds the District of Columbia, Baltimore City and 12 Counties in MD to the EAB Quarantine Area
08/09/2011 - Customs Inspectors in Baltimore on Lookout for Khapra Beetle
08/08/2011 - Invasive Bugs Making a Bigger Stink
08/08/2011 - Kudzu Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time
08/04/2011 - Baltimore CBP Intercepts Khapra Beetle Days Before New Federal Restrictions on Rice Import
08/03/2011 - Invasive Bugs Cause Tremendous Damage in Maryland
07/28/2011 - Invasive Plant More Vulnerable to Herbicides this Time of the Year
07/13/2011 - PPQ Postentry Quarantine (PEQ) Release Policy
07/11/2011 - Emerald ash borer found in Arundel, Allegany
06/28/2011 - Ash borer found in Howard County, MD
06/20/2011 - Battling a Tiny Foe
06/20/2011 - They are Everywhere
06/07/2011 - Invasive Plants in the Landscape
05/26/2011 - Stink Bug Spread Worries Growers Across Nation
05/17/2011 - Maryland Fights to Save Virgin Hemlocks from Woolly Adelgids
05/12/2011 - Scientists Treat Virgin Hemlocks in Far Western MD Against Sap Sucking Invasive Pest
05/05/2011 - Ferry Tale Fire Ants Aggregate into Living Rafts to Escape Floods
04/28/2011 - Stink Bug Research Going Well
04/28/2011 - Biocontrol Fungus and Wasps Released to Control Emerald Ash Borer
02/24/2011 - National Invasive Species Awareness Week to Focus on Harmful Nonnative Species
02/18/2011 - Warm Weather Brings Stink Bugs
01/10/2011 - Emerald Ash Borer Quarantined Areas MD MI MN MO PA VA WV WI

Related Pages

Weed Identification Tool
Maryland Invasive Species Council
College of Agriculture and Natural Resources
Maryland Defenders of Wildlife
Northeast Plant Diagnostic Network
National Ash Tree Seed Collection Initiative
Insecticide Options for Protecting Ash Trees from Emerald Ash Borer
Plant Smart
NPDN Pest Alert
Insecticides can stave off borer’s damage
Videos

Sudden Emergence of BMSB as a Serious Agricultural Pest in Mid Atlantic

CAPS 2011 Survey Targets   
Common Name Scientific Name Options
Asian Longhorned Beetle Anoplophora glabripennis Pest Info | NAPIS Maps | APHIS-PPQ Page
Australian Grapevine Yellows Candidatus Phytoplasma australiense Pest Info | NAPIS Maps
Brown Root Rot Phellinus noxius Pest Info | NAPIS Maps
Citrus Longhorned Beetle Anoplophora chinensis Pest Info | NAPIS Maps
Cotton Cutworm Spodoptera litura Pest Info | NAPIS Maps
Egyptian Cottonworm Spodoptera littoralis Pest Info | NAPIS Maps
European Grapevine Moth Lobesia botrana Pest Info | NAPIS Maps
European Spruce Bark Beetle Ips typographus Pest Info | NAPIS Maps
False Codling Moth Thaumatotibia leucotreta Pest Info | NAPIS Maps
Lesser Spruce Shoot Beetle Hylurgops palliatus Pest Info | NAPIS Maps
Light Brown Apple Moth Epiphyas postvittana Pest Info | NAPIS Maps | APHIS-PPQ Page
Mediterranean Pine Engraver Orthotomicus erosus Pest Info | NAPIS Maps
Redhaired Pine Bark Beetle Hylurgus ligniperda Pest Info | NAPIS Maps
Silver Y Moth Autographa gamma Pest Info | NAPIS Maps
Sirex Woodwasp Sirex noctilio Pest Info | NAPIS Maps | APHIS-PPQ Page
Sixtoothed Bark Beetle Ips sexdentatus Pest Info | NAPIS Maps
Sixtoothed Spruce Bark Beetle Pityogenes chalcographus Pest Info | NAPIS Maps
Summer Fruit Tortrix Moth Adoxophyes orana Pest Info | NAPIS Maps