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Cooperative Extension Service

  • State Plant Regulatory Official

    Larry Nichols (804-786-3515)

    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

    Debra Martin (804-786-3515)

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

  • State Plant Health Director

    Bernetta Barco (804-771-2042)

    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

    Milton Wright (894-771-2042)
    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
12/22/2011 - Purple Traps Reveal No New Infestations
12/16/2011 - Forestry Department Says VA Losing Forests Fast
12/12/2011 - Detection of Boxwood Blight in CT NC VA
12/07/2011 - NAPPO - Detection of Boxwood Blight in CT NC and VA
10/25/2011 - Fall is Good Time to Hunt Gypsy Moth Eggs
10/24/2011 - Walnut Tree Quarantine in Effect for Powhatan and Other VA Counties
10/17/2011 - Custom Agents Seize Port Shipment Containing Invasive Beetles
09/29/2011 - Gypsy Moth Generally Infested Areas Additions in Indiana Maine Ohio Virginia West Virginia and Wisconsin
09/27/2011 - Hemlocks Still Abundant Despite Adelgid Infestations
08/08/2011 - Kudzu Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time
08/02/2011 - Bees Decline Sparks Renewal in Beekeeping
08/02/2011 - Virginia Black Walnut Trees Face Lethal Threat
07/13/2011 - PPQ Postentry Quarantine (PEQ) Release Policy
06/28/2011 - Native Ants Use Chemical Weapons to Turn Back Invading Argentine Ants
06/20/2011 - They are Everywhere
06/07/2011 - Poster Alerts Virginians to Invasive Species
05/05/2011 - Ferry Tale Fire Ants Aggregate into Living Rafts to Escape Floods
05/05/2011 - Beetle Traps Designed to Measure Quantity in Area
05/04/2011 - Volunteers Sought Statewide to Remove Invasive Plants
04/18/2011 - Gypsy Moth Generally Infested Areas and Additions in IN ME OH VA WV WI
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
02/24/2011 - National Invasive Species Awareness Week to Focus on Harmful Nonnative Species
01/10/2011 - Emerald Ash Borer Quarantined Areas MD MI MN MO PA VA WV WI
// - Chestnut Research Effort Showing Promise

Related Pages

Weed Identification Tool
Southern Plant Diagnostic Network
Boll Weevil Eradication and Quarantine
Insect Identification Laboratory
Weed Identification Guide
Department of Plant Pathology Physiology and Weed Science
Tufted Apple Bud Moth Fact Sheet
National Ash Tree Seed Collection Initiative
Bark Beetles of the Southeastern United States
Invasive Plants in Southern Forests
Plant Smart
Invasive Species in Virginia
TN Dept of Ag
NPDN Pest Alert
Videos

Efforts Curtailing Adelgid Shows Progress
Sudden Emergence of BMSB as a Serious Agricultural Pest in Mid Atlantic

CAPS 2011 Survey Targets   
Common Name Scientific Name Options
Alder Root and Collar Rot Phytophthora alni Pest Info | NAPIS Maps
Asian Longhorned Beetle Anoplophora glabripennis Pest Info | NAPIS Maps | APHIS-PPQ Page
Chinese Longhorned Beetle Trichoferus campestris Pest Info | NAPIS Maps
Citrus Longhorned Beetle Anoplophora chinensis Pest Info | NAPIS Maps
European Spruce Bark Beetle Ips typographus Pest Info | NAPIS Maps
Japanese Cedar Longhorn Beetle Callidiellum rufipenne Pest Info | NAPIS Maps
Japanese Oak Wilt Raffaelea quercivora Pest Info
Japanese Pine Sawyer Beetle Monochamus alternatus Pest Info | NAPIS Maps
Japanese Wax Scale Ceroplastes japonicus 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
Needle Blight of Pine Mycosphaerella gibsonii Pest Info | NAPIS Maps
Oak Splendour Beetle Agrilus biguttatus Pest Info | NAPIS Maps
Phytophthora Oak Decline; Root Rot Phytophthora quercina Pest Info | NAPIS Maps
Ramorum Blight ; Sudden Oak Death Phytophthora ramorum Pest Info | NAPIS Maps | APHIS-PPQ Page
Redhaired Pine Bark Beetle Hylurgus ligniperda Pest Info | NAPIS Maps
Sixtoothed Spruce Bark Beetle Pityogenes chalcographus Pest Info | NAPIS Maps
Thousand Cankers Disease Geosmithia morbida Pest Info | NAPIS Maps
Walnut Twig Beetle Pityophthorus juglandis Pest Info | NAPIS Maps