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Plant Protection Laws and Regulations Economic Fact Sheet
Cooperative Extension Service

  • State Plant Regulatory Official

    Dan Hilburn (503-986-4663)

    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

    Helmuth Rogg (541-963-4608)

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

  • State Plant Health Director

    Ann Ferguson (907-357-9542)

    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

    Mark Hitchcox (503-326-2919)
    Provides technical support in planning, executing and reporting annual surveys and coordinates pest detection activities with neighboring states.

News
01/10/2012 - Strip Rust Less This Year but Still Severe Experts Predict
01/09/2012 - Oregons Worst Invasive Species Include Mussels and Hawkweed and Feral Pigs
12/20/2011 - Uninvited Guests
11/04/2011 - Oregon Has First Gypsy Moth Free Year in Decades
10/25/2011 - Fall is Good Time to Hunt Gypsy Moth Eggs
10/03/2011 - Sudden Oak Death Detected Outside Quarantine
09/22/2011 - Countys Most Wanted Weed
08/31/2011 - Act Soon to Halt Invasive Bush Spread
08/24/2011 - Oregons Sinister Sunflower Deadly to Livestock
08/15/2011 - Invasive Tansy Ragwort Once Again Threatening Oregon
08/15/2011 - Status of European Pepper Moth
08/10/2011 - Cereal Cyst Nematodes Rising Problem in PNW Researchers Say
08/03/2011 - Fall Web Worms are Prevalent in Our Area
08/02/2011 - OR Dept Ag Warns of Grasshopper Infestation
07/13/2011 - PPQ Postentry Quarantine (PEQ) Release Policy
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
06/07/2011 - How Lodgepole Pines Protect Their Kind Against Fire Mountain Pine Beetles Infestation
05/25/2011 - Cool Spring Slows Down The Bugs Too
05/20/2011 - Watershed Council Workshops Include Invasive Weed Management
05/09/2011 - Tansy Outbreak Sparks Concern
05/09/2011 - Worried Over Weeds Attend This Workshop
05/09/2011 - Want to Join Fight Against Invasive Species?
05/05/2011 - Scotch Broom that Pesky Noxious Weed Carries an Economic Cost
05/05/2011 - Workshops Scheduled on Weeds Pastures
04/28/2011 - Claggett Creek Students Got Life Lessons in Water Quality
04/25/2011 - Oregon Invasive Species Database Launched
04/25/2011 - Finding the Tools to Manage Invasive Annual Grasses
04/25/2011 - 2011 EBIPM Field School
02/28/2011 - Ammendment to Federal Order Requiring Advance Notification for Phytophthora ramorum
02/07/2011 - Advance Notification Requirement for Phytophthora ramorum
01/31/2011 - Invasive Grass Threatens Western Grazing Lands
01/21/2011 - One Apple Moth found in Oregon No Sign of Breeding
01/06/2011 - Burn Firewood NW States Urge You to Buy Local
// - Real-life Far Side Entomologist Combats Tiny Invaders
// - NASA Satellites Reveal Surprising Connection Between Beetle Attacks and Wildfire
// - Study shows Ramorum blight introductions
// - Climate change allows invasive weed to outcompete local species

Related Pages

Weed Identification Tool
Invaders Database System
Diseases of Wheat
Wheat Disease Collective Links
Department of Weed Science
Giant Hogweed OR DOA
Herbarium
Oregon Invasive Species Council
National Ash Tree Seed Collection Initiative
Oregon Invasive Species Hotline
OR DOA Pest Alert
OSU Pest Alert
OSU Website
What Backyard Fruitgrowers Need to Know About SWD
Assembling a Trap for Spotted Wing Drosophilia in OR
The Mighty Oak Faces Challenges in the Pacific West
Plant Smart
FDAC Exotic Fruit Fly Information
Invasive Species in Oregon
Nonnative Invasive Plants of Pacific Coast Forests
Videos

The Silent Invader
Making a Trap for Spotted Wing Drosophilia
Exotic Fruit Fly Monitoring

CAPS 2011 Survey Targets   
Common Name Scientific Name Options
Annual Ryegrass Toxicity Rathayibacter toxicus Pest Info | NAPIS Maps
Asian Longhorned Beetle Anoplophora glabripennis Pest Info | NAPIS Maps | APHIS-PPQ Page
Black Imported Fire Ant (IFA) Solenopsis richteri Pest Info | NAPIS Maps | APHIS-PPQ Page
Brown Stripe Downy Mildew Sclerophthora rayssiae var. zeae Pest Info | NAPIS Maps
Chinese Longhorned Beetle Trichoferus campestris Pest Info | NAPIS Maps
Java Downy Mildew Peronosclerospora maydis Pest Info | NAPIS Maps
Late Wilt of Corn Harpophora maydis Pest Info | NAPIS Maps
Mexican Corn Cyst Nematode Punctodera chalcoensis Pest Info | NAPIS Maps
Philippine Downy Mildew Peronosclerospora philippinensis Pest Info | NAPIS Maps
Pine Wilt Nematode (Pinewood) Bursaphelenchus xylophilus Pest Info | NAPIS Maps
Quetta Borer Aeolesthes sarta Pest Info | NAPIS Maps
Red Imported Fire Ant (IFA) Solenopsis invicta Pest Info | NAPIS Maps | APHIS-PPQ Page
Sakhalin Pine Sawyer Monochamus saltuarius Pest Info | NAPIS Maps
Small White-Marmorated Longhorned Beetle Monochamus sutor Pest Info | NAPIS Maps