Wyoming - Pest Tracker

Wyoming

Contact Information

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

State Plant Regulatory Official
Henry Uhden (307-777-6590)

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
Amanda Priestley (307-766-5278)

Coordinates survey planning, execution and reporting as well as community outreach activities.
State Plant Health Director
Bruce Shambaugh (307-432-7979)

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

01/10/2012 - Strip Rust Less This Year but Still Severe Experts Predict

11/28/2011 - Emerald Ash Borer Management Seminar to be Held Dec 8 in WY

10/25/2011 - Fall is Good Time to Hunt Gypsy Moth Eggs

09/12/2011 - Summer Crews Spot Dyers Woad Weed Capable of Damaging Rangeland

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

06/07/2011 - How Lodgepole Pines Protect Their Kind Against Fire Mountain Pine Beetles Infestation

05/12/2011 - UW Offers Mountain Pine Beetle and Grasshopper Webinars This Month

04/25/2011 - Finding the Tools to Manage Invasive Annual Grasses

04/25/2011 - 2011 EBIPM Field School

04/05/2011 - Pest Control Officials Expect Southeast Wyoming Grasshopper Infestation this Summer

01/31/2011 - Invasive Grass Threatens Western Grazing Lands

// - NASA Satellites Reveal Surprising Connection Between Beetle Attacks and Wildfire

// - Climate change allows invasive weed to outcompete local species

Introduction to Rangeland Weeds

Weed Identification Tool

Invaders Database System

Wyoming Weed and Pest Council

Wyoming Grasshopper Information

Department of Plant Sciences

Great Plains Diagnostic Network

National Ash Tree Seed Collection Initiative

Plant Smart

Granulate Ambrosia Beetle Alert

Mountain Pine Beetle Activity May Impact Snow Accumulation and Melt

Videos

Biological Control: The War on Saltcedar

Univ Wyoming Barnyards and Backyards

CAPS 2010 Survey Targets
Common Name	Scientific Name	Destinations
Black Stem Rust; Stem Rust	Puccinia graminis graminis	Pest Info \| NAPIS Maps \| APHIS-PPQ Page
British Root-knot Nematode	Meloidogyne artiellia	Pest Info \| NAPIS Maps
Columbian Root-knot Nematode	Meloidogyne chitwoodi	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
False Columbia Root-knot Nematode	Meloidogyne fallax	Pest Info \| NAPIS Maps
False Root-knot Nematode	Nacobbus aberrans	Pest Info \| NAPIS Maps
Glassywinged Sharpshooter	Homalodisca vitripennis	Pest Info \| NAPIS Maps
Golden Nematode	Globodera rostochiensis	Pest Info \| NAPIS Maps \| APHIS-PPQ Page
Javanese Root-knot Nematode	Meloidogyne javanica	Pest Info \| NAPIS Maps
Mediterranean Cereal Cyst Nematode	Heterodera latipons	Pest Info \| NAPIS Maps
Northern Root-knot Nematode	Meloidogyne hapla	Pest Info \| NAPIS Maps
Pale Cyst Nematode	Globodera pallida	Pest Info \| NAPIS Maps \| APHIS-PPQ Page
Pecan Root-knot Nematode	Meloidogyne partityla	Pest Info \| NAPIS Maps
Potato Rot Nematode	Ditylenchus destructor	Pest Info \| NAPIS Maps
Reniform Nematode	Rotylenchulus reniformis	Pest Info \| NAPIS Maps
Silver Y Moth	Autographa gamma	Pest Info \| NAPIS Maps
Soybean Cyst Nematode (SCN)	Heterodera glycines	Pest Info \| NAPIS Maps
Stem and Bulb Nematode	Ditylenchus dipsaci	Pest Info \| NAPIS Maps

CAPS 2011 Survey Targets
Common Name	Scientific Name	Options
Australasian Soybean Rust	Phakopsora pachyrhizi	Pest Info \| NAPIS Maps
Columbian Root-knot Nematode	Meloidogyne chitwoodi	Pest Info \| NAPIS Maps
Cotton Cutworm	Spodoptera litura	Pest Info \| NAPIS Maps
Dagger Nematode	Xiphinema bakeri	Pest Info \| NAPIS Maps
Dagger Nematode	Xiphinema coxi	Pest Info \| NAPIS Maps
Egyptian Cottonworm	Spodoptera littoralis	Pest Info \| NAPIS Maps
European Dagger Nematode	Xiphinema diversicaudatum	Pest Info \| NAPIS Maps
European Grapevine Moth	Lobesia botrana	Pest Info \| NAPIS Maps
False Root-knot Nematode	Nacobbus aberrans	Pest Info \| NAPIS Maps
Golden Nematode	Globodera rostochiensis	Pest Info \| NAPIS Maps \| APHIS-PPQ Page
Javanese Root-knot Nematode	Meloidogyne javanica	Pest Info \| NAPIS Maps
Northern Root-knot Nematode	Meloidogyne hapla	Pest Info \| NAPIS Maps
Pale Cyst Nematode	Globodera pallida	Pest Info \| NAPIS Maps \| APHIS-PPQ Page
Pecan Root-knot Nematode	Meloidogyne partityla	Pest Info \| NAPIS Maps
Potato Rot Nematode	Ditylenchus destructor	Pest Info \| NAPIS Maps
Reniform Nematode	Rotylenchulus reniformis	Pest Info \| NAPIS Maps
Silver Y Moth	Autographa gamma	Pest Info \| NAPIS Maps
Soybean Aphid	Aphis glycines	Pest Info \| NAPIS Maps
Soybean Cyst Nematode (SCN)	Heterodera glycines	Pest Info \| NAPIS Maps
Stem and Bulb Nematode	Ditylenchus dipsaci	Pest Info \| NAPIS Maps
Stubby Root Nematode	Paratrichodorus sp./spp.	Pest Info \| NAPIS Maps
Wheat Stem Rust UG 99	Puccinia graminis tritici UG 99	Pest Info \| NAPIS Maps