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June 28, 2011
Road Map to 2015: A Strategic Plan for Plant Protection & Quarantine (2011)
Final plan released following public comment period and final review. The team developing the plan identified patterns and trends that could impact PPQ's ability to achieve its mission over the next 5 years and assessed PPQ's internal capacity to meet these challenges. They set goals and objectives and produced a complete set of strategies to support the achievement of the Strategic Goals.
* See our Manager's Toolkit - Control section for more information and resources.
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New Invasive Species Conferences added, including:
Invasive Plant Management Workshop - Preventing and Managing Invasive Plants in the Pacific Northwest -- Jul 11, 2011 in Everett, WA
Invasive Plant Management Workshop - Preventing and Managing Invasive Plants in the Pacific Northwest -- Jul 15, 2011 in Eugene, WA
6th World Environmental Education Congress -- Jul 19-23, 2011
Mid-Atlantic Invasive Plant Council's Invasive Plant Conference: Tools and Techniques for Mapping, Managing and Mending Invaded Lands -- Aug 3-4, 2011
* See our Conference Calendar for more information and resources.
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Students To Compete in First National WeedOlympics (May 11, 2011)
This summer teams of students from universities across the nation will gather in Knoxville, TN for the WeedOlympics - an event sponsored by the Northeastern, North Central, Southern and Western Weed Science Societies. The Jul 26-27 event is open to student members of the four organizations, who will compete for bragging rights as the best student weed scientists in the country.
* See our Resource Library section for more information and resources.
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New Research Facility Will Help Safeguard the Supply of Global Wheat Crops (Jun 13, 2011)
A new 2,880-square-foot greenhouse that will play a key role in helping researchers combat Ug99, a relatively new race of wheat stem rust to which more than 80 percent of our global wheat crop is vulnerable. This new greenhouse for wheat research puts another U.S. research facility on the front lines to battle Ug99 and help secure global food security.
* See our In the News section for more information and resources.
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June 9, 2011
Citizen Scientist Program's Success Highlighted (Jun 1, 2011)
A program that harnesses volunteers throughout Texas to collect conservation data has been highlighted as a model citizen scientist program in the June issue of the journal Bioscience. More than 1,100 Texans have been trained by the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center's Invaders of Texas Citizen Scientists Program to identify and report non-native invasive plants throughout the state. These citizen scientists have logged more than 12,000 observations of invasive plants on a publicly accessible online database that governmental agencies and resource managers can use to monitor the plants that compete with native plants.
* See our Success Stories for more information and resources.
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Alaska Invasive Weeds Awareness Week (May 31, 2011)
Governor Parnell declared Jun 19-25, 2011 Alaska Invasive Weeds Awareness Week. See Invasive Plants for more information from the Alaska Committee for Noxious and Invasive Plants Management.
* See our Alaska page for more information and resources.
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June 8, 2011
CABI Invasive Blog
The CABI Invasives blog is an opportunity for scientists across our centres to highlight their research and debate topical issues in the field of invasive species.
* See our Newsmedia - Weblogs section for more resources.
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Invasive Species Compendium
The Invasive Species Compendium is in beta version and available to use. The Invasive Species Compendium is an online, open access reference work covering recognition, biology, distribution, impact and management of the world's invasive plants and animals. The Compendium currently covers over 1,500 species with over 7,000 basic summary datasheets and 1,500 detailed datasheets. You can also access over 800 full text articles and 65,000 abstract summaries, with plans to add 10,000 more by the end of 2011. This new resource has been built upon a brand new technical platform which enables our experts to update the datasheets and bibliographical data on a weekly basis.
* See our In the News section for more information and resources.
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USDA Funds Projects Across the Country to Advance Pest and Disease Management and Disaster Prevention (Jun 7, 2011)
USDA is allocating $50 million, provided by Section 10201 of the 2008 Farm Bill for projects that prevent the introduction or spread of plant pests and diseases that threaten U.S. agriculture and the environment.
* See our In the News section for more information and resources.
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June 7, 2011
Minnesota Updates:
New Law Aimed at Slowing the Spread of Aquatic Invasive Species (Jun 3, 2011)
New laws were passed recently to help prevent the spread of aquatic invasive species. Among the changes will be more thorough watercraft inspections and stronger regulations to prohibit the transportation of invasive species. For more information see Aquatic Invasive Species Prevention Legislation Summary - 2011 (May 31, 2011).
Invasive Species of Aquatic Plants and Wild Animals in Minnesota: Annual Report for 2010 / Summary Report 2010
Annual report submitted to the state legislature detailing the responsibilities of the Invasive Species Program.
* See our Minnesota page for more information and resources.
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June 1, 2011
See our revised Federal Register section which provides easier access to relevant invasive species notices. New Federal Register notices added of significance:
Importation of Plants for Planting; Establishing a Category of Plants for Planting Not Authorized for Importation Pending Pest Risk Analysis
Federal Register: May 27, 2011 (Volume 76, Number 103)
APHIS is amending the regulations to establish a new category of regulated articles in the regulations governing the importation of nursery stock, also known as plants for planting. This category will list taxa of plants for planting whose importation is not authorized pending pest risk analysis. Final rule is effective Jun 27, 2011.
Invasive Species Advisory Committee
Federal Register: May 27, 2011 (Volume 76, Number 103)
The meeting will be held on Jun 14-16, 2011 in Denver, Colorado, and will focus primarily on invaders in the intermountain West. The meeting will focus on adapting management of invasive species in the vast Rocky Mountain/High Plains region in order to gain new understanding of landscape ecology, climate change, land development, introduction pathways, and new invaders.
* See our Federal Register Notices section for more resources.
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USDA Establishes a New Category in Regulations Governing Nursery Stock Importation; Plants for Planting Not Authorized for Importation Pending Pest Risk Analysis (May 27, 2011)
Effective Jun 27, 2011 APHIS is changing the way it regulates imports of nursery stock into the U.S., also known as the Agency's Q37 regulations. This regulatory change establishes a new import category for plants whose importation is "not authorized pending pest risk analysis," also known as NAPPRA. Under the new rules, APHIS will publish a list of plants that it considers to be quarantine pests or hosts of quarantine pests. Such plants will not be allowed to be imported until APHIS has completed a pest risk analysis.
* See our In the News section for more information and resources.
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USDA/AIA Survey Reports 2010/2011 Winter Honey Bee Losses (May 23, 2011)
Recent survey reports honey bees losses holding about steady. Total losses from managed honey bee colonies nationwide were 30% from all causes for the 2010/2011 winter." The lack of increase in losses is marginally encouraging in the sense that the problem of Colony Collapse Disorder does not appear to be getting worse for honey bees and beekeepers."
* See our In the News section for more information and resources.
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