Brief Summary of Minutes of Annual Meeting

Welcome and Introductions ++++++++++++++ Outgoing chair Doug Walsh opened the meeting at 10:30 a.m. with a welcome and self introductions. ++++++++++++++ WRIPM Grants Program - Frank Zalom gave an update on the Western RIPM Program May move up deadline this year 2009: 29 proposals submitted; 5 proposals rejected for incompleteness; 7 proposals recommended for funding: 5 research, 1 res/ext, and 1 extension ($677,000 available?) Two review panels: 1. Relevancy (only read and review relevancy section of proposals) 2. Technical ++++++++++++++ Western IPM Center - Rick Melnicoe and Linda Herbst gave a review of the WR IPM Center's activities A handout was provided on funded projects and working groups for 2009: **Network Projects (6 projects at $25,000 each = $150,000) **Workgroup Projects (8 projects for a total of $68,620) **IPM Issues (6 projects for a total of $233,099) **Special Projects (4 projects for a total of $18,775) **PMSP Projects (2 projects with no funding allocated) **2010 Water Quality Conference (Regions 8, 9, and 10: An advisory committee is being formed; they want an IPM Coordinator on the committee - need a volunteer; if you are interested, please contact Diane or Linda **Planning an educational symposium for 2010; location tbd 2009 funding was level; This was 3rd year of the 4-year grant cycle for the regional IPM Centers Rick and Linda are stepping down as center director and assistant, respectively, at the conclusion of this funding cycle ++++++++++++++ WERA-069 Project - Tom Holtzer, Administrative Advisor Current WERA069 project ends September 30, 2010, a new 5-year proposal must be developed before the 2010 meeting. If you are interested in serving on the committee to write a new plan, please contact Diane or Doug. Reminder that Deans/Directors may have funding to send a representative to this meeting; if you aren't currently tapped into this funding, speak to your Dean/Director. ++++++++++++++ Reviewed WERA-069 Objectives 1. Coordination and facilitation of IPM research and extension in the region 2. PMSP coordination - WRIPM Center won't be funding a PMSP Coordiantor (Joe DeFrancesco) after 2009 3. National IPM Roadmap goals a. Long-term impacts, use of logic model (provide training) 4. Increase awareness & communication of IPM programs across the region a. Rotate meeting locations, share outcomes with ESCOP/ECOP 5. Capture issues and concerns each year and transmit them to WRIPM Center, NPDN, USDA CSREES a. Concern: not getting participation of IPM research faculty outside of Extension IPM Coordinators b. Ideas: select an annual theme relevant to meeting site, host tours, invite several relevant researchers; use WRIPM Center Workgroup funding; plan a grant (SCRI, RAMP) ++++++++++++++ Next year's meeting - 2010, Logan, UT - Diane Alston and Marion Murray, USU, will host, May 18-19 (Tu/Wed,)1.5 day total meeting with 0.5 day tour included Tour/Guest speaker such as: **USDA Bee Biology Lab (focus on non-Apis pollinators) **Forestry entomology and pathology **Water quality **Climate Center ++++++++++++++ Task List 1. Form committee to draft WERA-069 proposal - Diane and Doug **Directors meet in Jan and mid Jul - proposal draft needs to be ready for Jan 2010 meeting; if revisions needed then have time to complete and have ready by Jul 2010 meeting **Suggestion for a new project objective: identify verifiable collaborations for E-IPM Collaboration Component 2. Form committee to develop grant proposal ideas - need volunteers

State Reports ++++++++++++++ Oregon -- Paul Jepson OSU has focused on Pesticide Stewardship **Produced a plastic pocket guide to Natural Enemies in the Pacific Northwest - can download a copy from their web site **Leafroller pests in caneberries - orange tortrix and OBLR **Weather Work Group - WIPM-funded **Spray drift risks **School IPM - now mandated by the OR legislature; this is a new program for OSU **DEQ web site - table of pesticide effects on the environment ++++++++++++++ Utah - Diane Alston **Provided a handout on new/revised Extension publications from 2008; **update on IPM Pest Advisory Program and Utah Pests News (4 issues per year) **Update on staff changes: losing 1 Extension Entomologist, 1 Extension Plant Pathologist, and the Plant Disease Diagnostician during 2009; hope to refill all positions, but with economic situation the timeline is uncertain ++++++++++++++ Arizona - Peter Ellsworth **State IPM brochure handed out: Arizona Cooperative Extension Integrated Pest Management: Protecting Arizona's Environment, Human Health and Economic Vitality **Developing a compendium/manual on pest control- partnering with AZ Pest Control Assoc. **Electronic publication/peer-review system being used by U AZ - Fast Track - it is helpful for getting high quality extension pubs out faster and getting faculty credit for peer-reviewed pubs **Pink Bollworm - first years with zero sprays due to GMO cotton and sterile insect release **School IPM - no funding was received from E-IPM ++++++++++++++ Nevada - Earl Creech **NV IPM Program focused on agronomic crops and rangeland **Jay Davidson is Co-Coordinator for IPM **Focus group meetings conducted to prioritize IPM planning ++++++++++++++ Alaska - Janice Chumley Tom Jahns on sabbatical leave ++++++++++++++ Guam - Bob Schlub **Rhinoceros beetle is a major problem - attacking coconut trees Cycad scale **Moth pest of cycads **Invasive pests are their major issues ++++++++++++++ Montana - Barry Jacobsen **Updating High Plains IPM web site **Initiated a training program for certification of landscape practitioners **New entomologist, Kevin Warner, will work on cutworm pheromone trapping and mountain pine bark beetle **Cheat grass management is a major program/issue in MT **Working on crop profile for seed potato and PMSP ++++++++++++++ Hawaii - Arnold Hara **Hawaii has diverse cropping systems **The IPM Program supports efforts of Extension Agents **Provided a handout on 6 current IPM Programs: **Aphid and soft scale management in coffee **Micro-organisms for fly and odor control in Hawaiian swine production **Area-wide resistance management program for the diamondback moth **Improving spray coverage with appropriate surfactants and nozzle selection **Macadamia IPM program **Sapindaceous fruit IPM ++++++++++++++ Idaho - Ed Bechinski **RAMP grant on pulse crops (peas & lentils) - Sanford Eigenbrode, $1.3 mill **Crop teams - great help with development of E-IPM proposal **Fact sheet and bulletins - focused on important insects around the home during 2008 ++++++++++++++ New Mexico - Tess GrasswitzI **Has served as NM IPM Coordinator for about 6 mos. NM IPM Program: **Historical program emphases: Cotton, honeybees, diagnostic services **New emphases:Urban, home gardening, organic production, school IPM, herbicide resistance, invasive pests (pistachio fungus, apple maggot, grape viruses), certification of pesticide applicators for ornamental practitioners ++++++++++++++ Washington - Doug Walsh **WSU is an example of a success story for the new E-IPM competitive grant program; Doug gained control of WA IPM funds for the first time **ESA IPM Team Award in 2007 **Commission on Pesticide Registration targets specialty crops, Reduced funding because of state budget cuts **AgWeathernet revamped - Gary Grove, Director, Expanded weather stations from 62 to 125 **Apple Pest Management Transition Team - Jay Brunner, Director **Biological Control in Tree Fruits - Vince Jones, SCRI grant, $3.3 mill **Spinosad as seed treatment for soil maggot control, Sweet corn, onion, dry beans, peas, carrots **Pac Branch Ent Soc Am Meeting in 2010 - mid April in Boise, ID; Covey Run wine donation ++++++++++++++ California - Peter Goodell **Expansion of IPM Program into urban and natural lands **Connect GIS data to pesticide safety/risk - impacts on water quality (human and fish) **Working with CA pesticide regulatory agency & NRCS to expand IPM education and help regulators enhance IPM-based decision-making **Avocado and strawberry IPM manuals - new in 2008 ++++++++++++++ Salishkootenoi Tribal College - Virgil Dupuis Working with Sue Ratcliffe; **Survey of weeds on agricultural lands, in aquatic systems, and on rangelands **Sending weed survey to tribal land leaders

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