Eastern Plant Board 91st Annual Meeting
Proceedings
Harbourtowne Resort St. Michaels, MD April 4—7, 2016 Eastern Plant Board 91st ANNUAL MEETING AGENDA Saint Michaels, Maryland MONDAY April 4, 2016
Time Topic Travel 5:00 – 7:00 PM Registration 7:00 – 9:00 PM Reception - Deck Hospitality / Discussion Time - Room 1112
TUESDAY - April 5, 2016
Time Topic 7:00 – 8:00 AM Hot Breakfast Buffet Included - Bayview Restaurant 8:00 - 8:15 AM Housekeeping Announcements Welcome-(in each meeting room) 8:15 – 10:00 AM Discussion – EPB Members Only - Prospect Ballroom (Creek A) 8:15 – 10:00 AM APHIS PPQ Meeting - Prospect Ballroom (Creek B) 8:15 – 10:00 AM CBP Meeting - Prospect Ballroom (Creek C) 8:15 - 10:00 AM HIS Meeting - Water's Edge 8:15 - 10:00 AM CAPS Meeting - Shaw Ballroom A 10:00 – 10:30 AM ~ Break ~ 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM EPB Business Meeting – EPB Members Only 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM APHIS PPQ Meeting 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM CBP Meeting 12:00 – 1:00 PM Lunch Included - Bayview Restaurant Joint Session EPB/CAPS/HIS Updates, Discussion, and Next Steps Prospect Ballroom Session Moderator: Vicki Smith, CT Agricultural Experiment Station 1:30 – 2:00 PM Welcome Secretary Joe Bartenfelder , Maryland Department of Agriculture Dana Rhodes, President Eastern Plant Board 2:00 – 2:45 PM Foulbrood Detector Dog-Demonstration Maryland State Apiarist Cybil Preston and Mack 2:45 – 3:00 PM Update on pollinator issues Faith Kuhn, Delaware Department of Agriculture 3:00 – 3:15 PM ~ Break ~ 3:15 – 3:35 PM Don’t get Bugged: Arthropod-Borne Disease Threats, Victoria Smith, Deputy State Entomologist, Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station 3:35 - 3:55 PM Boxwood blight-Dana Rhodes, Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture 3:55 – 4:25 PM Customs and Border Protection Update Kevin Harriger, Deputy Executive Director U.S. Customs and Border Protection 4:25-5:00 PM US Canada Greenhouse Certification Program Laney Campbell, National Operation Manager for Exports, USDA APHIS Dinner On Your Own Hospitality / Discussion Time - Room 1112
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Time Topic 7:00 AM – 8:00 AM Hot Buffet Breakfast Included - Bayview Restaurant
Session Moderator: Tim Schmaltz, Vermont Agency of Agriculture- Prospect Ballroom 8:00 AM – 8:30 AM View from the National Plant Board Ann Gibbs - NPB Vice President 8:30 AM – 9:00 AM View from the PPQ Field Operations, Raleigh Office Clint McFarland, Associate Executive Director, USDA APHIS PPQ, Field Operations 9:00 AM – 9:30 AM USFS Report: Forest Health Program Ralph Crawford, Assistant Director, Forest Health Protection, USFS 9:30 AM – 10:00 AM Farm Bill Update Kristian Rondeau, National Operations Manager USDA, APHIS PPQ 10:00 AM – 10:30 AM ~ Break ~ 10:30 AM – 11:00 AM Dickeya Update, Ann Gibbs, Maine Department of Agriculture 11:00 AM -11:30 AM USDA Certified ORGANIC Landscape Trees: The How and Why of Being the First Steve Black, Owner, Raemelton Farms 11:30 PM – 12:30 PM Lunch Included at the hotel - Bayview Restaurant 12:30 PM – 4:30 PM Field trips: Tour A: St. Michaels Maritime Museum, Environmental Concern-Wetland Plant Nursery (12:30-4:00) Tour B: Environmental Concern-Wetland Plant Nursery; St. Michaels Maritime Museum (1:00-4:30) 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM Dinner Included - Bayview Restaurant Hospitality / Discussion Time - Room 1112
THURSDAY - April 7, 2016
Time Topic 7:00 AM – 8:00 AM Hot Buffet Breakfast Included ‐ Bayview Restaurant
Session Moderator: Dana Rhodes, Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture - Prospect 8:00-8:30 AM EPB Members on NPB Committees Updates, Dana Rhodes, Coordinator 8:30 – 9:30 AM ezFedGrantsTraining, Chris Coppenbarger Senior Financial Systems Analyst, Office of the Chief Financial Officer, USDA 9:30-10:00 AM Spotted lanternfly Update; Dana Rhodes, PA Dept. of Agriculture 10:00 – 10:30 AM ~ Break ~ 10:30 – 11:00 AM HIS Report 11:00 – 11:30 AM CAPS Report 11:30AM – 12:00 PM EPB Meeting Wrap-Up and Next Steps - EPB Members Only
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State Licensed Inspections State Federal Apiary Phyto Phyto Inspections CT 784 699 218 301 1089 DE 723 * 7 * 1008 STATE OF THE REGION MD 1630 * 247 * 2224 ME 1332 1005 6 466 1900 Eastern Plant Board NH 736 248 * * 162 2016 NJ 2098 2098 154 64 1716 NY 8751 5192 * * * PA 8100 3886 510 567 800 WV 414 149 * 2891 *
CONNECTICUT DELAWARE
Despite increased losses of honey bee Interstate transportation of honey colonies, beekeeping interest is still bees included 1700 colonies from high with over 900 new beekeepers Maryland, 920 colonies from West trained during the winter. Virginia, 860 colonies from New Jersey and 850 colonies from Pennsylvania, plus 4330 transported in for vine crops.
MARYLAND MAINE
The apiary program trained a handler 10,486 acres of potatoes met disease and dog to detect American foul tolerances for regulated disease and brood disease in honey bee colonies. pests during the summer field A trained dog can inspect 100 inspection program. colonies in 45 minutes.
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NEW HAMPSHIRE NEW JERSEY
One grower entered into a Over 100,000 acres of soybean was compliance agreement to participate planted in 2015. 80,000 acres used in the US Canadian Greenhouse parasitoid releases to control Mexican Certification Program (USCGCP). bean beetle. The program has been Participation in this program has successful in that there have been no resulted in efficiencies for both the pesticide applications needed in these Division and the grower. fields since 1993. Saving an estimated $1,300,000.
NEW YORK PENNSYLVANIA
During 2015, 153 infested trees and In 2015, the Fruit Tree Improvement 4,229 high risk trees have been Program processed 2000 samples for removed in the Asian Longhorned viruses of concern. All 3 participants Beetle quarantined. To date 7,071 met the requirements for the infested trees and 16,649 high risk program.
trees removed for ALB. 603,645 Spotted lanternfly were destroyed via egg masses scraping, banding, and tree removal.
WEST VIRGINIA
The gypsy moth program is the largest Forest Health Protection Program under WVDA. In 2015, 3,777 gypsy moth traps were deployed and 30,998 gypsy moth males were trapped.
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June 20, 2014 Pollinators
Eastern Plant Board April 5, 2016 Faith B. Kuehn Environmental Program Administrator Establish Pollinator Task Force Delaware Department of Agriculture *Pollinator Research Action Plan *Public Education Plan *Plan to Increase Pollinator Habitat
Pollinator Health Task Force Reduce Pollinators’ Pesticide May 19, 2015 Exposure
National Strategy to Promote the Health of Honey Bees and other Pollinators o Issue new toxicity study guidelines to more fully protect honey bees o Re-evaluate neonicotinoids (including seed o Reduce honey bee winter mortality losses to no more treatments) than 15%, within 10 years o Assess other pesticides for their potential impacts o Increase the Eastern population of the Monarch butterfly on pollinators to 225 million, in an area of 15 acres in their o Restrict the use of pesticides that are acutely toxic overwintering grounds in Mexico, by 2020 to bees o Restore or enhance 7 million acres of land for pollinators o Work with states to issue pollinator protection over the next 5 years plans o Evaluate and mitigate risks to monarch butterflies
Managed Pollinator Protection Symposium March 10‐11, 2016 Factors Affecting Bee Health
o Convened by Honey Bee Health Coalition, EPA, o Habitat loss, fragmentation, degradation USDA and NASDA (forage and nesting) o MP3s – state status o Poor nutrition (see above) o Need to establish measures to show o Pests and diseases effectiveness of MP3s o Pesticides o EPA is looking to states for their plans and o Migratory stress from long term transport progress before deciding what to do next
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Pollinator Protection Plan
One critical aspect of the Pollinator Protection Plan is preventing drift onto bees.
How? Through increasing communication and awareness.
BeeCheck allows applicators to check hive locations and use extra care. Applicators can also contact hive owners.
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Dengue, Chikungunya, Yellow Fever, and Zika virus: Don’t Get Bugged: • Represent the most important arboviral diseases • Maintained in a human-mosquito cycle Arthropod‐Borne Disease • Explosive epidemics and sustained endemic transmission in urban areas Threats • Global distribution in tropical and subtropical regions • Localized transmission in Europe (Italy and France) and North America (Florida, Texas) Victoria Lynn Smith • Share common mosquito vector Deputy State Entomologist – Yellow fever mosquito (Aedes aegypti) – Asian tiger mosquito (Aedes albopictus) CT Agricultural Experiment Station
Victoria Lynn Smith
Aedes breeding sites: Zika Virus:
• RNA virus in the family Flaviviridae • First discovered in Uganda in 1947 • Previously confined to Africa and SE Asia – Sporadic human infection in rural areas – Found in canopy-dwelling mosquitoes and non- human primates • Recently adapted to a human-mosquito life cycle • Spread to Pacific Islands (Yap Micronesia 2007) • Detected in Brazil in May 2016 • Rapidly spread to 26 countries in the Western Hemisphere Victoria Lynn Smith
Origin of Zika Virus Pandemic:
• Strains from South America (Suriname) compared to viruses from around the world by phylogenetic analysis • Two major lineages of Zika virus: Asian and African • Most closely related to a strain circulating in French Polynesia 2013
Victoria Lynn Smith
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Zika Virus:
• Febrile illness – Fever, headache, rash, muscle pain, joint pain, conjunctivitis • Temporary paralysis (Guillain-Barre syndrome) • Associated with microcephaly, brain damage in newborns – Vertical transmission of virus to fetus – >20-fold increase in microcephaly in Brazil Lancet 2016; 387:227-228 • Sexual transmission documented in cases • Deaths are rare
Victoria Lynn Smith
Asian Tiger Mosquito (Aedes albopictus):
• Native to East Asia • Spread to Europe, West Asia, Africa, and the Americas during the last 30 years via the global tire trade • U.S. breeding population discovered in Houston TX in 1985 • Range expansion into northeastern U.S. – Including NJ, NYC, Long Island in the 2000s • Aggressive human-biter
Distribution of the Asian Tiger Mosquito Aedes albopictus in Connecticut Range of A. aegypti
2012 N = 245
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HistoryBoxwood Blight
Boxwood Blight
First Found in US 2011 in CT and NC First Found in PA 2012 Lancaster County
PA Inspector ActivityBoxwood Blight Trace Forward/Inspections What Do We KnowBoxwood Blight 2013 – 12 Locations with positives 2014 – 62 samples submitted 2 Large suppliers for 9 Positive large box stores not in 2015 – 150 locations inspected with 167 “Clean Boxwood samples collected and Program” 70 positives - July – 59 samples “Special” priced 20 Positive material received September - October – 62 samples Canadian grown 35 Positive material
What Do We KnowBoxwood Blight ResponseBoxwood Blight Working Together
Plant Diseases are Find approaches to educate difficult to regulate industry producers and Systems approach retailers programs helpful Promote the “Boxwood Clean Assistance from PPQ Program” across the NPB needed for imports Educate importers of the Due to preventative importance of systems applications disease presents 4-6 weeks after approaches for boxwood being received production. Continue to look at the borders
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Helping IndustryBoxwood Blight Workers in Green IndustryBoxwood Blight Share the Message
Ask suppliers Sanitation questions Work Clean to Dirty Isolate incoming boxwood Clean tools between jobs Don’t comingle stock Practice best Clean equipment management regularly practices for Spores are very sticky locations and cling to clothes, Sanitation is tools, and animals important to prevent the spread
Retailers and LandscapersBoxwood Share the messageBoxwood Blight Blight Best Management Please Don’t Practices Compost
Don’t comingle PSU currently studying requirements for safe boxwood stock composting together Replant with boxwood Isolate new material for observation Spores can live in the soil for 10+ years Incorporate breaks Move from suspect material to clean area between varieties and vendors (other plant Could be costly to landscape customers and to the stock can be placed in company between) Know your vendors Special buys may not be so “Special” Explain what happens if a positive is found
Arboretums and Homeowners Questions
Questions
2 Office of Field Operations Agriculture Resource Allocation Model Agriculture Programs and Trade Liaison The AgRAM is a workload-based, objective management tool designed to project staffing requirements. The AgRAM model has been used to determine that based on the optimal staffing requirements for CBPAS, an additional 723 new hires are needed for our workforce. These numbers include CBPAS, Supervisory CBPAS, Eastern Plant Board April 5, 2016 and CBP Canine Handlers.
Field Operations Field Operations Kevin C. Harriger 2
National Agriculture Cargo Targeting Unit Agriculture Canine Initiatives
Consists of five permanent Agriculture Operations Managers Currently there are 111 agriculture canine teams who continuously analyze national quarantine activity in deployed nationwide. order to identify high risk shipments. In Fiscal Year 2015, CBP Agriculture Canines Function in harmony with local targeting units. generated 241,514 plant and animal quarantine Collaborating with CBP systems development groups to material interceptions. enhance programs to provide platforms for additional targeting. Upon the completion of the ADDTS course scheduled NACTU has assumed a field support role and is available for for July 2016, all required ports will have trained AK9 direct field support 7 days a week to provide guidance and supervisor. assist with research requests to gather field intelligence.
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Delegation of Title 19 Authority Ag/Bio-Terrorism Countermeasures (ABTC)
Pursuant to CBP Delegation Order 15-004, and a bi- Bio-threat Image Library (BIL) will contain archived lateral agreement with APHIS, the OFO Assistant images of biological and agriculture threats Commissioner amended the Delegation Order to In accordance with NTC, ABTC is working to create include CBPAS. criteria intended to enhance targeting ag/bio-terrorism CBPAS will soon effectively utilize Title 19 authority threats. for five (5) specific violations related to agriculture. ABTC is collaborating with Office of Training and Training to be provided by OCC and APTL. Development to create training modules on ag/bio- terrorism awareness and regulatory processing of select agents and toxins.
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1 Wood Packaging Materials (WPM) Mediterranean Fruit Fly
Interceptions of Ceratitis capitata, the Mediterranean Fruit Fly October 2015-December 2015 (Medfly) cause enhanced restrictions on host commodities.
Field Office No ISPM 15 and PestNo ISPM15 Pest • March 18, 2015, APHIS issued a Federal Atlanta -332 Order on host commodities from the Baltimore -64 Dominican Republic. • December 30, 2015, consignments arriving Buffalo -1- from Spain are placed under increased exam Boston -10- protocol. New York -6- • January 29, 2016, host commodities from Morocco are placed under new restrictions by National 2 383 186 Federal Order.
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Khapra Beetle (KB) First In Nation Pest Interceptions FY 2015
Calendar Year KB Interceptions Pest Name Port of Entry Origin Order/Kingdom Lymantria xylina Baltimore, MD Japan Lepidoptera 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Chaetocnema breviuscula Feldermann (Chrysomelidae) Baltimore, MD Italy Coloeoptera Dryophthorus corticalis (Paykull) Buffalo, NY Italy Coloeoptera 14 37 233 250 220 209 162 Tylenchorhynchus mediterraneus JFK, NY Morocco Tylenchida Tropothrips sp. (Phlaeothripidae) Newark, NJ Brazil Thysanoptera • CBP continues providing training and Eleothinus sp. (Cerambycidae) Newark, NJ Costa Rica Coloeoptera Pityophthorus glabratus Eichhoff (Scolytidae) Norfolk, VA Poland Coloeoptera situational awareness of KB behavior and Metaleptea adspersa (Blanchard) Philadelphia, PA Colombia Orthoptera habits based on detection of unknown Ampeloglypter sp. (Curculionidae) Philadelphia, PA Costa Rica Coloeoptera Ozodes multituberculatus (Cerambycidae) Philadelphia, PA Costa Rica Coloeoptera materials. Steirastoma histrionica (White) Philadelphia, PA Coloeoptera Steirastoma histrionica (Cerambycidae) (New Pest) Philadelphia, PA Coloeoptera Lysathia occidentalis (Suffrian) Philadelphia, PA Coloeoptera Ototarsonemus sp. (Tarsonemidae) Wilmington, DE Guatemala Acari
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3 Revision of the U.S.– Canada Animal Plant & Health Inspection Service Greenhouse-Grown Plant Overview
Certification Program (GCP) • Background • What’s new? Laney Campbell • Next steps National Operations Manager USDA APHIS Plant Protection and • Coordination with SANC Quarantine
Eastern Plant Board Meeting St. Michaels, MD April 2016
Animal Plant & Health Inspection Service Animal Plant & Health Inspection Service Background ‘New and Improved’ GCP • GCP in place since 1996 • Basic program is unchanged • Facilitate movement of greenhouse grown plants between the U.S. and Canada • Increased responsibility for facility to ensure plants meet phytosanitary requirements under • Allows authorized facilities to ship using a GCP an audit-based systems approach sticker in place of a phytosanitary certificate • GCP sticker is equivalent to U.S. or Canadian • APHIS and CFIA revising program to strengthen phytosanitary certificate, issued on behalf of oversight and improve consistency of APHIS or CFIA implementation, reflect current business practices, close phytosanitary gaps
Animal Plant & Health Inspection Service Animal Plant & Health Inspection Service What’s new? What’s new?
• Improved coordination between U.S. and • Written pest management plan Canada on program administration • Facilities required to provide list of all plants – Technical Requirements document describes the in production in facility (taxa, origin, special program for facilities within U.S. and Canada phytosanitary requirements) – Single document will promote consistent • Modules may be required to document implementation within and between countries special phytosanitary measures – Compliance agreements will include same elements for all U.S. and Canadian facilities
1 Animal Plant & Health Inspection Service Animal Plant & Health Inspection Service Changes to make life easier Next steps • Interfacility stamp • Finalize Technical Requirements based on • 28 day growth and monitoring period stakeholder input • Process to allow exemptions from • Sign new MOU growth and monitoring period, and to allow outdoor growth • Lead in period: - Finalize training material and guidance documents • Mechanism to allow bamboo stakes - Update audit training for ACOs or other ‘associated articles’ to move - Outreach to GCP facilities, CBP under GCP sticker
Animal Plant & Health Inspection Service Animal Plant & Health Inspection Service Implementation GCP-SANC Coordination
• Systems Approach for Nursery Certification • Parallels with GCP; want to avoid duplicative • Begin reauthorization of facilities next fall. or conflicting programs • 1-2 years to complete re-authorization of all • Formation of GCP-SANC Working Group to facilities work on coordinated implementation • What happens when some facilities are under the new program and some under the old?
Animal Plant & Health Inspection Service APHIS Contacts Questions/Comments?
• Sarika Negi – Accreditation Policy Manager ([email protected]; 301-851-2349) • Alec Ormsby – Accreditation Operations Manager ([email protected]; 970-494-7521) • Laney Campbell – Manager, Trade Specialists ([email protected]; 919-855-7314) • Terri Dunahay – Canada Trade Director ([email protected]; 301-951-2369)
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Ann Gibbs, ME NPB Vice President
Joe Collins, KY NPB President
2016 National Plant Board Updates John Caravetta, AZ NPB Secretary/Treasurer
Ann Gibbs NPB Vice President, ME NPB Executive Team Geir Friisoe, MN NPB Past President
Pest Issues • Dickeya EPB Board of Directors • ME • Citrus canker • TX Dana Rhodes, PA • Plum Pox Virus Chris Logue, NY • New area in NY Faith Kuehn (alternate), DE • Flag smut • KS • Corn tar spot Monthly calls • IN & IL • Spotted Lanternfly 1 to 2 NPB/PPQ leadership meetings per year • PA Opportunity for states to raise issues through regional officers that may • Chew toys from China affect other states • Clementines from Morocco • ???
List of new US Pests since Aug 2015:
Pathogens Insects • Nandina domestica/Phoma sp. cf. • Onion leafminer/Leeks & nandinae Onions/Phytomyza gymnostoma • Chrysanthemum/Phytophthora chrysanthemi • Whitefly/Ixora sp (tropical)/ • Aptenia cordifolia/Peronospora Asiothrizus antidesmae mesembryanthemi Pest(s) new to the US found in your state • Cordyline glauca/Colletotrichum • NPB President sends and email asking for permission to share with NPB cordylinicola • Turmeric/Colletotrichum members queenslandicum • Work with the state on timing ‐ sharing can be delayed • Tar spot of corn/Phyllachora • If no response within 2 weeks, message will be forwarded to members maydis • Gooseberry/Phakapsora phyllanthi
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NPB basement SPHD/SPRO Dialog
• Opportunity for state and federal program discussions • www.nationalplantboard.org/basement • Items for discussion • Valuable resource for states • Cooperative agreements • MOUs • Need the key? Email Carrie Larson [email protected] for password • Personnel available/specialities • What’s hiding down there? • State regulations • BOD & NPB/PPQ call minutes • Who has authority in certain situations • Presentations • Data collection • PPQ contact list • Organizational charts • Organizational charts • Complete over time • Misc past meeting info • Revisit over time
Federally Recognized State Managed Members on NPB Appointed Committees Phytosanitary Program (FRSMP) Resolutions Japanese Beetle Harmonization • Pests that PPQ has decided not to regulated at the ports domestically • Geir Friisoe (CPB) • Collin Wamsley (CPB) Chair • Julie Van Meter Chair • Robert Leavitt • DEEP pest (Deregulation Evaluation of Established Pests) • Ann Gibbs (EPB) • Awinash Bhatkar • Phillip Lewis • Not all pests are good candidates for FRSMP • Mike Bryan • Jason Oliver Awards • Kai Caraher • Mike Reding • 2 months to file “intent to petition” after DEEP is due • Julie Van Meter (CPB) Chair • Rich Cowles • Craig Regelbrugge • 12 months after intent to file complete* petition • Ann Gibbs (EPB) • Joe Collins (SPB) • Ben Kaczmarski • Dana Rhodes • Mitch Yergert (WPB) • Richard Johnson • Andrea Simao • For more information: • Jason Leathers • Jeff Vogel Website • Ricardo Valdez – PPQ National Coordinator • Carrie Larson (CPB) content manager • Brad White (WPB) webmaster
EPB Members on Non‐NPB Committees EPB Reps on Non ‐ NPB Committees Cooperative Agreements New Pest Advisory Group Joe Zoltowski Vicki Smith Biocontrol –Mark Meyer NJ Permitting Board of Advisors –Jeff Brothers DE GM Review P. Ramorum regulatory CARPOL –Saul Vaiciunus NJ Eric Ewing Vicki Smith, Dana Rhodes LBAM review Post Entry –Bob Trumbule MD Potato Wart Working Group Joe Zoltowski Coop Agreements –Margaret Ann Gibbs Kelly NY NCPN –Ruth Welliver PA, National CAPS Committee Margaret Kelly NY Piera Siegert Farm Bill Natl Clean Plant Network Dana Rhodes, Ann Gibbs, Vicki Smith, Export Certification – Sarah Scally Vicki Smith Chris Logue ME Pollinator Issues Faith Kuehn
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Strategic Alliance between NPB & PPQ Four key priorities identified: • Funding • Alan Dowdy & Brad White • Initiated at a June 2014 meeting between NPB and • Enforcement and Compliance PPQ leadership • Paula Henstridge & Dana Rhodes • Training • Desire to more fully utilize and align respective • Alan Dowdy & Geir Friisoe state and federal authorities and resources to • Deregulation evaluation better safeguard agriculture and our natural • Scott Pfister & Mitch Yergert resources. • Move to standalone
Next set of priorities will be addressed at summer BOD‐PPQ meeting
Deregulation Evaluation of Pine Shoot Beetle • First detected 1992 • Cleveland, OH • NPB voted for deregulation in 2015 • Quarantine not effective at preventing spread • Damage minimal • Control through management strategies
• Proposed fed rule being drafted
• Based on public comments APHIS to decide whether to deregulate or not
Federal Register Notices
• Email from Ken Rauscher asking for comments • Respond even if you aren’t concerned about the issue • 7 requests since May 2015 Co-Chair needed • 3 NPB support Dana Rhodes-PA • Hot water treatment for large Mangoes, expansion of GM generally infested area, SANC Co-Chair permitting for field testing of GE wheat • 3 Not opposed by NPB Ken Rauscher Wayne Dixon NPB Program NPB Program • Orchid from China, Cranberries from Chile, tomato plantlets from Mexico Associate Associate • One NPB opposed • GE bentgrass because OR & ID issues with establishment off site Aurelio Posadas NPB Executive Secretary
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Walla Walla McKay Nursery Nursery Co. Conard- Pyle Co.
Lucas Greenhouses Oregon Pride Nurseries Southeastern Growers, Inc
Forrest Keeling Greenleaf Nursery Nursery Co.
th 90 Annual Meeting of the National Plant Board Eastern Plant Board ◦ CT- Vicki Smith ◦ ME- Ann Gibbs, Sarah Scally ◦ MD – Carol Holko (retired from SANC) ◦ NJ- Joe Zoltowski, Galen Ettinger, Ryan Rieder, Pilot Facility - Lucas Greenhouses ◦ NY- Chris Logue ◦ PA- Dana Rhodes, Tina Stimmler, Ruth Welliver, Sarah Gettys Pilot Facility- Conard Pyle
July 31-August 4, 2016 Wilmington, Delaware
Wilmington Hotel duPont • Largest city in Delaware • 20 minute drive to Philadelphia International Airport, also easily accessible by Interstates 95, 295, NJ and Garden State Turnpikes, and Amtrak The luxurious Hotel du Pont has been • Walking distance to restaurants, theaters, coffee welcoming guests houses, and many interesting places since 1913 to one of the grandest hotels in the world, located in the heart of downtown Wilmington, DE
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Companion trip to the sandy beaches and surf of the A quick trolley ride to the Riverfront majestic Atlantic Ocean
Bottom left: Kalmar Kyckel, Delaware’s Tall Ship, Bottom right, Russell W. Peterson Urban Wildlife Refuge
PLUS – restaurants, Iron Hill Brewery, IMAX theater, Children’s Museum…and more!
Meeting Sessions Wednesday Afternoon Field Trip: Mt. Cuba Center & • Federal and Partner updates North Creek Nurseries • New and emerging pests • Hemp • Pollinators Mt. Cuba is a botanical • Crazy Worms garden featuring native plants. North Creek is a • Biotechnology wholesale supplier of native plant liners and plugs. • And a few special presentations
And then, after that…..
Wednesday Evening - Buena Vista Music by Betty, the Bullet, & the Boy from Boston
Beautiful surroundings, great food and brew
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Don’t Miss this Important Opportunity:
• Hear updates on the important plant regulatory issues facing your state NPB members beware • Welcome new members, and network with state and federal colleagues while visiting MD! • Provide needed input on NPB business at the Annual Business Meeting • Experience the beauty and hospitality of the 49th largest state in the USA • Looking forward to seeing you!
Questions?
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PPQ Field Operations Field Operations Goals
• PPQ’s priorities • Positioning Field Operations for the future Clint McFarland • Associate Executive Director Key leadership Field Operations positions USDA APHIS Plant Protection and Quarantine Eastern Plant Board Saint Michaels, MD April 2016
Funding and solutions Agriculture Quarantine Inspection
• Overarching budget • Risk Based Sampling • Field Operations budget • Agricultural Risk Management • Funding for cooperators • Cold Treatment Pilot Program • Caribbean Safeguarding Initiative
Domestic and Emergency Programs Tribal Partnerships
• Asian Long Horned Beetle • Recognized tribes • Spotted Lantern Fly • Relationships • ICS Training Exercises • Plum Pox Virus
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DART and IT
• ESRI Mobile Application Thank you! • Data Quality Tool Development • Custom Port of Entry Profiles Questions?
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2014 – reports of Dickeya in Maine & Quebec EPB Meeting April 2016 June 2015 –die off of plants in PA, DE & NJ Ann Gibbs, Maine ACF who received seed from ME July 2015 –report written from ME Extension outlining findings and recommendations August 2015 – discussions with PPQ at the NPB meeting August 2015 –call with seed certification officials
Dickeya is a type of bacteria that causes blackleg. Pectobacterium is another type. Symptoms are blackening and decay of lower stem or the “leg” of the plant There are 7 species of Dickeya only 1 is found in the US Dickeya dianthicola and has been present since the 1950s
Area that was flooded
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No chemical controls
No resistant potato varieties
Disease expression doesn’t occur unless conditions are right –favors hot humid conditions Maine No visual symptoms on seed Photo Credit: K. Waller 20 SBJ UMCE
Several conference calls with seed certification PPQ formed a cross functional working group officials Initiated a New Pest Advisory Group Natl. Potato Council convened 2 subcommittees to: Developed best management practices . Establish standard testing protocols Developed non validated testing protocols . Develop management strategies for the upcoming growing season Tested 80 samples from 15 states –7 different Specialty Crop Research Initiative (SCRI) 5 year $3 states were positive for Dickeya dianthicola million grant proposal entitled: Integrating next generation technologies for management of bacterial soft rot from all regions of the US pathogens of potatoes Monitoring for potential trade implications
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The recommendation is that APHIS/PPQ will not regulate Dickeya dianthicola because it appears to be widespread across the US Many Pronged No detections of Dickeya solani, which is not known to occur in North America
Inspectors were asked Scottish scientists visited Maine in 10/15 to note blackleg Met with growers, Dept. & MPB staff to share percentage their experiences and provided advice Of 1,103 seed lots Spent time in the lab helping with testing . 82% ‐ no blackleg . 11% ‐ .01‐.25% protocols and lab set up . 5.9% ‐ > .25% Presented a national webinar and answered These results were questions noted on the NA Continue to provide assistance Health Certificate
Add a separate field inspection for blackleg Established tolerances for blackleg . FY 1 –0.1% FY2 –0.2% . FY3 –1.0% FY4 –2.0% . FY5 –2.0%
Eliminated one FY eligible for certification Allow for lab testing of more post harvest samples
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Implement rule changes Dormant tuber testing Screening survey of 2 specific field years (FY) to determine blackleg levels Additional staff for field inspections
4 USDA Certified ORGANIC Landscape Trees: The How and Why of Being the First
Steve Black Raemelton Farm
Why ORGANIC?
“Nobody cares”, “Why bother” The Non-Food Organic trend The target market Marketing value
Organic Ornamentals A Full Scope IPM Program
Aesthetics first, certification second All practices must be up-scalable Leverage our existing capabilities
1 Management Decisions: Compost Preserve the Good Guys
Cover Crops Sensor Driven Irrigation
The Changes Organic Practices: The little hammers
Paper work, forms, records… New ‘chemicals’ Increased tempo of monitoring Using all the little hammers
2 Organic Practices: Organic Practices: Ambrosia Beetle Weeds
Organic Practices: Organic Practices: The Weed Seed Bank Cover Crops
Organic Practices: The Weed Seeker
3 Questions?
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EPB MEMBERS NPB Committees Updates
COMMITTEES REPORTING
Pollinator Health – Faith Kuehn, DE LBAM – Joe Zoltowski, NJ Gypsy Moth – Eric Ewing, WV P ramorum – Vicki Smith, CT Domestic Date System – Chris Logue, NY JBHP and SANC – Dana Rhodes, PA
1 Today’s Discussion
. What is ezFedGrants? . Grants and Agreements Management Processes and Challenges . USDA Grants Management Overview . Objectives . Solution Overview Optimizing Best Practices in Federal . Who Should Use The System? Government using ezFedGrants . Next Steps . Questions
What is ezFedGrants? ezFedGrants Functionality
A comprehensive grants and agreements management solution Key Functionality In Progress Enhancements that gives the recipients the ability to manage their awards . Application Submission . Data Act Compliance throughout the entire lifecycle of the agreement . Comprehensive Financial . Grants.gov Integration Management Integration Application Review Process (ARP) . Solicitation, Application and Evaluation . Agreement Creation – Only applies to competitive grants and Agreement Modifications agreements . Award execution with electronic signature Report Submission . Automated Standard Application for . Managing Post Award . Reporting Data Payments (ezFedGrants) Integration . Claims – Claims . Closeout Future Enhancements – Progress Reports (Financial and Performance) . Inter-Agency Agreements – Amendments . Repayments . Collection Agreements – Monitoring – Closeout
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Inefficient Grants and Agreements ezFedGrants Overview Management Processes and Challenges
Benefits of ezFedGrants In Process ezFedGrants Agencies Limited Operational Visibility . Decreased overall Grant Program costs . National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) . Lack of integration between financial and grant processes leads to . Financial Integration with USDA Financial . Animal Plant and Health Inspection Service (APHIS) Low Service Quality inaccurate payments, misspent budgets, inability to identify potential savings Management Services (FMS)/Financial . Lack of integrity of . Inflexible, disconnected, redundant systems and processes cause Management Modernization Initiative (FMMI) . Forest Service (FS) eligibility and grant inefficiencies, increased costs, and lowers service responsiveness . Research, Education, Economics Agencies (ARS, . Consistent and efficient procedures across assessments agencies ERS, NASS) Lack of Transparency . Lack of access to those . . Cannot easily identify Enforced compliance applying for grants, requesting trends, create reports . Traceable workflow payments, or seeking and measure . Automated Progress Reporting information Grant Recipient Payment & Selection organizational . Electronic Signature Budget Management Application performance Processing
Current ezFedGrants Agencies Relevant Agreement Types Reporting & Analytics Grant Limited Compliance Ineffective, Grantee / Partner Terms & Condition . Foreign Agriculture Service (FAS) . Cooperative Agreements, Entitlement Grants (via Complex Mgmt . Excessive process diversity among grant programs, . Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) State Block Grants), Discretionary Grants Processes . Other Federal Financial Assistance Transactions unstructured data, . Natural Recourses Conservation Service . Limited ability to scheduling and process oversee and monitor Change Resources (NRCS) Management definition grantees throughout Management . Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) . Redundant and inefficient the life of the grant, work to meet overlapping leading to higher Grant Close Outcomes Out Evaluation requirements increases costs, errors & costs, impedes services inefficiencies delivery Holistic Grants and Agreements Management Process improves USDA Grants and Agreements Efficiency, Visibility, and Compliance Management Improved Service Delivery Improved Operational Visibility USDA is comprised of 100,000 ■ Integrated data allows for more effective cross agency and consolidated USDA Grant and Agreement ■ Single integrated solution reports employees in 29 agencies and supporting all program types eliminates data redundancy ■ Central repository for grant information maximizes service efficiency and management staff components. Portfolio ensures data integrity and inefficiencies USDA delivers more than $144 billion . USDA supports and manages: ■ Proactive monitoring allows in public services. Mission focus for corrective action to fulfil Improved Accountability – 263+ Grant Programs service policies and goals Grant Recipient & Transparency includes: – $100B+ in Federal Financial Selection Application Payment & ■ Internal and external Assistance Processing . Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services Budget Management Grant accountability and financial – Thousands of Recipients Increase Efficiency, Reporting & Analytics Terms & Condition controls reduces fraud . Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services Grantee / Partner – Serving millions as award Lower Complexity Mgmt ■ Integrated accounting & . Food Safety constituent account beneficiaries ■ Unified access for . Marketing and Regulatory Programs ezFedGrants and financial Resources management gives single Management view of constituent transactions improves Change . Natural Resources and Environment . Typical characterization of a USDA Award: usability Management ■ Integration between financial . Research, Education and Economics Grant Close Outcomes and grant processes leads to – Multi-year awards ■ Fully integrated solution Out Evaluation . Rural Development that connects the end-to- accurate payments, – Amended 1-2 times/year end grant lifecycle process adherence to budget and Program Compliance identification of potential – Quarterly to yearly reports required ■ Application pre- ■ Capture of the agreement terms and conditions savings – Various recipient types, such as non- commitments ensure ensures compliance with regulatory adherence to Program requirements profits and universities budget and prevents budget ■ Program level business rules enforce – 4-5 point of contacts per award overruns compliance over the entire grant lifecycle
ezFedGrants – Processes Initial Objectives
2 1 3 . Single Platform to manage the lifecycle of agency Agreements. Budgeting . Integrated with Budget and Financial Systems (FMMI) and processes (credit card, Program Announcement travel, etc). Management / Application 4 . Integrated with External Systems such as GRANTS.GOV, Excluded Parties List System (EPLS), Central Contractor Registration (CCR), etc. 11 Assessment . Enables program reporting requirements (congressional, internal, etc). . Accessibility to agreement information by stakeholder (internal, external, etc). Close-Out - Case Management . Enable standard operating procedures for each phase of agreement lifecycle and have 5 - Reporting/Monitoring a solution to enable the process (e.g. close-out process). 10 . Ability to manage various roles and responsibilities involved in the agreement lifecycle Agreement (e.g. separation of duties). . Ability to support management through different types of agreements (e.g. MOU, grants, Repayment 9 6 cooperative, cost-reimbursement, inter-agency, joint ventures, collection groups). 8 7 . Enable compliance requirements (e.g. OMB A-123). Change . Support requirements for FOIA and various other regulations. Audit Request Payment Claim . Built in business rules that are based upon best business practices, CFO directives, circulars, policy, bulletins, etc.
ezFedGrants Solution Overview Who Should Use The System?
The FMMI Grants and Agreements Management solution supports the end‐to‐end grants management closeout and is built upon the FMMI SAP ECC and CRM base with external portal . Reviewers functionality via a Pega portal. . Applicants for non-competitive opportunities . Recipients/Cooperators – Grants and Contracting Officers – Financial Managers – Project Director/Principle Investigator – Invoice Processor – Reports Processor
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12 What do you need to use ezFedGrants? ezFedGrants External Roles
. Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) Number ezFedGrants Role Role Functions
. Level 2 eAuthentication Grants Administrative Official (GAO) . Search and View Opportunities, – Local Registration Authorities (LRA) . Recommend Organizations have 2 GAOs. Applications, Claims, Progress Reports, and Amendments – Register for a Level 2 at www.eauth.usda.gov . Create and Edit Applications, Claims, and – Schedule an appointment with the closest LRA Progress Reports – Bring a valid government ID . Manage Permissions
– Application Access Assistance (AAA) Grants Processor . Search and View Opportunities, – Register for a Level 1 at www.eauth.usda.gov Applications, Claims, Progress Reports, and Amendments – Register for a Level 2 at the USDA Client Gateway . Create and Edit Applications, Claims, and Progress Reports
Signatory Official . Search and View Opportunities . Edit, Search and View Applications . Provide Application Signature
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THE NUMBERS
251.5 Square Miles Quarantined To Date:
Positive Survey Points 2,772 Negative Survey Points 4,715 Ailanthus Trees Killed 3367 Ailanthus Trap Trees Established 134 Volunteer Bands 150 Volunteer Band Lycorma Count 15,536 PDA Bands 6,370
SPOTTED LANTERNFLY PDA Band Count Lycorma Count 174,390
What’s new? Estimated # of Eggs Scraped 608,695
THE QUARANTINE AREA
SURVEY 2016
Teams begin May 1 1 team in Bucks and Lehigh Counties 2015 SPOTTED LANTERNFLY FIELD CREWS 1 team in Chester and Montgomery Counties 7 teams divided in quarantine and outer edges of Berks County Volunteer training to begin in April Base location in quarantine area
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QUESTIONS FOR RESEARCH OBSERVATIONS
Females egg laying Adults don’t like the capacity bands Mass accumulations of Parasitic wasps honeydew Lycorma’s need for Host study and PDA Ailanthus banding studies both showed 3rd and 4th instars going to Ailanthus Prior to mating males and females congregate separately After mating adults go to other hosts
THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX
CITIZEN SUPPORT NEW OUTREACH TOOL
Calls reporting finds 18x24” Metal Sign are over 50% correct Townships to place to the hotline Gun and Hunting Volunteer banding Clubs project beginning sign Parks and up now Conservation areas
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OUTREACH ADDITIONAL SUPPORT
Quarantine Mailing Dedicated SLF PDA Reminder staff Youth education USDA TDY Industry Alerts
COMMUNICATIONS QUESTIONS
Weekly call PDA USDA CPHST University
Monthly Advisory Group call Local Officials State Legislatures Extension State Agencies USDA
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Report of the 42nd Meeting Member States Present for 42nd Meeting April 5-7, 2016 St Michaels, Maryland Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, New Jersey, New Hampshire, New York, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia 20 HIS Members
Great Tours: Meeting Summary Environmental Concern Multistate Inspection Report SANC Budget Discussions HIS Chapters received $5,000 farm bill funds SANC Pilot Projects Updates SANC Updates Scale insects Invasive Species Listings and Laws Big Box Stores: Inspectors and Inspections Joint Sessions
Great Tours: HORTICULTURAL INSPECTION SOCIETY AWARD St. Michaels Maritime Museum NOMINATIONS Carl E. Carlson Distinguished Achievement Award in Regulatory Plant Protection Michael Arnold
Distinguished Service Award Steve Sandrey
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Resolutions
MEMBER STATES OFFICERS CONNECTICUT NEW JERSEY Mark C. Taylor PRESIDENT DELAWARE NEW YORK Carole Neil VICE PRESIDENT Officers for 2016‐2017 MAINE PENNSYLVANIA Morgan Dube SECRETARY MARYLAND RHODE ISLAND Steve Hauss TREASURER MASSACHUSETTS VERMONT Peter Trenchard NEWSLETTER President Mark C. Taylor Maryland NEW HAMPSHIRE WEST VIRGINIA EDITOR Vice President Carole Neil Maine Stephen Sandrey ARCHIVIST Secretary Morgan Dube New Hampshire Resolution Adopted by the Horticultural Inspection Society, Eastern Chapter, April 7, 2016 in St. Michaels, Maryland Treasurer Lian Colon Delaware WHEREAS Boxwood Blight, Calonectria pseudonaviculata (syn. Cylindrcladium pseudonaviculatum), Past President Jeff Brothers Maine has been increasingly detected in Buxus plants in retail and wholesale nurseries in the eastern region since 2011, and Archivist Tia Blevins Connecticut WHEREAS it appears that Buxus plant material originates from contaminated sources outside of our Newsletter Editor Peter Trenchard Connecticut region, and WHEREAS nurseries responsible for shipping infected plant material are not effectively following best management practices for the control and elimination of boxwood blight, WE RESOLVE THAT: The Eastern Plant Board should promote a consistent regulatory response to boxwood blight detections within the Eastern region in order to encourage all member states of the National Plant Board to promote the use of best management practices in nurseries shipping boxwood.
Resolutions Resolutions
MEMBER STATES OFFICERS MEMBER STATES OFFICERS CONNECTICUT NEW JERSEY Mark C. Taylor PRESIDENT CONNECTICUT NEW JERSEY Mark C. Taylor PRESIDENT DELAWARE NEW YORK Carole Neil VICE PRESIDENT DELAWARE NEW YORK Carole Neil VICE PRESIDENT MAINE PENNSYLVANIA Morgan Dube SECRETARY MAINE PENNSYLVANIA Morgan Dube SECRETARY MARYLAND RHODE ISLAND Steve Hauss TREASURER MARYLAND RHODE ISLAND Steve Hauss TREASURER MASSACHUSETTS VERMONT Peter Trenchard NEWSLETTER MASSACHUSETTS VERMONT Peter Trenchard NEWSLETTER NEW HAMPSHIRE WEST VIRGINIA EDITOR NEW HAMPSHIRE WEST VIRGINIA EDITOR Stephen Sandrey ARCHIVIST Stephen Sandrey ARCHIVIST
RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE HORTICULTURAL INSPECTION SOCIETY, Resolution Adopted by the Horticultural Inspection Society, EASTERN CHAPTER, APRIL 7, 2016, IN St. MICHAELS, MARYLAND Eastern Chapter, April 7, 2016 in St. Michaels, Maryland WHEREAS the Eastern Chapter of the Horticultural Inspection Society was established WHEREAS, there has been an increase of plant pest introductions in big box stores in recent years to promote education, cooperation and interaction among state horticultural inspection and personnel, WHEREAS, there is a need for regulatory officials to understand the plant inventory procurement WHEREAS the Eastern Chapter of the Horticultural Inspection Society values and practices of the big box stores and appreciates the participation of inspectors from member states during the annual meeting, WHEREAS, there is a need for distribution to box stores of information regarding the existence of WHEREAS the Eastern Plant Board has supported the attendance of state personnel, plant protection laws and their intent, WE RESOLVE THAT: WE RESOLVE THAT: The Eastern Chapter of the Horticultural Inspection Society at its 42nd Annual Meeting The Horticultural Inspection Society, Eastern Chapter supports the Eastern Plant Boards effort to recognizes the Eastern Plant Board for their continued support and the state of Maryland identify the individual responsible within the corporate structure who has the ability to make for hosting this meeting. decisions regarding compliance with plant health regulations.
Resolutions
MEMBER STATES OFFICERS CONNECTICUT NEW JERSEY Mark C. Taylor PRESIDENT DELAWARE NEW YORK Carole Neil VICE PRESIDENT MAINE PENNSYLVANIA Morgan Dube SECRETARY MARYLAND RHODE ISLAND Steve Hauss TREASURER MASSACHUSETTS VERMONT Peter Trenchard NEWSLETTER NEW HAMPSHIRE WEST VIRGINIA EDITOR Stephen Sandrey ARCHIVIST
Resolution Adopted by the Horticultural Inspection Society, Eastern Chapter, April 7, 2016 in St. Michaels, Maryland WHEREAS the Horticultural Inspection Society, Eastern Chapter (HIS) recognizes the value of dedicated long term inspectors, and 2015 Horticultural Inspection Society- WHEREAS HIS realizes the value of horticultural knowledge accumulated from long term service and willingness to freely share their expertise with other inspectors, Eastern Chapter WE RESOLVE THAT: Multistate Inspection The Eastern Plant Board join HIS today and recognize Steve Sandrey and Peter Trenchard, upon their upcoming retirement for a combined 77 years of service to Connecticut through a combined professional dedication to th th safeguarding the environment by providing guidance and regulatory services to the nursery industry and the public. October 7 thru 9 , 2015 WE FURTHER RESOLVE THAT: Kennett Square, Pennsylvania The Eastern Plant Board and HIS have greatly benefited through their supportive and active participation and dedication to the Horticultural Inspection Society Mission Statement with an emphasis to “promote high standards of inspection work”.
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Multistate Inspection Multistate Inspection The program and inspector’s participation was funded through the National Plant Board (NPB). In the afternoon the group met at North Creek Nurseries for a tour and information session. The focus of North Provided in the field training to 18 workshop participants Creek Nurseries is on native plants, rain gardens, pollinator from eight states. resources and plant comparison trials. The overview of the Systems Approach to Nursery The time spent in the field was an invaluable opportunity Certification(SANC) Pilot Project at Conard Pyle Nursery for our members to harmonize inspection efforts among (West Grove, Pa). The group participated into “Audit states by offering the opportunity to share inspection squads” and reviewed Best Management Practices (BMP) techniques, methods and experiences in a hands‐on and Critical Control Points (CCP). The information situation, rather than in the classroom. provided by the nursery grower host allowed participants to evaluate (SANC) concepts. Thank you, Pennsylvania, for hosting this event
Thank you for visiting Maryland’s Eastern Shore Farewell Friends
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CAPS Meeting Report Top o’ the world!
Our sincere thanks…..
• To Eastern Plant Board • To Maryland Department of Agriculture ….Especially MD SSC Aaron Shurtleff! • To Pest Survey Specialists • To Susan Schechter, CAPS Services, Purdue • To Our Fearless Program Leaders: – John Bowers, Brian Kopper, Kristian Rondeau CAPS Royalty –King of Bite the Bag!
All Twelve EPB States Present Meeting Highlights
• 6/12 SSCs have been in position for less than 3 years. • Two are brand‐spankin’ new!
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State Reports CAPS Services Updates • Information sharing at its best! • Fantastic new reporting options • Sharing finds, • Update on a Survey Method reconciliation sharing survey priorities, project sharing survey tips • Survey Summary Form: Unified interface for CAPS –FB – PPQ Surveys • Help to shape future surveys • Survey Change Form…. Coming soon! • Make our work more efficient, more robust
Objective Prioritization of Exotic Pests Great Discussion about PAPERWORK
• CPHST CAPS Support presentation • Building an understanding of – Allison Neely and Lisa Jackson – What is needed by Program Leaders • A brand new approach to assessing the risk – What is needed by Agreements folks associated with establishment of exotic pests – How states can deliver on those needs as • New pest list is being rolled out this spring efficiently as possible… so we can spend our with 2017 Survey Guidelines time and money on counting pests, not counting beans. • EZ Fed Grants
Great Vision for Pest Surveillance
Pest Farm Bill 10007 Detection Goal 1 Survey for /CAPS Priority Pests A national survey‐focused meeting would be a cost‐effective way to • Two programs, Two pots of money, but One Mission….. Can we blend them more communicate necessary information effectively? about all these changes and to reinforce good survey practices.
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Can’t thank you enough….
• EPB • CAPS Services, Purdue • MDA • Program Leaders • Pest Survey Specialists
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