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Newsletters Published by the Western IPM Center
The Western Front is published three times a year by the Western IPM Center at 4249 Meyer Hall, One Shields Ave., University of California, Davis, Calif., 95616. WIPMC launched the inaugural edition in February, 2005.
See also the Western IPM Center's mid-term report (April, 2006)
- October 2008 (PDF* 1053K)
- Director's Comments: WIPMC Suite of Funding Opportunities; legumePIPE; Focus on States
- The Future of Urban IPM
- Profile: Al Fournier
- PMSP Update
- IPM Contracting Tool Kit
- Alaska Invasive Plant Educational Outreach
- Standardizing Resistance Management
- Water Quality and IPM Collaboration Proposed
- State Briefs
- Mark Your Calendar
- June 2008 (PDF* 998K)
- Director's Comments: Recent WIPMC Activities
- Legume ipmPIPE Available Online
- WIPMC 2008 Funded Projects
- Promoting School IPM in the West and Beyond: School IPM Work Group
- PMSP Update
- Profile: Carrie Foss
- Bee Specialist Eric Mussen Fingers Prime Suspects in "BSI: The Case of the Disappearing Bees"
- State Briefs
- Mark Your Calendar
- February 2008 (PDF* 868K)
- Director's Comments: Promoting IPM to policymakers, Western IPM Center grants funded, RIPM grants reviewed, WSARE sub-regional conferences
- Western Region SARE Sub-Regional Conference Held on Guam
- Pest Management Strategic Plan Update
- Farewell to Lisa Downey Blecker
- Highlights of Regional IPM Competitive Grants Program
- Profile: Todd Scholz
- Introducing Focus on Soybean: PMN's Newest Online Resource and Webcast Site
- Western IPM Center Funding Update
- State Briefs
- Mark Your Calendar
- October 2007 (PDF* 775K)
- Director's Comments: WIPMC RFAs, Progress in IPM Research and Extension, IPM Centers Enter Cooperative Arrangements, National Meetings with Industry and Government Agencies
- Regional Workshop on Conservation Biological Control Leads to New Work Group Proposal
- Two More PMSPs Completed: Potato (Revised) and Forages
- Summit on Clean Water through Residential IPM Sparks Outreach Ideas
- iSNAP Water Quality Education Project Impact Evaluation
- Western IPM Center Funding Update
- Profile: Byron Phillips, IPM Consultant, Columbia Fruit Packers, Inc.
- Oregon's Integrated Plant Protection Center Seeks to Improve Agricultural Sustainability and Food Security
- Two Sustainability Meetings Held: "Food Industry Stewardship: Industry/Public Agency Summit" and "Communications in IPM -- Food Production Industry: Opportunities and Challenges"
- Center Funding for Curly Top Virus Work Group Yields Additional Grant
- State Briefs
- Mark Your Calendar
- June 2007 (PDF* 944K)
- Director's Comments: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of Grant Submissions
- Pacific Northwest Fruits Work Group Collaboration Yields Additional Funding
- Three More PMSPs Completed: Garlic, Hazelnut, and Pulse Crops (Revised)
- Western IPM Center Hosts SYSCO Sustainable/IPM Conference
- Profile: Barry Brennan
- Scientists Share Research Findings at Second International Lygus Symposium
- IPM PIPE Online Warning System Saves Farmers Millions
- New Weed Atlas for Guam
- State Briefs
- Mark Your Calendar
- January 2007 (PDF* 822K)
- Director's Comments: IPM Challenges and Opportunities in 2007, Congressional Funding Update, Funding Opportunities Managed by WIPMC
- A Pest Management Strategic Plan (PMSP) for IPM in Schools
- Addressing Western IPM Issues: Interim Project Results
- Profile: Jennifer Miller
- Soybean Rust Monitoring in the West - An Update
- From Peaches to Peas: Ponderings of a Comment Coordinator
- State Briefs
- Mark Your Calendar
- October 2006 (PDF* 495K)
- Director’s Comments: 2007 Budget for Regional IPM Centers, New RFAs Released, Western IPM Center Strategic Plan, Soybean Rust
- Diane Clarke Joins Western IPM Center as Writer
- 2006 Special Issues Projects
- National IPM in Schools Pest Management Plan Proposed
- Arizona Holds Statewide Pest Management Summit
- Full Belly Farm's Paul Muller Wins National Sustainable Agriculture Award
- Mesa Public School District Earns IPM STAR Award
- Western Region IPM Grants: Seven Projects Funded
- State Briefs
- Profile: V. Philip Rasmussen
- Mark Your Calendar
- June 2006 (PDF* 380K)
- Director’s Comments: Grants and Mid-term Review Reflect Commitment to Pest Management
- WIPMC Confirms 2006 Competitive Funded Projects
- WIPMC Joins Water Quality Discussions
- “OnePlan� Conservation Planning Tool to Deliver Information
- The UC IPM Program Partners with NRCS
- Mid-Term Review of Integrated Pest Management Centers
- National Recommendations
- Organizations Form National IPM Interagency Group
- EPA Honors Entomologist with Environmental Achievement Award
- 5th National IPM Symposium Honors IPM Champions
- State Briefs
- PMSP Update
- WIPMC Names 2006 Funded Workgroup Projects
- 2006 Pacific Northwest Workgroup on Agricultural IPM Issues
- The Western Region Structural Pest IPM Workgroup
- Western IPM Center Workgroup on Weather Systems
- Profile: Steve Balling
- Mark Your Calendar
- January 2006 (PDF* 700K)
- Director's Comments: Collaborations, Mid-Term Review, Grants
- Fifth National IPM Symposium Offers Forum to Share Ideas
- Team Evaluates Impact of IPM and Sustainable Agriculture
- Participants at Regional Water Symposium Identify Priorities for the West
- IPM Systems: Tools and Techniques to Consider How Systems Behave
- Making Sense of Acronyms: Smile When You Say Them
- New Green Manure Project is Direct Outcome of Sugarbeet PMSP
- Company Grateful for Special Uses Grant
- Employee Offers Computer Training for New Information Requests Tool
- Profile: Sally O'Neal Coates
- Review Panel Approves Funding for Projects
- Learn to Translate Pesticide Terms (note that the correct address is www.cdpr.ca.gov/docs/license/glosary/glossengl.htm)
- Western IPM Reginal Grants Program Review Panel Considers Proposals
- Weather Workgroup Members Foster Teamwork
- Mark Your Calendar
- September 2005 (PDF* 616K)
- Director's Comments: Budget Plans, Grants, and Water Symposium Draw Attention
- Diverse Group Attends WIPMC Symposium
- Pest Alert for West Nile Virus
- Four More PMSPs Finished: Potato, Snap Beans, Sugarbeets, Watercress
- Codling Moth Research of Western Region Scientists Drawing Accolades
- State Briefs
- WERA-069 on the Move
- WIPMC Grant to Help iSNAP Expand Scope to Growers
- New Macadamia Nut Pest Found in Hawaii
- Profiles: Joe DeFranceso and Lisa Downey
- Workgroup Updates
- Mark Your Calendar
- Coming up in January
- May 2005 (PDF* 508K)
- Director's Comments: Don't Change a Program That's Working
- Water, Wildlife, and Pesticides: Western IPM Symposium Targets Environmental Problems
- Western Region IPM Grants: 8 Funded
- WIPMC Advisory, Steering Committees Discuss Federal Budget Proposal, Grants
- She Serves a Diverse, Unique Area: Cathy Tarutani, API Comment Coordinator
- API Territory Spread from Hawaii to Palau
- Way to Go, Jane! (Jane Thomas, Pacific Northwest Commentator)
- What the WIPMC Work Groups Do
- WERA-069 Participants 'Connect' with IPM Practice, Strategies
- Pest Alerts
- Hawaii Ag Corp. Owner Calls 406 Centers 'Invaluable'
- State Briefs: Washington, Idaho, Mountain West (Colorado and Wyoming), and California
- Mark Your Calendar
- February 2005 (PDF*
540K)
- Director's Comments: Communication Is Our Most Important Component
- Center Scope
- What Does the Center Do?
- Pest Watch
- WIPMC to Provide Priorities for PMAP
- Water, Wildlife, and Pesticide Issues to Set Theme for WIPMC Symposium
- Western Region Completes 34 PMSPs; 8 Pending in 2005
- Eight More PMSPs in 2005
- At the Helm: Three Lead the Western IPM Center
- WIPMC Administering Western Region Competitive Grants Program
- WIPMC Grants Deadline: Feb. 18
- WIPMC Funds 19 Projects in Competitive Grants Program
- Jane Thomas, Pacific Northwest Comment Coordinator: Her Job Is
to Answer Questions
- From Nuclear Industry to Pesticides
- Replies to Information Requests Posted on WIPMC Web Site
- Western IPM Center Information on World Wide Web
- Web Visits Increase by Nearly 40 Percent Over Last Year
- Mark Your Calendar
- Coming up in May
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The Western Front banner images: Wheat field, Rick Melnicoe, WIPMC; Seattle skyscrapers, Denny Fleenor, Washington State University, Pullman, Wash.; and creek in foothills, Suzanne Paisley, ANR Communication Services, UC Davis.
