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| Employee training |
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Staff members have taken advantage of a variety of training opportunities such as: SAIFer driving, export certification, advanced ICS training, pesticide applicator and consultant licensing. In addition, staff have attended a variety of professional society meetings including the Interagency Noxious Weed Symposium, the Oregon Vegetation Management Association, CAPS, Entomological Society of America, Western Horticultural Inspectors Society, and Western Plant Board. Employee training, continuing education and career development remain a high priorities of the Plant Division
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| Oregon invasive species council |
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Plant Division Administrator, Dan Hilburn, has served on the Oregon Invasive Species Council since it was created in 2002. He will serve his second term as Chair of the Council in 2007. Shannon Brubaker, our office manager, provided administrative support for the council through October, 2006 when she took a new job in the Noxious Weed Control Section. Tristen Berg, our new office manager, has taken over council support duties. Information about the council and its activities in 2006 is available online in the council’s annual report card: <www.oregon.gov/OISC>
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| Ginseng |
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Since 1997, the Plant Division has administered a small Ginseng Management Program. The purpose of the program is to allow Oregon-grown, cultivated ginseng to be certified for export. Licensed growers are supplied with certificates of origin and can self-certify their ginseng crop. Though, the number of licensees has shrunk to only a handful in recent years (four in 2006) and we have not been able to fill seats on the Ginseng Advisory Committee, we will continue to provide service to the growers that need it.
Chart: Number of licensed ginseng growers
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| ODA plant division web page |
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In 2006, the Plant Division Web page was maintained and updated by a team of six staff members; Shannon Brubaker, Jo Davis, Troy Maddux, Bonnie Rasmussen, Lisa Rehms, and Kerri Schwarz. The team continued adding new pages and looking for new ways to bring our programs to the public. In 2006 Shannon Brubaker continued adding content to the Oregon Invasive Species Council Web page (www.oregon.gov/OISC).
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| Federal permits and compliance agreements |
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In 2006, Plant Division staff reviewed 74 PPQ 526 applications to import live plant pests or noxious weeds. Thirteen of those applications were for butterflies. Eight permits to import soil and five federal compliance agreements were also reviewed. Twenty-five biotech permits or notifications for genetically modified crops were also reviewed. Four PPQ 588 applications to import plants or plant products were reviewed.
Chart: Number of federal permits reviewed
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| Publications |
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- Coombs, E.M., G.L. Piper, M. Schwarzländer, J. Milan, and J. Andreas. 2007. Biological Control. Pages 4-7 in: R.D. William, D. Ball, T.L. Miller, R. Parker, J.P. Yenish, T.W. Miller, D.W. Morishita and P.J.S. Hutchinson (eds.). Pacific Northwest Weed Management Handbook. Extension Services, Oregon State University, Corvallis.
- Goheen, E.M., E. Hansen, A. Kanaskie, N. Osterbauer, J. Parke, J. Pscheidt, and G. Chastagner. 2006. Sudden oak death and Phytophthora ramorum: A guide for forest managers, Christmas tree growers, and forest-tree nursery operators in Oregon and Washington. Oregon State University Extension Service EM8877, 16 pp.
- Kavanaugh, D.H. and J.R. LaBonte. 2006. Pterostichus brachylobus Kavanaugh and LaBonte, a new species of the carabid beetle subgenus Hypherpes Chaudoir, 1838, from the central coast of Oregon (Insecta: Coleoptera: Carabidae: Pterostichini). Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 57(5): 215-223.
- LaBonte, J.R. 2006. Pterostichus lattini LaBonte, a new species of carabid beetle (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Pterostichini) from Oregon. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 57(5): 203-213.
- Osterbauer, N., C. Blomquist, and J. Falacy. 2006. Impact of Phytophthora ramorum upon regulatory activities in Western states. Phytopathology 96:S146.
- Schiff, N.M., S.A. Valley, J.R. LaBonte, and D.R. Smith. 2006. Guide to the siricid woodwasps of North America. USDA Forest Service, Northeastern Area State and Private Forestry, Newtown Square, PA. NA-PR-01-06. 85 pp.
- Schooler, S.S., P.B. McEvoy, and E.M. Coombs. 2006. Negative per capita effect of purple loosestrife and reed canary grass on plant diversity of wetland communities. Diversity and Distributions, 12: 351-363.
- Vlach, J.J., K.J. Hall, J.F. Day, G.A. Curtis, L.J. Hribar, and E.M. Fussell. 2006. Interisland dispersal of the black salt marsh mosquito, Ochlerotatus taeniorhynchus (Diptera: Culicidae) in the Florida Keys. Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association. 22(4):615-621
- Westcott, R.L., J.R. LaBonte, G.L. Parsons, and P.J. Johnson. 2006. New records and other notes for Oregon Coleoptera. Zootaxa 1142:1-33.
- Westcott, R.L., J.R. LaBonte, G.L. Parsons, and P.J.Johnson. 2006. New records and other notes for Oregon Coleoptera. Zootaxa 1142: 1-33.
- Westcott, R.L. 2006. Buprestidae (Coleoptera) of the West Indies: a new species of Spectralia Casey and notes on Acmaeodera Eschscholtz, Chrysobothris Eschscholtz and Peronaemis Waterhouse. The Pan-Pacific Entomologist 82(2):154-159.Westcott, R.L. and R.L. Alten. 2006. A new species of Eriogonum-feeding Chrysobothris Eschscholtz, 1829 (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) from Utah and California. The Pan-Pacific Entomologist 82(2):208-212.Westcott, R.L. and Henry A. Hespenheide. 2006. The description of a new species of Agrilus Curtis, with distributional records, and taxonomic and biological notes for Agrilinae and Trachyinae (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) of Mexico and Central America. Zootaxa 1367:1-35.
- Westcott, Richard L. 2006. Buprestidae (Coleoptera) of the West Indies: a new species of Spectralia Casey and notes on Acmaeodera Eschscholtz, Chrysobothris Eschscholtz and Peronaemis Waterhouse. The Pan-Pacific Entomologist 82(2):154-159.
- Westcott, Richard L. and R.L. Alten. 2006. A new species of Eriogonum-feeding Chrysobothris Eschscholtz, 1829 (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) from Utah and California. The Pan-Pacific Entomologist 82(2):208-212.
- Westcott, Richard L. and Henry A. Hespenheide. 2006. The description of a new species of Agrilus Curtis, with distributional records, and taxonomic and biological notes for Agrilinae and Trachyinae (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) of Mexico and Central America. Zootaxa 1367:1-35.
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