Stakeholder Input
Each state in the PRONewEngland Pest Management Network
has a State Advisory Committee composed of individuals representing a broad range of expertise and
different interests related to pest management.
Each committee meets
annually to discuss the pest management situation in their state, what needs are
not being met, and priorities for the coming year. Advisory committee
membership lists for each state are posted lower on this page. (Jump to
list for CT, ME,
MA, NH,
RI, VT).
We provide stakeholder input to help guide university,
state, and federal government pest management
programs in New England.
This feedback directs the work done directly by PRO New England, and is forwarded to
university integrated pest management education programs, and also to EPA, USDA,
and state government regulatory agencies.
In 2006, we conducted a telephone
and mail survey of all of the private sector pest management interest groups,
state agencies, and university programs listed on the PRONewEngland
People pages. Feedback from
those conversations is available at
PRONewEngland Pest Management
Stakeholder Survey - 2006 PDF (Word
file).
In 2004, we organized the
New England Pest Management Issues Conference which produced a set of
consensus recommendations. In 2002, we hosted a
New England Pest
Management Stakeholder Conference to set regional IPM priorities.
The Northeastern IPM Center
maintains a directory of pest management
priorities for the Northeastern
U.S.
State Advisory Committee Members:
Connecticut
* Connecticut Department of
Environmental Protection, School IPM – Diane Jorsey
* Ornamental and Turf, Broken Arrow
Nursery – Andrew Brand
* State liaison, UConn Extension
Pesticide Education – Candace Bartholomew
* Structural pest management – Wendy
Martel
* UConn Extension Fruit IPM Program -
Lorraine Los
* UConn Extension Greenhouse IPM
Program – Leanne Pundt
* UConn Extension IPM Program
Coordinator – Ana Legrand
* UConn Extension Vegetable IPM
Program – Jude Boucher
Maine
* Environmental
organization, Council of Lakes Associations - Ron Faucher
* Environmental
organization, Friends of Casco Bay - Mary Cerullo
* Forestry, Pesticide
supplier, United Agri Products - Ron Lemin, Jr.
* Fruit grower, Maine
Pomological Society - Marilyn Meyerhans
* Fruit and vegetable
grower, Maine Small Fruit and Vegetable Growers Assoc. - Bill Jordan Jr.
* IPM research, UMaine
Cooperative Extension – Frank Drummond
* Maine Department of
Agriculture – Kathy Murray
* Maine Organic Farmers
& Gardeners Association – Eric Sideman
* Ornamental and Turf,
Provencher Landscaping - Roger Roberge
* Potato grower, Three
Oaks Farm - Tom Qualey
* Right of way, Central
Maine Power - Wes Davis
* State liaison, UMaine
Extension IPM Program Coordinator, Pesticide Safety Education – Jim Dill
* State liaison, UMaine
Extension Apple IPM Program – Glen Koehler
* Structural pest
management, Atlantic Exterminating - Ted St. Amand
Massachusetts
* Massachusetts
Department of Agricultural Resources – representative to be named
* Massachusetts Nursery
and Landscape Association – representative to be named
* New England Vegetable and Berry Growers Association – representative
to be named
* Pesticide manufacturers and dealers – representative to be named
* State liaison, UMass
Extension Turf IPM Program - Pat Vittum
* State liaison, UMass Pesticide
Education Program - Natalia Clifton
* UMass Extension IPM
Program Coordinator - William Coli
* UMass Extension Vegetable Program - Ruth Hazzard
New Hampshire
* Fruit and Vegetable grower, Apple
Hill Farm - Chuck Souther
* Fruit and Vegetable grower,
Brookdale Fruit Farm - Charles David Hardy
* New Hampshire Dept. of Agriculture,
Markets and Food - John Weaver
* State liaison, UNH
Extension IPM Program
Coordinator - Alan T. Eaton
* UNH Cooperative Extension Educator
- George Hamilton
* Additional representatives to be
confirmed in January 2007.
Rhode Island
* Grape grower, Sakonnett Vineyard –
Joetta Kirk
* Ornamental and Turf, Kinney Azalea
Garden – Susan Gordon
* Ornamental and Turf, Maintenance
Out in Front Landscapes – Dave Renzi
* Ornamental and Turf, Rhode Island
Nursery and Landscape Association - Ken Laggerquist
* Ornamental and Turf, Schwartz Tree
Care - David Schwartz
* Ornamental and Turf, Sodco – Linda
Tucker
* Ornamental and Turf, United Agri
Products – Jim Prichard
* Rhode Island Dept. of Environmental
Management – Liz Lopes Duguay
* Rhode Island Master Gardeners
Association – Kathy Desorti
* State liaison, URI Pesticide Safety
Education Program – Margaret Siligato
* Structural pest management, Residex
Inc. – Kevin Moran
* Structural pest management, SHS
Pest Control – Michele Eccles
* Sustainable agriculture, URI –
Whitney Langone
* Turf, New England Regional Turf
Foundation – Gary Sykes
* USDA Farm Service Agency – Melissa
Turissi
* Vegetables, United Agri Products –
Steve Gardner
Vermont
* Agronomy, UVM Cooperative Extension
- Sid Bosworth
* Commercial pesticide applicator,
Bourdeau Bushey Brothers - Bob Bushey
* Christmas tree grower, VT Christmas
Tree Growers Association – to be named
* Crop consultant - Paul Stanley
* Fruit and vegetable grower - Norma
Norris
* Fruit grower, VT Apple Growers
Association – to be named
* Pesticide dealer - Mike Brinkman
* State liaison, IR-4, Pesticide
Safety Education UVM Cooperative Extension - Ann Hazelrigg
* UVM Extension IPM Program
Coordinator - Lorraine Berkett
* Vegetable and Berry Growers
Association - David Marchant
* VT Agency of Agriculture, Food and
Markets - Phil Benedict |
