Goals
Activities
Stakeholder input
Outreach
Project Administration
Personnel
 

 Our Goals

   PRONewEngland is your website connection to pest management information for New England.  The goals for PRONewEngland are:

* Enhance public understanding of pest management practices in New England.

* Improve public access to pest information.  Provide public access to comprehensive content useful to answer pest questions asked by New England residents.

* Increase stakeholder participation in assessing regional pest management needs, provide a coordinated New England perspective to federal regulatory agencies.

* Represent New England in national regulatory decisions.  Document pest management practices, challenges, and opportunities in New England.  Respond to EPA and USDA queries.

 Activities  (individual state activities are listed on lower part of this page)

 * Web site
     The PRONewEngland.org web site provides a New England focus for pest management info and contacts.  It makes pertinent information easily accessible by maintaining a library of selected links on pest management topics important to New England, and a searchable database of New England pest fact sheets.  Pest tracking models are updated daily during the growing season.  The Site map gives an outline of the website.  The summary from a recent web traffic report is available.

 * Reports
       Pest management surveys are conducted in a statistically rigorous manner (using the Dillman method) to discover current pest management practices in New England.  Surveys have been completed for Apple, Bean, Carrot, Highbush blueberry, Peach, Peas, Pear, Peppers, Raspberry, Strawberry, Sweet corn, and Tomato.  Christmas tree and School IPM surveys are scheduled for 2007.

       Pest management profiles record pest challenges and the available management options.  New England profiles have been completed for Apple, Bean, Carrot, Highbush blueberry, Peas, Peach, Pear, Strawberry, Sweet corn, Tomato, and Winter squash.  A Pepper profile is in preparation. 

       Pest management strategic plans evaluate impediments and opportunities for better pest management in New England.  The strategic plans also play a key role in representing our regional perspective in federal regulatory decisions.  Strategic plans have been completed for Apple, Bean, Carrot, Highbush blueberry, Peach, Pear, Peas, Tomato, and Winter squash.  A Strawberry PMSP meeting was held in late 2006 with document completion scheduled for early 2007.  A Pepper PMSP meeting is scheduled for late 2007.

 Stakeholder input
       Each of the participating New England states has an State Advisory Committee that provides stakeholder input to identify pest management research, education, and regulatory priorities for university, state, and federal government programs in the region.  Please see the Stakeholder input page for information on our 2006 telephone survey, and recommendations from recent regional stakeholder meetings.
 

  Outreach
         PRONewEngland project summary PDF.  (Word file)
    
       The PRO-motion page has information about our other promotional materials such as Pest ID cards and refrigerator magnets.

  Project administration

        Most recent progress report:

     PRONewEngland 2008 Progress Report - PDF     (Word file)
    

Personnel
     There is a PRONewEngland liaison in each state.  

State liaisons have the following duties:
     *  Review website content relating to their state for accuracy and completeness. Review pest management survey questionnaires, profiles and strategic plans for validity in representing their state.

     * Collect feedback on pest management priorities and concerns from stakeholder groups in their state to forward to university and government programs, including EPA and USDA. 

     * Insure representative participation of their state's pest managers in PRONewEngland pest management tactic surveys, crop profiles, and pest management strategic plans.  This includes provision of mailing lists and other assistance to project team members conducting such activities.

     * Publicize PRONewEngland to the pest management community and the larger public of their state.
 

     * Serve as a conduit to forward information requests from EPA and USDA to expert contacts and interested parties in their state.

Activities by State  No completion year specified means "ongoing".

Univ. of Connecticut -
Candace Bartholomew  Voice: 860-570-9067
Univ. Connecticut Cooperative Extension

1800 Asylum Avenue

West Hartford, CT 06117

     State liaison
    Christmas tree survey - scheduled completion 2008

    Pepper survey 2006
    Pepper crop profile

Univ. of Maine -
Glen Koehler & Jim Dill Voice: 207-581-3882
Pest Management Office

491 College Avenue

Orono, ME 04473-1295

     Project coordination, proposal preparation, grant management, progress reports
    State liaison
    PRO New England web site
    Pest Fact Sheet database
    Pest forecasting models
    Pesticide query coordination

    Survey template and oversight
    Crop profile template and oversight
    Pest management strategic plan template and oversight
        and How strategic plans are used
    Advisory council meeting 2002

    New England Pest Management Issues Conference 2004
    Regional coordination meeting 2003

    Agricultural Pocket Pesticide Calibration Guide (PDF) 2005 
    Pest ID cards, promotional magnets, displays 2005-2006
    Stakeholder survey 2006
  
Univ. of Massachusetts -
Natalia Clifton & Pat Vittum Voice: 413-545-1044
Pesticide Education

212 Ag Engineering Bldg.

University of Massachusetts

Amherst, MA 01003

     State liaison
     Survey data entry and summary
     Apple survey 2004
     Christmas tree survey scheduled completion 2008

     Highbush blueberry survey 2003
     Peas/Bean/Carrot survey 2003
     Raspberry survey 2006

     School IPM survey
     Sweet corn survey 2004
     Winter squash survey 2003
     Winter squash crop profile 2006
     Winter squash strategic plan 2006
    

Univ. of New Hampshire -
Bill Lord

Voice: 603-269-7730

   State liaison

   School IPM meeting 2008

   Peach & Pear survey 2002
   Peach & Pear profile 2004
   Peach & Pear strategic plan 2004
   Strawberry survey 2004
    
Univ. of Rhode Island -
Peggy Siligato & Steve Alm 
Voice: 401-874-5997 or 5998
Univ. of Rhode Island

316 Woodward Hall

Kingston, RI  02881

     State liaison
     Tomato survey 2002
     Tomato profile 2007
     Tomato strategic plan 2007
     Peas/Bean/Carrot survey 2003
      Peas/Beans/Carrots profile 2007
     Peas/Beans/Carrots strategic plan 2007
 

Univ. of Vermont -
Ann Hazelrigg & Sarah Kingsley-Richards
Voice: 802-656-0493
University of Vermont

Plant & Soil Science Dept.

Hills Agricultural Building

105 Carrigan Drive

Burlington, VT 05405-0082

     State liaison
     Apple profile 2002
     Apple strategic plan 2003
     Highbush blueberry profile 2005
     Highbush blueberry strategic plan 2006
     Pepper strategic plan 2009

     Strawberry strategic plan 2008

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