Items
of Interest:
Agriculture Department Offers Tips to Keep ‘Nuisance Pests’ from Entering Homes During Fall Months (Oct 22, 2009)
Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture.
Acting Agriculture Secretary Russell Redding offered homeowners some suggestions on how to keep out unwanted pests, including the brown marmorated stink bug, multicolored Asian lady beetle, and the boxelder bug. More information on these and other species is available at local Penn State Cooperative Extension Offices, or on Penn State’s entomology Web site, and the Pennsylvania Invasive Species Council.
Penn
State, DCNR team up to keep plant invaders
out of parks (May
28, 2009)
Pennsylvania
State University.
Penn State's
College of Agricultural Sciences and the state
Department of Conservation and Natural Resources
have extended for 18 months a collaborative
effort to stop the spread of invasive plant
species in state parks.
2008
Status Report: Governor's Invasive Species
Council --Draft (Dec 5, 2008; PDF | 3.3
MB)
Governor's Invasive Species Council of
Pennsylvania.
The Pennsylvania Invasive Species Council
submitted a Status Report to Governor Rendell
highlighting Council activities in 2008
and outlining a framework for response
to nonnative invasive species that will
become the backbone of an invasive species
management plan.
Emerald
Ash Borer
Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture.
The emerald
ash borer was first detected
in Pennsylvania in the summer of 2007. One
of the easiest ways for exotic invasive pests
like Asian Longhorned Beetle, Emerald Ash
Borer, Sirex Wood Wasp and Bark Beetles to
spread is by people unintentionally moving
infested products. To minimize the spread
of the pests, the Pennsylvania Department
of Agriculture has implemented a quarantine
banning the importation of out-of-state firewood.
People who suspect they have seen Emerald
Ash Borer should call the department's toll-free
pest hotline at 1-866-253-7189.
Agriculture
Department Encourages Consumers to Report
Kudzu Findings By Calling Hotline (Aug
2, 2007)
Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture.
Pennsylvania residents are encouraged to call the Department of Agriculture
to report findings of kudzu, an invasive,
climbing vine that has become a problem in some regions of the state.
Findings of kudzu should be reported to the department’s toll-free hotline,
1-877-464-9333.
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