The Western Front is published three times a year by the Western IPM Center. The first issue was published February 2005.

Summer 2013 (PDF)

• Protecting water resources from pesticides - A Western IPM Center signature program
• Guide to Western IPM Center funding
• Director's Perspective - Comment Coodinators
• Pacific and State Briefs: Guam, Utah & California
• Highlights of Western IPM Center research:
  • Battling invasive weeds in an urban environment
  • Planting guide for pollinators in New Mexico
  • Developing a sex pheromone to combat the Prionus beetle in hops
• New communications plan for the Western IPM Center
• Mark Your Calendar - Upcoming meetings

February 2013 (PDF)

• Director's Comments: Communication is our most important component
• Six Regional IPM Grants Awarded in Western Region
• Five Lead the Western IPM Center
• State Brief: Arizona
• Steering and Advisory Committees Guide the Western IPM Center
• Highlights of Western IPM Center Grants Programs:
  • Illustrated Field Guide to the Pests of Bivalve Aquaculture in Washington and Oregon
  • Improving IPM of Mosquitoes by Addressing Scientific Uncertainty and Public Concerns
  • Adopting IPM on Oregon's School Landscapes
  • Developing an Education Program on a Semiochemical-based IPM Method for Weevil Pests on Guam
• IPM and Water Quality Training Modules Completed
• Mark Your Calendar

October 2012 (PDF* 943K)

• Director's Comments: Thanks to previous WIPMC leadership; new funding for WIPMC; new leadership for WIPMC; recent meetings; upcoming RFP for WIPMC-funded projects; thanks for stakeholder support of Regional IPM Centers
• An IPM Educational Program for Vineyards and Orchards to Prevent and Manage Glyphosate-resistant Weeds
• PMSP Update
• European Grapevine Moth, Lobesia botrana (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) Eradication Program in California
• Western IPM Center Develops Two New Signature Programs, Continues a Third
• Update: 2011–2012 Signature Programs
• State Brief: Utah
• Mark Your Calendar

June 2012 (PDF* 1.04MB)

• Director's Comments: Rick Melnicoe and Linda Herbst retiring July 1; Kassim Al-Khatib to direct WIPMC beginning July 1; new proposal submitted to share Center leadership among three western universities; future funding of Centers
• Protecting Beneficials in Hawai‘i and the American Pacific: A Workshop on the Conservation of Pollinators and Other Beneficial Species
• WIPMC 2012 Funded Projects
• Thank You, Rick and Linda!
• Mark Your Calendar
• Profile: Frank Zalom

February 2012 (PDF* 939K)

• Director's Comments: WIPMC receives 17 grant applications; RIPM proposals due February 29; Regional IPM Centers funded for 1 year in 2012 agriculture budget; highlights of WIPMC grants programs; work under way on three WIPMC signature programs; Regional IPM Centers at International IPM Symposium
• California Oaks Threatened by Invading Wood Borer
• Three New Signature Programs in the West
• Highlights of WIPMC Grants Programs
• PMSP Update
• Profile: Dawn Gouge
• Mark Your Calendar

October 2011 (PDF* 1,284K)

• Director's Comments: Possible last year of Center funding; Center leadership transition July 2012; three new WIPMC signature programs; need for continued stakeholder support for Centers; WIPMC releases new RFA; Center Directors head to Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development international workshop in Berlin in October; WIPMC at the 7th International IPM Symposium in March 2012
• Highlights of IPM Activities in the West: Accomplishments, Outcomes, Impacts, and Plans -- Part II
• Seven Regional IPM Grants Awarded in Western Region, Totaling $658,066
• PMSP Update
• Profile: Paul Jepson
• The Coffee Berry Borer (CBB) Invades Kona, Hawaii: How Can Growers Live with CBB?
• Protecting Pollinators: How the Small Hive Beetle is Impacting Producers in Hawaii and What Can Be Done to Safeguard Honeybees
• IPM Advocates Program for Retail Nurseries and Garden Centers Launched in California
• Mark Your Calendar

June 2011 (PDF* 1,225K)

• Director's comments: Federal budget and Regional IPM Centers; thank you to supporters; looming issues for programs relying on federal funding; court decisions on endangered species and water quality; legislated pesticide registration; WERA-069 state/territory reports; proposed session at International IPM Symposium in Memphis; Roger Beachy leaves NIFA
• Highlights of IPM Activities in the West: Accomplishments, Outcomes, Impacts, and Plans
• More than $16 Million Leveraged from WIPMC Grants
• Profile: Thomas Holtzer
• Journal of Integrated Pest Management
• Sustainable Places Information Network (SPIN)
• PMSP Update
• Spotted Wing Drosophila: Recent Invader of Western Region
• Alaska Potato IPM Scouting Manual in English and Russian
• Mark Your Calendar

February 2011 (PDF* 1,161K)

• Director's comments: Fate of the Regional IPM Centers after September 2012; Western IPM Center funds projects for 2011; Webinar on planning and managing systems-based transdisciplinary projects for USDA-NIFA; 2011 Regional IPM Grants Program -- Western Region applications reviewed; Important upcoming meetings
• Understanding Thousand Cankers Disease: Center-Funded Project Contributes Findings on Invasive Disease of Walnut Trees in the West
• Western IPM Center 2011 Funded Projects
• Profile: Ronda Hirnyck
• PMSP Update
• Highlights of Western IPM Center Grants Programs
• Mark Your Calendar

October 2010 (PDF* 1,039K)

• Director's Comments: Letter to Dr. Deborah Sheely, Deputy Administrator of the Competitive Programs Unit at USDA-NIFA
• The Benefits and Impacts of Regionality and the Role of the Western IPM Center
• Profile: Carla Thomas, Associate Director, Western Plant Diagnostic Network
• State Briefs
• IPM Programs in Public Housing
• PMSP Update
• WIPMC Advisory and Steering Committees Gathered in June for Last Face-to-Face Meeting
• Center Highlights
• Seven Regional IPM Grants Awarded in Western Region, Totaling $658,066
• Mark Your Calendar

June 2010 (PDF* 1,020K)

• Director's Comments: The future of funding for the IPM Centers; strengths, role, and projects of the WIPMC; Pest Management Alternatives Program update; WIPMC's next RFA; HUD-IPM Centers collaboration; Dr. Sheryl Kunickis appointed Director of USDA Office of Pest Management Policy
• Symposium on IPM and Water Quality Yields Exciting New Ideas for Collaboration in the West
• More than $11.8 million leveraged from WIPMC Grants
• Profile: Rebecca Sicso
• State Briefs
• University of Hawaii Honeybee/Varroa Mite Project
• PMSP Update
• IPM Programs on Tribal Lands
• Mark Your Calendar

February 2010 (PDF* 1,248K)

• Director's Comments: Forty-eight applications submitted in response to WIPMC annual RFA; other current RFAs; 32 applications accepted for RIPM; Congress passes agriculture budget; National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) establishes new priorities
• Highlights of Western IPM Center Grants Programs
• Western IPM Center 2009 Funded Projects
• State Briefs: Utah, California
• PMSP Update
• Profile: Steve Ela, Operations Manager and Partner, Ela Family Farms
• IPM and Water Quality Symposium
• Mark Your Calendar

October 2009 (PDF* 657K)

• Director's Comments: Record number of applications in response to WIPMC annual RFA; information networks no longer funded; EIPM and RIPM RFAs to be released soon; WIPMC role in Legume ipmPIPE; WIPMC participates in agricultural tours, Pesticide Applicator Certification and Safety Education workshop; best wishes to Sandra McDonald upon her retirement
• Seven Western Region RIPM Grants Awarded
• Profile: H. Michael Harrington
• "Biodiversity Working for Farmers" Tour
• Increasing the Capacity for Spinach Seed Production in the United States
• Organic Potato PMSP Yields Funding and More
• State Briefs: Arizona, Idaho, Utah
• Mark Your Calendar

June 2009 (PDF* 1,164K)

• Director's Comments: IPM hit hard by funding issues; CSREES transferred to new National Institute of Food and Agriculture; WIPMC RFAs released in June; regional IPM and water quality conference planned; WIPMC work groups highlighted in this issue
• Work Group Highlight: Snails and Slugs
• UC IPM Update
• Work Group Highlight: Urban Ants
• Work Group Highlight: Invasive Plants
• PMSP Update
• Profile: Sherry Glick
• Work Group Highlight: Weather Systems
• Bugwood Network
• Work Group Highlight: Orchard Spray Application Efficiency
• Mark Your Calendar

February 2009 (PDF* 740K)

• Director's Comments: 2008 Farm Bill changes Smith-Lever 3(d) IPM funds distribution and 406 Integrated Activities programs eligibility; WIPMC funds three "Addressing Western IPM Issues" projects and four Work Groups
• Pyrethroids in California's Urban Creeks
• Alaska's Kids are Extraordinary Weed Pullers
• PMSP Update
• Western IPM Center 2008 Funded Projects
• Highlights of Western IPM Center Grants Programs
• IPM in Schools PMSP Issued
• Two Organic Potato Field Days are Outgrowth of Organic Potato Production PMSP
• Profile: Lori Berger
• Mark Your Calendar

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 IPM Center is headquartered at the University of California Statewide Integrated Pest Management Program at UC Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616.