National Plant Board Report

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National Plant Board Report

• Southern Plant Board
• April 16, 2007
• Ken Rauscher

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2007 Priorities

• P. ramorum
• Goal
• Team
• Mike Evans
• Richard Gaskalla
• Craig Roussel
• Gray Haun
• Bob Dahl
• Tom Harrison
• Mike Brown
• Kathy Kosta

Brad White Jan Hedberg Victoria Lynn Smith Gary
W. Gibson Carl P. Schulze Carol A. Holko Aurelio
Posadas David T. Kaplan Donald R. Givens
Mary E. Mahaffey Matt Royer Russ Bulluck Helene
R. Wright Kenneth S. Ball Steven M.
Miller Clinton L. Campbell Valerie DeFeo Jonathan
M. Jones
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P. ramorum

• Accomplishments
• High Risk Protocol
• Positive Nursery Protocol
• BMPs

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P. ramorum

• To Do
• Gathering Consensus
• Interim Rules
• Implementation
• Evaluation
• Clean Stock Program
• Funding

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Priorities

• Funding for Invasives - 2007

• Accomplishments
• Focusing Attention
• USDA Symposium on Forest Health Nov. 2006
• TNC Continental Dialogue

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Invasives

• To Do
• 2007 Appropriations C.R.
• CCC Requests
• The 2007 Farm Bill
• 2008 Budget

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Priorities

• CAPS
• Goals
• Leadership/direction
• Funding
• Diagnostics
• Workgroup Ann Gibbs Shashank Nilakhe
• Bob Mungari Gene Cross
• Robin Pruisner Mike Cooper
• Mike Brown John Caravetta

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CAPs

• Accomplishments
• Mission Statement
• Roles
• Consensus on survey priorities
• To Do
• National Coordinator
• Support for funding
• Diagnostics
• Teamwork

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Other Current Activities

• Seed Potato Certification MOU
• PCN Survey
• Citrus Health
• Pre-clearance Program - Netherlands

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Current Activities

• Plum Pox
• Solving the Canada/N.Y. problem
• Funding
• Sirex
• Regulations
• Funding
• BRS
• Permit facilitation
• EIS/Rulemaking
• Training

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Current Activities

• NPDN
• Funding
• Working our delegations
• Collaboration w/NASDA
• NASF
• Other Stakeholders
• Website
• State Regulations/Quarantines
• Thanks to Regional Reps

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National Plant Board 2007 Annual
Meeting Honolulu, Hawaii August 19-23, 2007