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CAPS: Cooperative Agricultural Pest Survey

CAPS

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The CAPS program is a cooperative effort between the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) Plant Protection and Quarantine (PPQ) and The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station (CAES). Through the CAPS Program, surveys are conducted to detect or delimit exotic plant pests - insects, weeds and diseases that are not known to occur in the U.S. or have been recently introduced through U.S. ports of entry or other pathways. CAPS surveys and other monitoring activities strive to protect agriculture and natural resources and to prevent economic and environmental losses.

The CAPS State Survey Committee in Connecticut (see link below) serves as an advisory group for CAPS survey activities in the state. Committee members meet several times per year to provide input on upcoming exotic pest surveys, discuss survey results and share relevant information on pest occurrences in Connecticut. Pest distribution data from surveys and other sources provided by State Survey Committee members is submitted to a national database. This information is available for retrieval upon request.

STATE PEST LISTS:

2013 Connecticut Pest List (PDF Format)

ANNUAL AND SEMI-ANNUAL REPORTS:

USDA APHIS PPQ Cooperative Agricultural Pest Survey (CAPS) Annual Accomplish Report for July-December 2005 [word format ][.pdf format]
Annual Accomplishment Report, Cooperative Agreement Number 05-8209-0195, Biological Control and Noxious Weeds, Individual Survey Activities [word format][.pdf format]
Semi-Annual Accomplishment Report, Cooperative Agreement Number 05-8209-0327, Cooperative Agricultural Pest Survey [word format][.pdf format]
Semi-Annual Accomplishment Report, Cooperative Agreement Number 05-8209-0195, Biological Control and Noxious Weeds, Educational Outreach Activites [word format][.pdf format]
Semi-Annual Narrative Progress Report for Calendar Year 2004, USDA APHIS PPQ Eastern Region: Connecticut, Biological Control, Cooperative Agreement Number 04-8209-0195-CA, Biological Control of Purple Loosestrife [word format][.pdf format]
Semi-Annual Narrative Progress Report for Fiscal Year 2004, USDA APHIS Eastern Region CAPS, Homeland Security/Pest Detection: Connecticut, Cooperative Agreement Number 04-8209-0327-CA [word format][.pdf format]
Semi-Annual Narrative Progress Report, Cooperative Agricultural Pest Survey, USDA APHIS Eastern Region Noxious Weeds: Connecticut, Cooperative Agreement Number 04-8209-0195-CA, Giant Hogweed (Heracleum mantegazzianum) [word format][.pdf format]
Accomplishment Reports:

2007

2008 (94.84kb, 16 pages, PDF Format)

2009 (72.73kb, 8 pages, PDF Format)

2009 (EAB) (36.72kb, 3 pages, PDF Format)

2012 (PDF Format)

WORKPLANS:

2012

Infrastructure (PDF Format)

2008

Infrastructure (93.72kb, 10 pages, PDF Format)
Cover Page (28.52kb, 2 pages, PDF Format)
Part II Surveys: P ramorum National Nursery Survey (66.84kb, 6 pages, PDF Format)
Part III (EPP) Surveys: Chrysanthemum White Rust Survey (72.10kb, 7 pages, PDF Format)

2006

Eastern Region Core CAPS Work Plan (Core & Part II) [word format][.pdf format]
Chrysanthemum White Rust Survey [word format][.pdf format]
Pine Shoot Beetle Survey [word format][.pdf format]
Small Hive Beetle Survey [word format][.pdf format]

2005

Chrysanthemum White Rust Detection Survey [word format ][.pdf format ]
Survey Emerald Ash Borer Survey [word format][.pdf format]
Pine Shoot Beetle Survey [word format ][.pdf format]
Giant African Snail/Giant Salvinia/Hydrilla Survey and Educational Outreach [word format ][.pdf format]
Small Hive Beetle Detection Survey [word format ][.pdf format]
Brown Marmorated Stink Bug Survey [word format ][.pdf format]
Viburnum Leaf Beetle Exotic Survey [word format ][.pdf format]
Eastern Region Core CAPS Work Plan [work format ][.pdf format]

2004

Emerald Ash Borer Survey [word format ][.pdf format]
Exotic Wireworm Survey [word format][.pdf format]
British Yellowhead Survey [word format ][.pdf format]

Meeting Minutes:

February 2005 (29.19kb, 2 pages, PDF Format)
April 2006 (26.15kb, 2 pages, PDF Format)
November 2007 (30.52kb, 2 pages, PDF Format)
June 2008 (15.23kb, 2 pages, PDF Format)
November 2010 (17.24kb, 3 pages, PDF Format)

Useful Links:

http://ceris.purdue.edu/napis/caps.html Summary of the National Program
http://ceris.purdue.edu/napis/index.html NAPIS homepage (National Agricultural Pest Information System), .pdf of CAPS summary with color photos.
http://ceris.purdue.edu/napis/states/ct/index.html Connecticut CAPS Summary Page, News items, Annual Summary, Final and Semi-Annual Reports.
http://ceris.purdue.edu/napis/pests/index.html Pest page under NAPIS that includes pest alerts, fact sheets and other information for CAPS pests, such as emerald ash borer and sudden oak death.
http://www.hort.uconn.edu/cipwg Connecticut Invasive Plant Working Group
http://www.defra.gov.uk/planth/oak.htm DEFRA, Department for Environment Food & Rural Affairs, UK
http://suddenoakdeath.org California Oak Mortality Task Force

Additional funding is being provided for survey and outreach programs for:

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STATE PLANT REGULATORY OFFICIAL:
Dr. Kirby C. Stafford III
Vice Director, Chief Scientist/State Entomologist
The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station
123 Huntington Street, P.O. Box 1106

New Haven, Connecticut 06504
Telephone Number: 203-974-8485

Fax Number: 203-974-8502
E-mail Address: Kirby.Stafford@ct.gov

Lead Agency: The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station

CAPS CONTACT PERSON FOR CONNECTICUT:
DEPUTY STATE PLANT REGULATORY OFFICIAL
Dr. Victoria L. Smith
Deputy State Entomologist
The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station
123 Huntington Street, P.O. Box 1106

New Haven, Connecticut 06504
Telephone Number: 203-974-8474

Fax Number: 203-974-8502
E-mail Address: Victoria.Smith@ct.gov

Lead Agency: The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station

CAPS STATE SURVEY COORDINATOR:

Ms. Rose Hiskes
Diagnostician & Horticulturist
The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station
123 Huntington Street, P.O. Box 1106

New Haven, Connecticut 06504
Telephone Number: 203-974-8600

Fax Number: 203-974-8502
E-mail Address: Rose.Hiskes@ct.gov
Lead Agency: The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station

CAPS State Survey Committee Members:

*Name*	*Organization*	*Discipline*
Kate Aitkenhead	USDA APHIS PPQ
Sandra Anagnostakis	The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station	Plant Pathology
Nichole Carrier	USDA APHIS PPQ	Pest Survey Specialist
Chris Donnelly	Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection, CT Tree Protector's Association	Urban Forestry, Arboriculture
Sharon Douglas	The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station	Plant Pathology
Patricia Douglass	USDA APHIS PPQ	State Plant Health Director
Bill Duesing	CT NOFA	Organic Farming
Donna Ellis	University of Connecticut	Plant Science
Kevin Grady	Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection	Forestry
James LaMondia	The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station	Plant Pathology, Nematology
Louis Magnarelli	The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station	Entomology
Chris Maier	The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station	Entomology
Robert Marra	The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station	Plant Pathology
Todd Mervosh	The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station	Weed Science
Jane O'Donnell	University of Connecticut	Entomology
Ronald Olsen	Connecticut Department of Agriculture	Economics, Marketing
Claire Rutledge	The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station	Entomology
Brad Robinson	Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection	Biology
Ralph Scarpino	Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection	Forestry
Victoria Smith	The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station	Plant Pathology
Kirby Stafford	The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station	Entomology
Kimberly Stoner	The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station	Entomology
Victoria Wallace	University of Connecticut	Ornamentals IPM
Thomas Rathier	The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station	Soil Scientist, Plant Nutrition
Kevin Sullivan	Connecticut Nursery and Landscape Association	Nursery Grower

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