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Georgia

Contact Information
  • Evans, Mike - State Plant Regulatory Official (404-651-9486)
  • Serves on the National Plant Board, oversees state level pest detection and regulatory activities and coordinates survey activities between government agencies, public and private sector organizations. Also coordinates the state's initial emergency response if an exotic pest is detected.

  • Kauffman, Bill - State Plant Health Director (770-860-4023)
  • Directs federal APHIS-PPQ pest detection and regulatory activities in cooperation with state officials, and coordinate the initial PPQ emergency response if an exotic pest is detected in the state.

  • Ellingson, Katherine - Pest Survey Specialist (770-860-4028)
  • Provides technical support to the SSC in planning, executing and reporting annual surveys and coordinates pest detection activities with neighboring states.

Latest News

11/23/2009       Weekend Weed Warriors Take on Memorial Park Pest Info
11/20/2009       Natural Predators Tested For StinkBug Control Pest Info
11/16/2009       BioControl Agent Assessment for WaterHaycinth Pest Info
11/10/2009       Bug Found in GA a Threat to Soybeans? Pest Info
11/05/2009       Kudzu Eating Pest Found in GA Pest Info
10/26/2009       Invasive Grass Now Found in Colquitt CountyGA Pest Info
08/14/2009       Many Things Ready to Prey on Vegetables
07/20/2009       Revision of Citrus Greening,Citrus Psyllid FO Pest Info
07/14/2009       Cactus Moth Quarantine and Regulations Pest Info
06/27/2009       Confirmation of Citrus Greening in GA Pest Info


Links
Two step method for Fire Ant control
Cooperative Extension Service
Southern Plant Diagnostic Network
Georgia Department of Agriculture
Entomology Department
Georgia Invasive Species
Georgia State Facts
Invasive and Exotic Species
College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences

CAPS 2009 Survey Targets   
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European Spruce Bark Beetle Ips typographus Pest Info | NAPIS Map
False Coddling Moth Thaumatotibia leucotreta Pest Info | NAPIS Map
Japanese Pine Sawyer Monochamus alternatus Pest Info | NAPIS Map
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Pine Shoot Beetle Tomicus destruens Pest Info | NAPIS Map
Pine shoot beetle Tomicus piniperda Pest Info | NAPIS Map | APHIS-PPQ Page
Red-haired Bark Beetle Hylurgus ligniperda Pest Info | NAPIS Map
Six-Toothed Bark Beetle Ips sexdentatus Pest Info | NAPIS Map
Six-Toothed Spruce Beetle Pityogenes chalcographus Pest Info | NAPIS Map
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