Georgia
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Plant Protection Laws and Regulations Economic Fact Sheet
Cooperative Extension Service

  • State Plant Regulatory Official

    Mike Evans (404) 586-1140

    Serves on the National Plant Board, oversees state pest detection and regulatory activities and coordinates survey activities between government agencies, public and private organizations. Coordinates the state's initial emergency response if an exotic pest is detected.

  • State Survey Coordinator

    Alan Lowman (770) 228-7215

    Coordinates CAPS survey planning, execution and reporting as well as community outreach activities.

  • State Plant Health Director

    Bill Kauffman (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.

  • Pest Survey Specialist

    Katherine Ellingson (770) 860-4028
    Provides technical support in planning, executing and reporting annual surveys and coordinates pest detection activities with neighboring states.

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Invasive Species of the Day Series
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Faculty fights Soybean Rust
New Control Strategies for Bipolar Bark Beetles
University of Georgia Scientist Tracks Kudzu Bug Back to Japan
Fire Ant Webinars 2013
Fire Ants - A prize winning graphic novella
Fire Ant Stings
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Research Proposal 2012 Laurel Wilt
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Fire Ant Quarantines and Regulations
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Laurel Wilt
Kudzu Vine Key to Kudzu Bug's Survival
Everything You Need to Know About Laurel Wilt Disease
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Asian Soybean Rust Found on Kudzu in Georgia
Southern Corn Rust Spreading Across South Georgia
River to be Lowered Three Feet for Herbicide Spraying
Fewer Aquatic Weeds Found in Savannah River this Year
Forestry Officials Bring Battle Against Cogongrass to Augusta
Bald Eagle Deaths Linked to Invasive Lake Weed
Gypsy Moths, Borers Threaten GA Timber
Africanized Bee vs. Honey Bee
Forestry Officials Take Measures to Keep Pests Away
Brain Eating Flies Used in War Against Imported Fire Ants
Purple Boxes Hanging in Trees Used to Test for the Emerald Ash Borer
Nematodes Take Big Bite Out of Cotton Profits
The Evils of the Garden Fire Ants
First Coastal Georgia CISMA Workshop
Are there fire ants native to North America?
Imported Fire Ants Community Page
New Hope to Save Hemlock Trees from Attack
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Fire Ants Conquered America by Monopolising Calorie Rich Food
Pest Survey Finds Invasion of Exotic Ambrosia Beetles
Music Festival funds hemlock pest research
Bugs Eat Kudzu But Like Soybeans Too
An Invasive Plant Now Faces Its Own Attacker
Hemlocks Still Abundant Despite Adelgid Infestations
Status of European Pepper Moth
Native Ants Use Chemical Weapons to Turn Back Invading Argentine Ants
Drought Drives Argentine Ants Indoors
Ferry Tale Fire Ants Aggregate into Living Rafts to Escape Floods
New Invasive Bermudagrass Pest Found in Georgia
Are Your Hemlocks Dying

Related Pages

Southern Plant Diagnostic Network
Georgia Invasive Species
College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences
Entomology Department
Florida Pest Alert - Bean Plataspid
Extension Bulletin - Bean Plataspid
Invasive Plants in Southern Forests
Two step method for Fire Ant control
FDAC Exotic Fruit Fly Information
Save Georgias Hemlocks
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Southeast Exotic Pest Plant Council
Invasive Species: Imperata cylindrica, Cogongrass
Featured Creature
History of the Boll Weevil Eradication Program
Laurel Wilt - Palamedes Swallowtail
Management Options of Fire Ants for Electrical Equipment and Utility Housings
Videos

Staying on Top of Non-Native Invasive Threats
Exotic Fruit Fly Monitoring

CAPS 2013 Survey Targets   
Common Name Scientific Name Destinations
Ash Dieback Chalara fraxinea Pest Info
Asian Longhorned Beetle Anoplophora glabripennis Pest Info | NAPIS Maps
Bamboo Borer Chlorophorus annularis Pest Info | NAPIS Maps
Boxwood Blight; Leaf and Stem Blight Calonectria pseudonaviculata Pest Info | NAPIS Maps
Citrus Longhorned Beetle Anoplophora chinensis Pest Info | NAPIS Maps
European Spruce Bark Beetle Ips typographus Pest Info | NAPIS Maps
Giant African Snail Lissachatina fulica Pest Info | NAPIS Maps
Horse Thistle Onopordum acaulon Pest Info | NAPIS Maps
Japanese Pine Sawyer Beetle Monochamus alternatus Pest Info | NAPIS Maps
Japanese Wax Scale Ceroplastes japonicus Pest Info | NAPIS Maps
Large Pine Weevil Hylobius abietis Pest Info | NAPIS Maps
Lesser Spruce Shoot Beetle Hylurgops palliatus Pest Info | NAPIS Maps
Light Brown Apple Moth Epiphyas postvittana Pest Info | NAPIS Maps
Mediterranean Pine Engraver Orthotomicus erosus Pest Info | NAPIS Maps
Oak Splendour Beetle Agrilus biguttatus Pest Info | NAPIS Maps
Passionvine Mealybug Planococcus minor Pest Info | NAPIS Maps
Pine Shoot Beetle Tomicus destruens Pest Info | NAPIS Maps
Pine Shoot Beetle (PSB) Tomicus piniperda Pest Info | NAPIS Maps
Quetta Borer Aeolesthes sarta Pest Info | NAPIS Maps
Redhaired Pine Bark Beetle Hylurgus ligniperda Pest Info | NAPIS Maps
Scolytid Beetle Ips subelongatus Pest Info | NAPIS Maps
Silver Y Moth Autographa gamma Pest Info | NAPIS Maps
Sirex Woodwasp Sirex noctilio Pest Info | NAPIS Maps
Sixtoothed Bark Beetle Ips sexdentatus Pest Info | NAPIS Maps
Slender-Banded Pinecone Longhorn Beetle Chlorophorus strobilicola Pest Info | NAPIS Maps
Soft Wax Scale Ceroplastes destructor Pest Info | NAPIS Maps
Tremex Woodwasp Tremex fuscicornis Pest Info | NAPIS Maps
Yellow Witchweed Alectra vogelii Pest Info | NAPIS Maps