Louisiana
Contact Information

Department of Agriculture and Forestry
Plant Protection Laws and Regulations Economic Fact Sheet
Cooperative Extension Service

  • State Plant Regulatory Official

    Tad Hardy (225) 952-8100

    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

    Brett Laird (225) 922-1337

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

  • State Plant Health Director

    Bill Spitzer (225) 298-5410

    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

    Karen Jenkins (225) 298-5410
    Provides technical support in planning, executing and reporting annual surveys and coordinates pest detection activities with neighboring states.

News
Invasive Crazy Ants Are Displacing Fire Ants in Areas Throughout Southeastern U.S.
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APHIS Allows the Movement of Fruit Regulated for Sweet Orange Scab...Under Certain Conditions
Invasive Species of the Day Series
Great Time to Treat for Fire Ants
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National Invasive Species Awareness Week to Focus on Prevention ...
Soybean Rust Confirmed in Eight Louisiana Parishes
New Control Strategies for Bipolar Bark Beetles
Louisiana Gets Special Label for Crazy Ant Control
Fire Ant Webinars 2013
Fire Ants - A prize winning graphic novella
Fire Ant Stings
APHIS Publishes Citrus Greening-Asian Citrus Psyllid Regulated Areas and Movement Restrictions
Website Focuses On Invasive Water Weeds
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Fire Ants In Hay - YouTube
Research Proposal 2012 Laurel Wilt
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Fire Ant Quarantines and Regulations
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Soybean Rust on the Move in Louisiana
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Boll Weevil Eradicated - YouTube
The Evils of the Garden Fire Ants
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Imported Fire Ants Community Page
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Citrus growers could enlist RNAi technology to fight psyllids
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Fire Ants Conquered America by Monopolising Calorie Rich Food
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APHIS Revises Approved Packinghouse Procedures for Sweet Orange Scab
Blasting Weeds Away
PPQ Postentry Quarantine (PEQ) Release Policy
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request on South American Cactus Moth Quarantine and Regulations
USDA Permits Limited Shipments From Citrus Quarantine Areas
Ferry Tale Fire Ants Aggregate into Living Rafts to Escape Floods
APHIS Adds Conditions to Allow Fruit Movement into or through States Regulated for Sweet Orange Scab
Availability of an Environmental Assessment of a Biological Control Agent for Air Potato
Federal Order Quarantine Areas Established for Sweet Orange Scab
Quarantine Areas Established for Sweet Orange Scab
South American Cactus Moth Quarantine Addition of the State of Louisiana

Related Pages

Weed Identification Tool
Southern Plant Diagnostic Network
AgCenter Research and Extension
Department of Wildlife and Fisheries
Invasive Plants in Southern Forests
PPQ Citrus Greening Alert
National Ash Tree Seed Collection Initiative
Two step method for Fire Ant control
EPPO Data Sheet
FDAC Exotic Fruit Fly Information
Lucid Keys - Hosts and Potential Hosts of Citrus Pests and Diseases
Enhancing efficacy of Mexican fruit fly SIT ... - Wiley Online Library
Workers Comp Claims from Spiders, Bees, Fire Ants, Fleas, Mosquitoes, Bedbugs ...
Invasive Species: Imperata cylindrica, Cogongrass
Other Impacts of Fire Ants
Management Options of Fire Ants for Electrical Equipment and Utility Housings
Invasives Watch
Videos

Louisiana What We Can Do Citrus Psyllid
Termites Can Run But They Can't Hide
Exotic Fruit Fly Monitoring
Scouting for the Asian Citrus Psyllid and Symptoms of Citrus Greening Disease LSUAgCenter

CAPS 2013 Survey Targets   
Common Name Scientific Name Destinations
Black Spruce Beetle Tetropium castaneum Pest Info | NAPIS Maps
Brown Spruce Longhorned Beetle Tetropium fuscum Pest Info | NAPIS Maps
Japanese Pine Sawyer Beetle Monochamus alternatus Pest Info | NAPIS Maps
Large Pine Weevil Hylobius abietis Pest Info | NAPIS Maps
Needle Blight of Pine Mycosphaerella gibsonii Pest Info | NAPIS Maps
Pine Shoot Beetle Tomicus destruens Pest Info | NAPIS Maps
Pine Shoot Beetle (PSB) Tomicus piniperda Pest Info | NAPIS Maps
Sakhalin Pine Sawyer Monochamus saltuarius Pest Info | NAPIS Maps
Small White-Marmorated Longhorned Beetle Monochamus sutor Pest Info | NAPIS Maps