Montana
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Department of Agriculture
Plant Protection Laws and Regulations Cooperative Agricultural Pest Survey
Economic Fact Sheet
Cooperative Extension Service

  • State Plant Regulatory Official

    Donna Rise (406) 444-9461

    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

    Ian Foley (406) 444-9454

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

  • State Plant Health Director

    Gary Adams (406) 449-5210

    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

    Larry Cain (307) 432-7979
    Provides technical support in planning, executing and reporting annual surveys and coordinates pest detection activities with neighboring states.

News
Montana Officials Worried About Emerald Ash Borer
Wildfire season expected to bring many blazes this year
Tiny beetle could have devastating effect on Montana trees - Farm and Ranch Guide
Battle on Invasive Watermilfoil in Noxon Shows Success
WSSA Scientists Stress the Importance of Early Response to Invasive Weeds
Yellowstone National Park Officials Launch Anti-Invasive Plants Initiative
Officials Work to Stop Spread of Rush Skeletonweed
National Invasive Species Awareness Week to Focus on Prevention ...
Invasive Species...are Top Concerns
MSU Extension Offering Courses on Weed Identification
Pine Beetle Outbreak Buffers Watersheds from Nitrate Pollution
As Climate Warms Bark Beetles March On High-Elevation Forests
Aquatic Invasive Species Threat in Montana
Beetle invasion threatens forests from coast to coast
Biomass projects may utilize trees killed by beetles
Invasive Species Threaten Mission Valley
Economics of Invasive Species on Rangelands
APHIS Confirmation of Xerolenta obvia - White heath snail - in Montana
USFS report shows bark beetle damage slowing down - Challis Messenger
Pest Fighting Nematodes Identified
Good News on Grasshoppers
Scientists Sorting Out Beetle-Fire Relationship
Learn to Loathe Invasive Spotted Knapweed
Heat wave may be best defense against new summer pest
Bee-Killing Virus Gets Supercharged by Mites
Bark beetles take a bite out of air quality
Invasive Weed Becoming Bigger Problem for Montana
Effects of Trees Killed by Bark Beetles on Wildfire
Study Finds One-time Herbicide Use Decreased Native Plants, May Have Increased Invasive Plants
The Green Ash. Can It Be Saved?
Stripe Rust Less This Year but Still Severe Experts Predict
Fall is Good Time to Hunt Gypsy Moth Eggs
Hartman Sees Yields Drop with Stripe Rust in Winter Wheat Fields
Extinction Countdown Whitebark Pine Turned Down for Endangered Species List
Blasting Weeds Away
Wheat Disease Attacks Crops Across Montana
PPQ Postentry Quarantine (PEQ) Release Policy
Mountain Pine Beetle Activity May Impact Snow Accumulation and Melt
How Lodgepole Pines Protect Their Kind Against Fire Mountain Pine Beetles Infestation
FWP Looking to Keep Invasive Species out of MT
2011 EBIPM Field School
Invasive Grass Threatens Western Grazing Lands

Related Pages

Weed Identification Tool
Precision Land and Climate Evaluation Systems
Montana Weed Control Association
Great Plains Diagnostic Network
Invasive Weeds - What is a Weed and Where Does It Come From? - NPS
National Ash Tree Seed Collection Initiative
NPAG Report
Potamogeton Crispus, Curlyleaf Pondweed
Invaders Database System

CAPS 2013 Survey Targets   
Common Name Scientific Name Destinations
Asiatic Rice Borer Chilo suppressalis Pest Info | NAPIS Maps
Australasian Soybean Rust Phakopsora pachyrhizi Pest Info | NAPIS Maps
Brown Marmorated Stink Bug Halyomorpha halys Pest Info | NAPIS Maps
Cereal Cyst Nematode Heterodera filipjevi Pest Info | NAPIS Maps
Cucurbit Beetle Diabrotica speciosa Pest Info | NAPIS Maps
Egyptian Cottonworm Spodoptera littoralis Pest Info | NAPIS Maps
Mediterranean Cereal Cyst Nematode Heterodera latipons Pest Info | NAPIS Maps
Old World Bollworm Helicoverpa armigera Pest Info | NAPIS Maps
Pigeonpea Cyst Nematode Heterodera cajani Pest Info | NAPIS Maps
Pine-tree Lappet Dendrolimus pini Pest Info | NAPIS Maps
Rosy Moth Lymantria mathura Pest Info | NAPIS Maps
Stem and Bulb Nematode Ditylenchus dipsaci Pest Info | NAPIS Maps
Wheat Bug Nysius huttoni Pest Info | NAPIS Maps