Nebraska
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Cooperative Extension Service

  • State Plant Regulatory Official

    Julie Van Meter (402) 471-6847

    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

    Chelsea Mills 402-416-7017

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

  • State Plant Health Director

    Vicki Wohlers (402) 434-2346

    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

    Greg Buntrock (605) 224-1713
    Provides technical support in planning, executing and reporting annual surveys and coordinates pest detection activities with neighboring states.

News
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Volunteers Pull Weeds at Lauritzen Gardens
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Nebraska Plans Short Course on Invasive Plants
Wheat Farmers - Look Out for Rust
Mountain pine beetle genome decoded
Bayer Launches Bee Health Education Tour
National Invasive Species Awareness Week to Focus on Prevention ...
Noxious Weed Invading Southeast Nebraska
Experts Watch for Borer
Invasive Grass Fuels Increased Fire Activity in the West
UT scientists use wasps to fight emerald ash borer
Extension Concerned About Soybean Cyst Nematodes
Fall Pests Invade Firewood and Homes
Nebraskans Urged to Buy Firewood In-State, Stop Tree Killing Insects and Disease
Emerald Ash Borer On Its Way
Attempts to Stop an Invasive Pest
Weed Board Faces Pulling In Election
Economics of Invasive Species on Rangelands
Nihilistic Nematode Ravages Scotch Pines
Four Score and More - Ash follows Elms?
Drought Stress May Make SCN Scouting Easier
Grasshopper Numbers Declining Across Nebraska
Concerns Grow For Ash Trees As Pest Nears
Southern Rust Confirmed in Parts of Nebraska
Bee-Killing Virus Gets Supercharged by Mites
Look for SCN Females on Soybean Roots Now
Increased Levels of Leaf Rust
Law To Help Address Nebraskas Invasive Species Issue
Wheat Rusts Moving North in Kansas, Approaching Nebraska
Wanna be a Weed Watcher County Looking for Volunteers
Gypsy Moth ( Lymantria dispar ) - Nebraska Department of Agriculture
Warm Weather is Already Got Us Bugging Out
North American Invasive Plant Ecology and Management Short Course
Pine Wilt Ravages Area Evergreen Trees
Fall is Good Time to Hunt Gypsy Moth Eggs
Manage Grasshoppers in Emergent Winter Wheat
Blasting Weeds Away
PPQ Postentry Quarantine (PEQ) Release Policy
Cool Wet May Might Reduce Hopper Numbers in Some Areas
2011 EBIPM Field School
Pine Wilt Continues to Kill Nebraska Trees
Knotweeds Added to Noxious Weed List
Soybean Cyst Nematode Damage Can be Reduced
High Numbers of Grasshoppers Predicted

Related Pages

Weed Identification Tool
Weed Publications
Department of Plant Pathology
Great Plains Diagnostic Network
National Ash Tree Seed Collection Initiative
Granulate Ambrosia Beetle Alert
Videos

Emerald Ash Borer Identification NE DOA

CAPS 2013 Survey Targets   
Common Name Scientific Name Destinations
Great Spruce Bark Beetle Dendroctonus micans Pest Info | NAPIS Maps
Large Pine Weevil Hylobius abietis Pest Info | NAPIS Maps
Mountain Pine Beetle (MPB) Dendroctonus ponderosae Pest Info | NAPIS Maps
Needle Blight of Pine Mycosphaerella gibsonii Pest Info | NAPIS Maps
Pine Shoot Beetle Tomicus destruens Pest Info | NAPIS Maps
Rosy Moth Lymantria mathura Pest Info | NAPIS Maps
Sakhalin Pine Sawyer Monochamus saltuarius Pest Info | NAPIS Maps
Scots Pine Blister Rust Cronartium flaccidum Pest Info | NAPIS Maps
Small White-Marmorated Longhorned Beetle Monochamus sutor Pest Info | NAPIS Maps