Wyoming
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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

    Hank Uhden (307) 777-6574

    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

    Larry DeBrey (307) 766-5278

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

  • State Plant Health Director

    Bruce Shambaugh (307) 432-7979

    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
Wyoming Weed Watchlist Wants Invasives Dispatched Before Taking Root
UW Develops Economical Way Of Controlling Grasshoppers On Rangeland
Wildfire season expected to bring many blazes this year
UW Puts Spotlight on Invasive Weeds
WSSA Scientists Stress the Importance of Early Response to Invasive Weeds
Mountain pine beetle genome decoded
Screening Preferred to Halt Invasive Species
Yellowstone National Park Officials Launch Anti-Invasive Plants Initiative
National Invasive Species Awareness Week to Focus on Prevention ...
Pine Beetle Outbreak Buffers Watersheds from Nitrate Pollution
As Climate Warms Bark Beetles March On High-Elevation Forests
Beetle invasion threatens forests from coast to coast
Economics of Invasive Species on Rangelands
Nearly 50 Percent of Retail Firewood Infested With Insects
USFS report shows bark beetle damage slowing down - Challis Messenger
Pest Fighting Nematodes Identified
Scientists Sorting Out Beetle-Fire Relationship
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
Effects of Trees Killed by Bark Beetles on Wildfire
Wyoming Grasshoppers Emerging Earlier than Usual
Insects Emerge in Nice Weather
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
Summer Crews Spot Dyers Woad Weed Capable of Damaging Rangeland
Extinction Countdown Whitebark Pine Turned Down for Endangered Species List
Blasting Weeds Away
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
UW Offers Mountain Pine Beetle and Grasshopper Webinars This Month
2011 EBIPM Field School
Pest Control Officials Expect Southeast Wyoming Grasshopper Infestation this Summer
Invasive Grass Threatens Western Grazing Lands

Related Pages

Weed Identification Tool
Wyoming Weed and Pest Council
Wyoming Grasshopper Information
Department of Plant Sciences
Great Plains Diagnostic Network
National Ash Tree Seed Collection Initiative
Granulate Ambrosia Beetle Alert
Invaders Database System
Videos

Biological Control: The War on Saltcedar
Univ Wyoming Barnyards and Backyards

CAPS 2013 Survey Targets   
Common Name Scientific Name Destinations
Brown Marmorated Stink Bug Halyomorpha halys Pest Info | NAPIS Maps
Cherry Bark Tortrix (CBT) Enarmonia formosana Pest Info | NAPIS Maps
Columbian Root-knot Nematode Meloidogyne chitwoodi Pest Info | NAPIS Maps
Cotton Cutworm Spodoptera litura Pest Info | NAPIS Maps
Cucurbit Beetle Diabrotica speciosa Pest Info | NAPIS Maps
Egyptian Cottonworm Spodoptera littoralis Pest Info | NAPIS Maps
European Grapevine Moth Lobesia botrana Pest Info | NAPIS Maps
False Columbia Root-knot Nematode Meloidogyne fallax Pest Info | NAPIS Maps
False Root-knot Nematode Nacobbus aberrans Pest Info | NAPIS Maps
Golden Nematode Globodera rostochiensis Pest Info | NAPIS Maps
Javanese Root-knot Nematode Meloidogyne javanica Pest Info | NAPIS Maps
Mediterranean Cereal Cyst Nematode Heterodera latipons Pest Info | NAPIS Maps
Northern Root-knot Nematode Meloidogyne hapla Pest Info | NAPIS Maps
Old World Bollworm Helicoverpa armigera Pest Info | NAPIS Maps
Pale Cyst Nematode Globodera pallida Pest Info | NAPIS Maps
Peanut Rootknot Nematode Meloidogyne arenaria Pest Info | NAPIS Maps
Pine Wilt Nematode (Pinewood) Bursaphelenchus xylophilus Pest Info | NAPIS Maps
Plum Fruit Moth Grapholita funebrana Pest Info | NAPIS Maps
Potato Rot Nematode Ditylenchus destructor Pest Info | NAPIS Maps
Root-knot Nematode Meloidogyne mayaguensis Pest Info | NAPIS Maps
Silver Y Moth Autographa gamma Pest Info | NAPIS Maps
Southern Root-knot Nematode Meloidogyne incognita Pest Info | NAPIS Maps
Soybean Cyst Nematode (SCN) Heterodera glycines Pest Info | NAPIS Maps
Stem and Bulb Nematode Ditylenchus dipsaci Pest Info | NAPIS Maps
Summer Fruit Tortrix Moth Adoxophyes orana Pest Info | NAPIS Maps
Wheat Bug Nysius huttoni Pest Info | NAPIS Maps
Wheat Stem Rust UG 99 Puccinia graminis tritici UG 99 Pest Info | NAPIS Maps