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“North Central Integrated Pest Management Center: Goals, Objectives, Management and Grants”

Larry G. Olsen, Co-Director Michael E. Gray, Co-Director. “North Central Integrated Pest Management Center: Goals, Objectives, Management and Grants”. Presented to NC IPM Center Steering Committee. East Lansing, MI January 16, 2004. Introduction.

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  1. Larry G. Olsen, Co-DirectorMichael E. Gray, Co-Director “North Central IntegratedPest Management Center:Goals, Objectives,Management and Grants” Presented to NC IPM Center Steering Committee East Lansing, MI January 16, 2004

  2. Introduction In September 2000, USDA funded a nationwide pest management information network of four regional Integrated Pest Management Centers to ensure coordination of efforts and resources to enhance IPM development and adoption for production agriculture, natural resources, recreational environments, and residential and public sites.

  3. Introduction • The 3-d PIAP funds were used to fund this Section 406 competitive program. • Other 3-d programs of Water Quality and Food Safety were moved to Section 406 and became competitively funded. • Washington created a new program to do coordination and leadership at the regional level which Washington is unable to efficiently do.

  4. A Regional Approach North Central North Eastern Western Southern Location of IPM Centers

  5. IPM Center Virtual, with part time employees. No physical facilities. Subcontract to meet goals and objectives.

  6. Subcontracting Processes To be open, fair and free of conflict of interest • Proposal submitted March 28 described process. • Award announcement and peer review panel comments • received July 17. • Revised proposal incorporating reviewers comments • submitted August 14. • Requested to submit a second plan describing subcontract • process that showed more uniformity. Submitted September 25. • Washington developed a generic template for process and • circulated it November 14 requesting a third process description. • Submitted third process plan December 4. • December 12 version approved December 19.

  7. Subcontracting Processes To be open, fair and free of conflict of interest • Describes how the NC IPM Center will invest its • resources. • Pledges to uphold the principles and standards • of CSREES. • We will submit all announcements of funding • opportunities to the CSREES NPL for review. • We will provide funds for State Contacts, Working • Groups, Critical Issues and with hold some • emerging issues funds. • For each funding opportunity, the agreement describes: • a. priority setting process, • b. announcement process, • c. decision making process.

  8. IPM Center Mission To develop, maintain, improve, and expand IPM practices in public and private sectors and to increase access to IPM information, extension programs, and funding opportunities for our stakeholders.

  9. IPM Center Goals • Establish a process for stakeholder • identification and prioritization of • emerging pest management issues for • research, extension and outreach to • respond to economic, human health, • environmental and safety concerns.

  10. IPM Center Goals 2. Serve as a focal point for collaborative team building to develop, improve, maintain and expand IPM practices in the North Central Region.

  11. IPM Center Goals 3. Enhance the ability of the land-grant system and USDA to provide IPM users, researchers, governmental agencies, and the public with the information and knowledge they need to increase IPM adoption and reduce unreasonable adverse environmental effects from pests and the use of pest management practices.

  12. IPM Center Goals 4. Ensure accountability and leadership for proper management and distribution of Center resources.

  13. North Central Region • 12 States • Row & specialty crops • EPA Regions 5, 7 and 8 • Regional Pest Diagnostics Centers – North Central and Great Plains States • Co-directed at Michigan State University and University of Illinois

  14. Administration

  15. Steering Committee The Steering Committee gathers input from stakeholders (including the Advisory Committee), determines broad policy goals and priorities, makes final funding decisions, evaluates annual reports to determine if suitable progress has been made for renewal projects, develops an evaluation plan for the Center, and provides direction for timely and effective IPM Center management.

  16. Steering Committee Membership 2004-2005 Janet Andersen – EPA, BPPD Chuck Curtis – NC 201 IPM Chair Randy Higgins – Extension Directors Al Jennings – USDA, OPMP Bill Ravlin, - Experiment Station Directors Wendy Wintersteen – NC 201 IPM Administrative Advisor Chair Advisory Committee - ?? NGO representative - ??

  17. Advisory Committee The Advisory Committee provides vision and guidance to the Steering Committee and NC IPM Center staff. Members represent a wide range of stakeholders linking the IPM Center to stakeholder needs and priorities for pest management programs. Advisory Committee members are an important avenue for IPM Center outreach, promoting awareness of the IPM Center’s resources to their own constituencies and beyond.

  18. Advisory Committee • Elects own officers • Recommends membership • Creates own agenda • Gives recommendations and • priorities to the IPM Center staff

  19. Advisory Committee Members • State IPM Coordinators • US EPA Regional Offices • Natural Resources Conservation Service • IR-4 • National Agricultural Statistics Service • CSREES Water Quality Program • Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education • State Pesticide Safety Education Program Coordinators • USDA Forest Service • Regional Pest Diagnostics Network • Regional Research Committee members • NGOs & many other stakeholders • State Department of Agriculture • State Departments of DEQ and DNR

  20. State Contact The IPM Center funds a State Contact person for each state through a competitive process. The State Contact gathers IPM priorities, develops IPM programs and materials, links to other state-based IPM programs, responds to information requests, creates a list of IPM experts and information, develops and revises crop profiles and Pest Management Strategic Plans and serves as a member of a Working Group. In 2004 $300,000 is available for State Contacts, with about $25,000 per state.

  21. State Contact • RFP out October 14. • 14 Letters of Intent received by October 31. • 14 full proposals received by November 14. • Steering Committee sent proposals to review December 4. • Proposals peer reviewed December 10. • PIs notified of rewrites needed Dec 24. • Steering Committee to make final funding decisions January 16. • Subcontracts to be issued late January.

  22. State Contactproposal criteria Criteria Points • Stakeholder involvement 30 • Collaboration – partners 25 • Objectives 20 • Feasibility 20 • Experience 5

  23. Working Groups Up to six Working Groups will be funded in a competitive process to be the basis for most of the Center’s core functions. These multi-state, multi-disciplinary, self selected teams are comprised of stakeholders, researchers, extension specialists, and government agency representatives.

  24. Working Groups • People have shared vision, are given responsibilities, authority and resources to meet goals. • Begin with mission statement, and develop goals and programs to meet that mission. • Modeled after self-directed work teams in industry.

  25. Working Groups Will: • Identify and prioritize regional IPM issues for commodities or specific issues, • Address the goals of the National IPM Roadmap, • Be provided up to $30,000 to meet and complete their purposes based on a competitive proposal, • Conduct programs and develop materials, • Develop IPM Practice list for use by NRCS programs, • Compile a set of IPM definitions and conduct surveys to determine level of adoption, • Incorporate economic benefits into their implementation programs. • In 2004 $150,000 is available for WGs.

  26. Working Group Formation • Call for participation to determine what Working Groups there are an interest in forming. • Directors and Steering Committee decide which ones will be formed and their leaders. • Working Groups meet to write Plan of Work and develop budget. • Directors and Steering Committee decide funding level.

  27. Critical Issues Grants • Priorities determined by Steering Committee, Advisory Committee, State Contacts, Working Groups and stakeholders. • RFP written by Directors and Steering Committee and approved by NPL. • Proposals will be peer reviewed. • Directors and Steering Committee make final funding decisions. • RFP will be issued in spring 2004. • In 2004 $119,293 is available.

  28. Emerging Issues andDiscretionary Funds • Funds for time sensitive issues such as invasive species, control programs and regulatory actions. • If time allows, have an open an competitive solicitation for response to issues. • When time is limited, the Co-Directors may seek qualified individuals to prepare a proposal to respond to the issue. • Where feasible, Center Co-Directors will consult with the Steering Committee for funding decisions. • In 2004 $25,000 is available.

  29. Distribution of Center Funds • State Contacts - $300,000 • Working Groups - $150,000 • Critical Issues - $119,293 • Emerging Issues - $25,000 • 5. Administration • MSU - $102,706 • UIUC - $155,494 • 6. IDC - MSU - $216,437 • Total available - $1,068,930 • *Washington estimates it takes • $300,000 to manage a Regional Center.

  30. Management of NC IPM Center • Personnel FTE • Larry Olsen .25 • Mike Gray .08 • Lynnae Jess .75 • Susan Ratcliffe .50 • Mike Greifenkamp 1.00 • Secretary (UI) .25 • Total 2.83 • *Washington estimates it takes • 5.0 FTE to manage a Regional Center.

  31. Products of NC IPM Center • Crop Profiles • Pest Management Strategic Plans • Pest Alerts • Crop Timelines • Pest Management Data • Grants Management

  32. Crop Profiles Crop Profiles are descriptions of crop production and pest management recommendations compiled by state specialists and commodity groups. There are over 600 crop profiles completed and available on the IPM center website. http://www.ncpmc.org

  33. Pest Management Strategic Plans Pest Management Strategic Plans are commodity-based documents that take a pest-by-pest approach to identifying current pest management practices (chemical and non-chemical). Each PMSP, developed by a coalition of scientists, crop consultants, industry representatives, commodity organizations, growers and others, focuses on production in a state or region, addressing needs and identifying priorities for research, regulatory activity, and education/training programs.

  34. Pest Alerts Pest Alerts, both regional and national, provide timely and accurate information on emerging pests thus allowing states to develop management programs.

  35. Next Pest Alerts Select Agents: • Sudden oak death • Ralstonia solanacearum: • potato/tomato • Greenhouse/geranium • Potato wart • Brown stripe downy mildew of corn

  36. Crop Timelines Crop Timelines provide current information on crop phenology, pest occurrence, and human activities in the crop. Crop timelines are also part of crop profiles and PMSPs.

  37. Pest Management Data Sources 1. Pesticide chemicals and usage: • New pest management technologies: • Pipeline list maintained by OPMP, • New technologies IR-4 database, • EPA Section 18 registrations, • National Pesticide Information Center. • Searchable pesticide use database from NASS data. 2. Pesticide labels: • CDMS Label/MSDS Information, Agricultural Services (Green Book), EPA Pesticide Label Page. 3. Pest Information: • Arthropods Resistant to Pesticides, • U MN VegEdge 4. Commodity – Pest Data: • Bayer codes, Crop Maps. 5. Research reports: • Historic NCR-PIAP database

  38. Pesticide Use Data Pesticide Use Data Search is a component of the IPM Centers website that provides interactive access to state-level pesticide-use data, published from 1990 to 2001. All data can be searched by commodity, year, state and active ingredient.

  39. Pest Watch Pest Watch sites are dynamic websites that allow visitors to report scouting activities and view up-to-date pest density and distribution information.

  40. Early season Japanese beetle distribution. Search WWW Search www.pmcenters.org Contact: sarform@uiuc.edu Web Counter Japanese Beetle Watch, 2003

  41. GRANTS MANAGEMENT The NC IPM Center manages several competitive grants programs. These programs address regional priorities, set by the Steering Committee and Advisory Committee with support from Working Groups, State Contacts, IPM Coordinators, and other stakeholders. Proposals are evaluated by external review panels and approved for funding by the Steering Committee.

  42. Regional IPM Competitive Grants Program (RIPM) Supports the continuum of research and extension efforts needed to increase the implementation of IPM methods by funding projects that develop individual pest management tactics, integrate individual tactics into an IPM system, and develop and implement extension and education programs.

  43. Pest Management Alternatives Program (PMAP) Supports development of replacement tactics and technologies for pesticides undergoing regulatory action where there are no effective registered alternatives. It funds short-term projects for technologies that show promise of adoption but require further demonstration and outreach.

  44. Website Our website houses all of our publications, links to partners, and databases of pest management information. http://www.ncpmc.org

  45. Our Roles • Larry G. Olsen: Center Co-Director,overall Center management; coordination of State Contact network, Center grant management, and report accomplishments; leadership for occupational exposure. • Michael E. Gray: Center Co-Director, Steering Committee coordination,RIPM and PMAP Grants Manager, assists in overall Center management. • Lynnae Jess: Assistant Director, development, review and coordination of Crop Profiles and Pest Management Strategic Plans; coordinate responses to information requests from EPA, USDA and stakeholders; assist Center activities and grants; assist new research committees, Working Groups and State Contacts. • Susan Ratcliffe: IPM Facilitator, assist grants management; assist state IPM coordinators, State Contacts and NCR-201 members market regional IPM successes; develop information and educational materials; assist Working Groups, IPM Coordinators and new research committees.

  46. Contact • Larry G. Olsen, Center Co-DirectorB18 Food Safety & Toxicology Bldg.Michigan State University East Lansing, MI 48824517/355-3459 Fax: 517/353-4995olsenl@msu.edu • Michael E. Gray, Center Co-DirectorS-320 Turner Hall1102 S. Goodwin AvenueUniversity of Illinois Urbana, IL 61801217/333-6652 Fax: 217/333-5245megray@uiuc.edu

  47. Steering Committees South Stakeholder input Meet semi-annual 12 voting 10 non-voting 2 year terms Members 1890 IPM Council chair IPM Council Sec SERA, IRAC SARE, NAICC Project Leader Organic grower Cotton, Inc. Monsanto Food Processor West Decide fund allocation Assemble RFA Review proposals 6-7 members Not eligible for funds Members AES/EXT Director Environ group WCC 69 – IPM Coor Sus Ag Director Food processor North Central Stakeholder input Determine policy /goals Approve RFAs Review proposals Final funding decision Evaluates annual report Evaluated Center staff Members EPA AES Director Ext Director USDA, OPMP NC 201 IPM Coor Chair NC 201 IPM Admin Adv Advisory Comm Chair ?? NGO ?? North East Policy/goal setting Gather stakeholder input Determine priorities Direct staff Review proposals Members State IPM Coor – 3 Ext Director AES Director EPA Fruit consultant OPMP Tomato processor

  48. Advisory Committees West Roles TBD April Had only Steering Recommend priority Critical issues ~25 members Members State Dept Ag Regional EPA Plant Diagnostics Nature Conservancy IPM Certify Organiza Food processor Crop protection Crop consultant Minor crops (2) Major crops ARS, Sus Ag, Tribal Non-land grant Urban - landscape South Set policy Determine needs Determine priorities Suggest new areas Promote interaction 25-40 members Meet annually Members SERA (2) ESCOP/ECOP IPM Natl Plant Board APHIS, ARS, NRCS NASS, CDMS, PCO Sus Ag Food Processor United Soybean Board NC Strawberry Assoc Ag consultant Growers RTI Intl Nature Conservancy North Central Provides vision Provides guidance Recommend priority Critical issues Communicates ~25 members Members TBD State Dept Ag Regional EPA Reg Diagnostics State IPM Coor NRCS, FS IR-4, WQ Sus Ag PSEP Reg Research Com NGO North East Provide broad vision Provide guidance Identify issues Link to stakeholders ~ 32 members Rotate membership Include WG Leaders Avenue for outreach Members Dept Ag – 3 NASS, NRCS, APHIS EPA – 2, ARS Amer Farmland Trust AES, Ext – 2, SARE Fruit & Comm WG Center Environ Ed Growers – 2 Regional Diagnostic Non-land grant Audubon Intl NJ Environ Fed Food Processor

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