- Author: Pamela Kan-Rice
Dear Colleagues,
We are pleased to announce Cheryl Wilen has agreed to lead the Endemic and Invasive Pests and Diseases (EIPD) Strategic Initiative, effective today (July 1). In this role, Cheryl will provide direction for the initiative, including shepherding the ANR Competitive Grants process, planning and conducting strategic initiative conferences, and identifying and initiating EIPD efforts such as development of policy briefs and other special projects. As the EIPD initiative leader, Cheryl will also serve on the ANR Program Council.
As she has since 1995, Cheryl will continue as the area integrated pest management advisor for Orange, Los Angeles and San Diego counties. She conducts applied research and...
- Author: Pamela Kan-Rice
The Endemic and Invasive Pests and Diseases Strategic Initiative has named its panel of experts and scheduled its first conference for April 25-26, 2012, announced Beth Grafton-Cardwell, the EIPD Strategic Initiative leader. To make efficient use of participants’ time and travel funding, the conference is being held in conjunction with a separate but related UC Davis conference on April 24, in which participants will learn the best ways to educate the general public about the threat of invasive species.
At the April 25-26 Endemic and Invasive Pests and Diseases Strategic Initiative Conference, ANR participants and speakers will discuss how UC ANR can respond to emerging pest and disease problems by building partnerships, solving...
- Author: Pamela Kan-Rice
We are pleased to announce that Beth Grafton-Cardwell has agreed to lead the Endemic and Invasive Pests and Diseases initiative.
Grafton-Cardwell is director of the Lindcove Research and Extension Center and a Cooperative Extension entomology specialist with a UC Riverside appointment based at Kearney Agricultural Research & Extension Center. In her specialist role, Grafton-Cardwell develops IPM strategies to manage arthropod pests of citrus in the San Joaquin Valley. Recently she has led efforts to educate the public about Asian citrus psyllid and the disease it spreads, Huanglongbing or citrus greening.
Grafton-Cardwell will serve on Program Council as the EIPD initiative leader.
She succeeds Ian Gardner,...
