Wow - Talk about reiventing the wheel and not learning from past mistakes.
Aren't the 2 million acres of kudzu infested lands across the south east
adequate evidence of kudzu's invasive potential. Exotic invasive plants
are probably the second greatest threat to our remaining natural ecosystems
after habitat destruction resulting from direct human activities. Kudzu
is biological pollution of the worst sort.
If you need any further evidence of the destructive potential of exotic
invaders, I suggest a vist to south Florida, where invasive plants now
cover some 12% of the land mass with severe ecological impact to some of
the most unique ecosystems in the continenetal US.
Gene McAvoy
Hendry County Extension
At 02:47 PM 8/19/1999 -0400, you wrote:
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>sanet-mg-digest Thursday, August 19 1999 Volume 01 : Number 1233
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>In this issue:
>
> Kudzu Introduction
> FW: NEWS: Western SARE 1999 Grant Awards
> Berry irrigation requirements
> LFB QUEST: The Release of a New Tool for Sustainable Development
> FW: 1997 Agricultural Atlas of the U.S.
> RE: Berry irrigation requirements
> in all fairness to Monsanto
> California Offers $600,000 in Pest Management Grants
>
>See the end of the digest for information about sanet-mg-digest.
>
>----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>Date: Thu, 19 Aug 1999 9:18:00 -0400
>From: Marc Safley <Marc.Safley@usda.gov>
>Subject: Kudzu Introduction
>
>Kudzu was introduced to the United States from Japan in the late 1800s as a
>potential forage crop. Its subsequent recommendation as a plant suited to
>erosion control was made later....beginning after 1935.
>
>I also add my word of caution concerning planting kudzu. It is highly
>invasive because it has no co-evolved predators in this biome. It easily
>spreads by animal vectors and is adapted to a wide variety of environments,
>being limited by winter temperatures (although it does survive in temperate
>climates of the Eastern US).
>
>Marc Safley
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>Date: Thu, 19 Aug 1999 09:37:21 -0400
>From: Andy Clark <aclark@nal.usda.gov>
>Subject: FW: NEWS: Western SARE 1999 Grant Awards
>
>- -----Original Message-----
>From: Kristen Kelleher [mailto:kkelleher@ucdavis.edu]
>Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 1999 7:55 PM
>Subject: NEWS: Western SARE 1999 Grant Awards
>
>
>
>August 18, 1999
>
>
>EDITORS AND COLLEAGUES:
>
>
>This news release was distributed by mail in July 1999. Please further
>distribute this information electronically or in print.
>
>
>A state-by-state table of Western SARE awards follows the news release. If
>the formatting of the table does not translate well into your e-mail
>software, refer to the attached document in MS Word format for the same
>information.
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>
>Thank you for your help in distributing this.
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>- --Kristen Kelleher, Western SARE Communications
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>- ----------------------------------------------------------------------
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>
>News FOR RELEASE: July 1999
>
>
>Contact:
>
>Kristen Kelleher, communications specialist
>
>(530) 752-5987; kkelleher@ucdavis.edu
>
>
>SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE GRANT AWARDS IN EVERY WESTERN STATE IN 1999
>
>
>All Western states in the region receive SARE grants.
>
>Significant work funded in the Pacific Islands
>
>
> Logan, UT - Capping more than a decade of history and looking toward
>the new century, competitive grant awards for 1999 have been announced by
>the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Western Sustainable Agriculture
>Research and Education (Western SARE) program. The multi-million dollar
>effort will support new research, education and professional development
>projects in every Western state and nearly every Pacific Island
>Protectorate.
>
>
>
> Among $1.9 million in grants region-wide, a total of more than
>$500,000 was awarded to Hawaii, Guam, American Samoa and Micronesia to
>attack agricultural and environmental challenges in the Pacific Islands.
>
>
>
> "The outstanding work proposed by scientists, educators and
>producers in the Pacific Islands was selected after rigorous technical
>review and was ranked against excellent projects from throughout the
>region," said Phil Rasmussen, regional coordinator of Western SARE and a
>soil scientist at Utah State University.
>
>
> "Without a doubt, this is a clear return on the program's outreach
>investment to include these people and experts in Western U.S. sustainable
>agriculture efforts," Rasmussen said.
>
>
> The number and caliber of proposals from Native American communities
>is also steadily growing.
>
>
> After final contract negotiations and USDA approval, awards will be
>disbursed to universities, farmers and ranchers and organizations to further
>knowledge and adoption of agricultural practices that are profitable,
>environmentally sound and supportive of rural communities.
>
>
> Among selected grants, a fifth of the projects investigate or
>educate professionals about sustainable practices for cattle ranching, goat
>and sheep production. There are also a range of community development and
>farmland preservation activities in Colorado, Idaho, Micronesia and Nevada.
>The rest of the projects expand knowledge of soil quality and cover
>cropping, disease and pest control, specialized crops for new enterprises or
>to diversify operations, dairy waste management, organic production
>practices in California and Washington, and marketing strategies in the
>tropics, among other topics.
>
>
> Specifically, more than $1.2 million was awarded to sustainable
>agriculture research and education projects; about $340,000 was allocated to
>professional education efforts for extension and other agricultural
>personnel; and just over $144,000 was split among 35 farmer- and rancher-led
>projects in the Western U.S.
>
>
> In addition, another $170,000 will be split among state Cooperative
>Extension programs in the West to further state-level activities for
>sustainable agriculture professional development.
>
>
> Grant applicants submitted proposals that were ranked on their merit
>and potential for achievement. Reviewers included scientists, extension
>professionals, producers, and public and private sector representatives from
>all areas of the Western region. At least half of the review panels for the
>farmer/rancher grants were producers.
>
>
> Since 1988 through federal fiscal 1999, the U.S. Congress has
>allocated more than $103.3 million to the SARE effort; Western SARE has
>received $23.2 million in funds.
>
>
> The SARE program, which was authorized by Congress in the 1990 and
>1996 Farm Bills, is managed in the West by an Administrative Council. The
>committee of scientists, producers and administrators represent a variety of
>interests and provide local leadership to research and training efforts. It
>operates in cooperation with the USDA SARE office and the Cooperative State
>Research, Education and Extension Service.
>
>
> Utah State University is host to the SARE program in the Western
>region, which includes Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho,
>Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, Wyoming and the
>Island Protectorates of American Samoa, Guam, Micronesia and the Northern
>Mariana Islands.
>
>
> The next competitive grants cycle (which concludes in 2000) recently
>began in early July 1999. Potential grant applicants should contact the host
>office at (435) 797-2257 or wsare@mendel.usu.edu to get calls for proposals,
>or go to http://wsare.usu.edu/ to down-load the application documents.
>
>
>###
>
>
>Western SARE 1999 Grant Awards
>
>By Western State or Island
>
>
>
>State Grant Recipient Award Subject
>
>
>
>Alaska Bob Boyd, producer $6,078 Late Blight Forecasting
>
>
> Total Funding for Alaska $6,078
>
>
>
>American Naotala Toli, producer $1,400 Canco
>Hill Screen House
>
>Samoa Ioelu Seve, producer $3,225 Tilapia Farm
>
> Mark Kneubuhl, producer $1,500 Leone Greenhouse
>
> Matautu Tagoilelagi, producer$2,463 Fruit Trees
>
> Juan Chan, producer $4,500 Self-sustaining Swine
>
>
> Roseline Liu, producer $1,600 Banana Scab Moth
>
>
> Total Funding for American Samoa $14,688
>
>
>
>ArizonaWoodie Jodie, producer $5,000 Flour Corn Farming
>
> Total Funding for Arizona $5,000
>
>
>
>California Steve Temple,
>
> University of California, Davis $153,962 Transition to
>Organic
>
> Krishna Subbarao,
>
> University of California, Davis $145,750 Broccoli
>Rotations
>
> Charmaine Harris, producer $4,300 Reusing Dairy Waste
>
> Dana Merrill, producer $10,000 Central Coast
>Vineyards
>
> Total Funding for California $314,012
>
>
>
>Colorado Abdel Berrada,
>
> Colorado State University $142,380 Dryland Cropping
>
>
> Lonnie Jackson, producer $2,733 Hydraulic Windmill
>Pump
>
> Steve Keller, producer $3,550 Sustainable
>Sheep
>
> Jeff Jones,
>
> American Farmland Trust* $66,195 Land Use and Protection*
>
>
> Total Funding for Colorado $214,858
>
>
>
>Guam Robert Schlub,
>
> University of Guam $16,000 Sustainability
>Education
>
> Mari Manitani,
>
> University of Guam $132,100 Nitrogen Fixing
>
>
> David Nelson, producer $3,950 Tropical Mushrooms
>
>
> Loella Armstrong, producer $6,000 Improving Goat Manag.
>
>
> Total Funding for Guam $158,050
>
>
>
>Hawaii Janice Uchida,
>
> Office of Research Services $148,700 Agronomic Research
>
>
> Clyde Fukuyana,
>
> Hawaii Ag Research Center $85,134 Natural Vegetable Prod.
>
> Michael Strong, producer $5,000 Disinfecting Lychee
>
>
> Liloa Willard, producer $2,100 Flower Induction
>
>
> David Rotstein, producer $5,000 Palm Sprouts System
>
>
> Total Funding for Hawaii $245,934
>
>
>
>Idaho George Davis, producer $3,890 Water Diversion Gate
>
>
> Richard Nathanson, producer $4,200 Predatory Mites
>
> Mir Seyedbagheri,
>
> Elmore County Extension* $10,000 Community Approach, Ag*
>
> Total Funding for Idaho $18,090
>
>
>
>MontanaJess Alger, producer $4,578 No-till Wheat
>
> Jack McCuin, producer$10,000 Range Monitoring
>
> Helen Atthowe,
>
> Missoula Co Ext Service* $22,483 Master Gardener Program*
>
>
> Marcy Mahr,
>
> Alternative Energy Res Org* $65,000 Ranch & Farm
>Improvement*
>
> Total Funding for Montana $102,061
>
>
>
>Nevada Tom Filbin, producer $3,000 Alfalfa for Grazing
>
>
> Susan Donaldson,
>
> University of Nevada Coop Ext* $80,400 Teaching
>Small Acreage Owners*
>
> Total Funding for Nevada $83,400
>
>
>
>New
>
>Mexico Cathy Hope, producer $5,000 Solar Greenhouses
>
> James Dangler, producer $4,000 Bat Predation
>
> Fatou Gueye, producer$1,760 Strawberries as Wind Barrier
>
>
> Total Funding for New Mexico $10,760
>
>
>
>Oregon John Luna,
>
> Oregon State University $83,929 Insectary Plantings
>
>
> Daniel McGrath,
>
> Oregon State University $49,997 Soil Assessment
>
>
> Rob Heater, producer $7,786 Strip-till Systems
>
>
> Paul Atkinson, producer $3,101 Pasture and Livestock
>
>
> Total Funding for Oregon $144,813
>
>
>
>Palau Kesewaol Bishop, producer $3,500 Rehabilitation of
>Savannah
>
> Lolita Ragus,
>
> College of Micronesia$27,564 Marketing Strategy
>
> Robert Bishop,
>
> Palau Comm. Action Agency* $50,762 Learning through
>Practice*
>
> Manuel Duguies,
>
> University of Guam* $47,540 Improving Growth for
>Swine*
>
> Total Funding for Palau $129,366
>
>
>
>Utah David Vagnoni,
>
> Utah State University$108,755 Lactating Dairy Cows
>
>
> Mary Tso, producer $4,000 Hovenweep Reseeding
>
> Mike Shepherd, producer $4,992 Poultry Wastes
>
>
> Total Funding for Utah $117,747
>
>
>
>Wash. David Horton,
>
> USDA Ag Research Service $110,497 Pears, Mating
>Disruption
>
> Mike Miller, producer$3,817 Asparagus Cover Crops
>
> Terry Swagerty, producer $1,732 Grasshoppers in Trees
>
>
> Rebecca Thistlethwaite, producer $1,750 Solar
>Greenhouses
>
> Del Wisdom, producer $3,000 Burdock, Organic Prod.
>
>
> Total Funding for Washington $120,796
>
>
>
>WyomingRick March, producer $3,500 Alfalfa for Ranches
>
> Total Funding for Wyoming $3,500
>
>
>
>* These projects have a specific goal to provide professional development
>opportunities for Extension and
>
>Natural Resources Conservation Service personnel, and other agricultural
>professionals.
>
>
>
>
>
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>Date: Thu, 19 Aug 1999 06:08:08 -0700
>From: RALPH COLE <RCOLE@theitgroup.com>
>Subject: Berry irrigation requirements
>
>Nancy-
>
>The general rule for berries is that they need one inch of water per week.
>One inch water on 1 acre = 3630 cubic feet of water/week/acre
>3630 cubic feet X 7.48 gallons/cubic foot = 27,152 gal/week/acre
>27,152 gal/week/acre = 3879 gal/day/acre = 2.7 gal/minute/acre
>
>But with drip irrigation you wouldn't be watering the whole acre (aisles,
>etc.) so you could probably reduce the above amount by at least half,
>maybe by 2/3's.
>So your per acre water use would be 0.9 to 1.4 gal/minute/acre,
>or 1.8 to 2.8 gal/min/2 acres.
>
>Three gallons per minute from the well would do it, assuming that
>constant withdrawal at that rate would not deplete the local water table
>too much. Of course, you wouldn't need to water when it rains, or in the
>off-season.
>
>Anybody feel free to correct the math or concept.
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>Date: Thu, 19 Aug 1999 11:18:29 -0400
>From: Andy Clark <aclark@nal.usda.gov>
>Subject: LFB QUEST: The Release of a New Tool for Sustainable Development
>
>Forwarding:
>
>From: "Envision Sustainability Tools Inc." <info@envisiontools.com>
>Sender: Kevin McNaney <kevinm@envisiontools.com>
>To: "'sanet-mg@ces.ncsu.edu'" <sanet-mg@ces.ncsu.edu>,
>Subject: LFB QUEST: The Release of a New Tool for Sustainable Development
>Date: Tue, 17 Aug 1999 14:54:46 -0700
>
>*** Please excuse cross-postings. ***
>
>Greetings from Vancouver, Canada!
>
>The Sustainable Development Research Institute at University of British
>Columbia (http://www.sdri.ubc.ca) and it's spin-off consulting firm,
>Envision
>Sustainability Tools Inc. (http://www.envisiontools.com), are pleased to
>announce
>the official release of Lower Fraser Basin QUEST, Version 1.0. The software
>is a tool that is designed to increase awareness of the issues surrounding
>sustainability through the creation of thought-provoking future scenarios
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>
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>- - A state-of-the-art computer model that has the look, user-friendliness
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>- - An interactive modelling approach in which the users actively explore
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>
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>Vancouver, Victoria and the Strait of Georgia. The goal is to further
>develop and improve this interactive approach to model development, public
>consultation and policy development. Georgia Basin QUEST will be used within
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>
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>
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>
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>provide feedback on the software, please visit www.envisiontools.com.
>
>Thank you for your interest in the work of the Sustainable Development
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>Date: Thu, 19 Aug 1999 11:54:46 -0400
>From: Andy Clark <aclark@nal.usda.gov>
>Subject: FW: 1997 Agricultural Atlas of the U.S.
>
>A couple of web sites filled with stats about agriculture.
>Be sure to see the NASS home page, too, at http://www.usda.gov/nass/
>USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service.
>
>Andy
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Wayne Olson
>> Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 1999 9:26 AM
>> Subject: 1997 Agricultural Atlas of the U.S.
>>
>>
>> FYI...
>>
>> A couple new items on 1997 Census of Ag. at the NASS web site:
>>
>> 1997 Agricultural Atlas of the U.S.
>> http://www.nass.usda.gov/census/census97/atlas97/index.htm
>>
>> AND
>>
>> 1997 Ranking of Congressional Districts Report
>> http://www.nass.usda.gov/census/census97/congtxt.htm
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>Date: Fri, 20 Aug 1999 02:40:17 +1000
>From: "Argall Family" <grargall@alphalink.com.au>
>Subject: RE: Berry irrigation requirements
>
>My one question about the approach in answering such a general question is
>to ask whether one does not first need to know if the soil is sandy or clay,
>and whether its humus content is well developed, and the relative rates of
>precipitation and evaporation, whether the ground is bare or mulched, etc.
>
>Dennis
>
>- -----Original Message-----
>From: owner-sanet-mg@ces.ncsu.edu [mailto:owner-sanet-mg@ces.ncsu.edu]On
>Behalf Of RALPH COLE
>Sent: Thursday, August 19, 1999 11:08 PM
>To: sanet-mg@ces.ncsu.edu
>Subject: Berry irrigation requirements
>
>
>Nancy-
>
>The general rule for berries is that they need one inch of water per week.
>One inch water on 1 acre = 3630 cubic feet of water/week/acre
>3630 cubic feet X 7.48 gallons/cubic foot = 27,152 gal/week/acre
>27,152 gal/week/acre = 3879 gal/day/acre = 2.7 gal/minute/acre
>
>But with drip irrigation you wouldn't be watering the whole acre (aisles,
>etc.) so you could probably reduce the above amount by at least half,
>maybe by 2/3's.
>So your per acre water use would be 0.9 to 1.4 gal/minute/acre,
>or 1.8 to 2.8 gal/min/2 acres.
>
>Three gallons per minute from the well would do it, assuming that
>constant withdrawal at that rate would not deplete the local water table
>too much. Of course, you wouldn't need to water when it rains, or in the
>off-season.
>
>Anybody feel free to correct the math or concept.
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>Date: Thu, 19 Aug 1999 11:26:44 -0700
>From: William Evans <williamevans@home.com>
>Subject: in all fairness to Monsanto
>
>- ----
>got this from their site.......
>squeemish diego bill
>
>
> A Recent 'Press Release' (Aug. 18, 1999, S.S.
> Epstein) Alleging A United Nations Ruling That Milk
> From Cows Supplemented With BST Is Unsafe Is A
> Total Fabrication .....
> In fact, the most recent action regarding bovine
>somatotropin (BST) by the
> Codex Alimentarius Commission was announced in a news
>release on July 4,
> 1999. At that time, Codex decided to postpone setting
>a maximum residue limit
> for BST until a consensus is reached. The indepedent
>scientific committee that
> provides scientific advice to Codex -- the Joint
>Expert Committee on Food
> Additives (JEFCA) -- has twice reviewed and reaffirmed
>that milk and dairy
> products from cows receiving BST is safe for human
>consumption. And, in July
> 1999, the European scientific committee (Committee for
>Veterinary Medicinal
> Products) also reaffirmed the safety of BST. Epstein's
>characterization that the
> Commission ruled in favor of the 1993 European
>moratorium on the product is
> false and misleading.
>
> To review the Codex news release issued July 4, or to
>listen/download excerpts
> from John Lupien, Director of the food and nutrition
>Division of the Food and
> Agriculture Organization (FAO) regarding the
>Commission's decision on BST,
> please visit:
>
>
>http://www.fao.org/WAICENT/OIS/PRESS_NE/PRESSENG/1999/pren9941.htm
>
> In addition, U.S. representatives to Codex may be
>contacted at 202-205-7760
> for clarification.
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>
>Date: Thu, 19 Aug 1999 11:45:12 -0700
>From: Kathy Brunetti <brunetti@empm.cdpr.ca.gov>
>Subject: California Offers $600,000 in Pest Management Grants
>
>This is a press release from the Calif. Dept. of Pesticide
>Regulation. Contact information at the bottom of the article. Note:
>applicants must be based in California
>******************
>Kathy Brunetti, Senior Land and Water Analyst
>California Department of Pesticide Regulation
>830 K Street, Sacramento, California, USA 95814
>*******************
>SACRAMENTO--Cal/EPA's Department of Pesticide Regulation is accepting
>grant applications to support innovative pest management projects
>that reduce environmental and health risks, are cost effective, and
>show potential for widespread use. A total of $600,000 will be
>awarded.
> DPR Director Paul E. Helliker said the 1999-2000 Pest
>Management Grants will focus first on identifying alternatives to
>organophosphates, carbamates, and other highly toxic chemicals. "With
>an increasing number of reduced-risk alternatives available -- due in
>part to DPR's initiatives -- we want to place even more emphasis on
>phasing out use of high-toxicity chemicals on the farm and in urban
>environments," said Helliker.
> Another grant priority is worker protection. "Workers face
>more potentially hazardous situations involving pesticides than
>anyone else," said Helliker. "Reducing pesticide risks on the job
>will offer immediate benefits to people and our environment."
> Other grant priorities include:
>
>* Projects that protect surface and ground water quality;
>*Alternatives to methyl bromide and other fumigants;
>*Reduced-risk strategies for home and urban environments; and
>*Integrated pest management (IPM) projects in schools and other
>public buildings. (IPM is an approach that emphasizes working with
>nature and minimal use of chemical controls.)
> Funding is available for demonstration and applied research
>projects in both agricultural and nonagricultural pest control.
> For demonstration projects, one-year grants range from
>$10,000 to $50,000 for first-year projects, with up to $30,000 for
>projects that are funded for a second or third year. Approximately
>$400,000 is available for demonstration projects in 1999-2000.
> For applied research projects, awards will range from $10,000
>up to $30,000 for one year, and successful projects may be funded for
>up to two more years. A total of approximately $200,000 is available
>for 1999-2000 applied research grants.
> Deadline for submission of proposals is October 13, 1999.
>Grants will be awarded in early spring, 2000. Applicants must be
>California-based. They may include commodity boards, resource
>conservation districts, small businesses, University of California
>Extension advisors or IPM specialists, pest control advisors,
>university faculty, and other public or private individuals and
>groups.
> Grant proposals will be reviewed by the state's Pest
>Management Advisory Committee (PMAC), established in 1992 by DPR and
>the California Department of Food and Agriculture. The committee,
>which will make project funding recommendations to DPR, includes
>representatives of all aspects of agricultural production -- from
>those who practice traditional chemical-intensive crop protection
>techniques to organic farmers, government regulators, environmental
>groups active in the pesticide arena, university representatives and
>others knowledgeable about pest management.
> Request for proposal (RFP) information may be downloaded from
>DPR's Web site <www.cdpr.ca.gov>. For the first time, complete bid
>packages for grant proposals may also be obtained online
><www.dgs.ca.gov/osbcr>.
> For a hard copy of the bid package, or for other information,
>contact Bob Elliott, Environmental Monitoring and Pest Management
>Branch, 830 K Street, Sacramento 95814-3510, phone 916/324-4100, fax
>916/324-4088, E-mail <belliott@cdpr.ca.gov>.
> Since 1996, DPR has awarded $4.3 million in grants
>for reduced-risk pest management projects. In addition to the Pest
>Management Grants, which focus on local and regional projects, DPR
>distributes grants for large-scale projects under the Pest Management
>Alliance program. DPR awarded $700,000 in Alliance grants in June.
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