Archived National Plant Board Annual Meeting Resolutions

NPB Resolutions

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2011

2011 Annual Meeting, Denver, Colorado

Resolutions:

1. Appreciation to the Colorado Department of Agriculture

Policy Statements:

• Coordinated Approach to Protect and Safeguard the U.S. Apiary Industry
• Thousand Cankers Disease

Letters:

• Chrysanthemum White Rust
• Phytophthora ramorum

2010

2010 Annual Meeting, Indianapolis, Indiana

Resolutions:

1. Appreciation to the Indiana Department of Natural Resources

Policy Statements:

• National Firewood Task Force

Letters:

• Phytosanitary Certificates
• Pest Exclusion
• Irradiation Quarantine Facilities
• Diabrotica virgifera policy
• Citrus
• Boll Weevil
• Biocontrol

2009

2009 Annual Meeting, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Resolutions:

1. Appreciation to the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry
2. Recognition of Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and USDA, APHIS, PPQ And its Commitment to Agricultural Mission Mandates

Letters:

• Solid Wood Packing Material
• Gypsy Moth Slow the Spread funding
• National Firewood Policy
• Black Stem Rust
• Farm Bill and CCC funding

2008

2008 Annual Meeting, Solomons, Maryland

Resolutions:

1. Appreciation to the Maryland Department of Agriculture and USDA, APHIS, PPQ
2. Appreciation to the 2008 National Plant Board Sponsors and Hotel Staff

Policy Statements:

• Comprehensive Review of the Phytophthora ramorum Program
• Statement Regarding Guidelines on Surveillance and Phytosanitary Actions for the Potato Cyst Nematode (PCN)

2007

2007 Annual Meeting, Honolulu, Hawaii

1. Appreciation to the Hawaii Department of Agriculture, Plant Industry Division
2. National Strategy for Mitigation of Risks Associated with the Movement of Firewood
3. Sirex noctilio Biological Control and Quarantine
4. Gypsy Moth Program Funding
5. Request for National Survey for Exotic Honey Bee Pests
6. State and Private Forestry Redesign Initiative
7. Streamlined Process for Review And Approval of New Treatment Methods

2006

2006 Annual Meeting, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

1. Appreciation to the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection
2. Diagnostic Support and Increased Funding for Cooperative Agricultural Pest Survey (CAPS)
3. Request to Include Pine Straw as a Regulated Article
4. Operational Review of the Netherlands Pre-Clearance Program
5. Funding and Agency Response for Exotic Insect Pest Programs
6. Request to Fully Fund USDA, Forest Service Gypsy Moth Slow-The-Spread, Eradication, and Suppression Programs
7. Program Activities Following the Phytophthora ramorum Federal Order
8. Export Certification and Inspection
9. Plum Pox Eradication

2005

2005 Annual Meeting, Biloxi, Mississippi

1. Appreciation to the Mississippi Department Of Agriculture and Commerce
2. Soybean Rust Program Oversight
3. United States Department Of Homeland Security, Customs and Border Protection
   Vacant Positions At Ports Of Entry
4. Wood Boring Pests: Asian Long-Horned Beetle and Emerald Ash Borer
5. Emerging Plant Pests and Pest Detection
6. Phythphora ramorum (Sudden Oak Death)
7. National Honey Bee Survey
8. National Seed Health System Accreditation