Cooperative Extension Association In The State Of New York

CF CONGRESSIONALLY DIRECTED GRANTS

WNY FOOD ENTERPRISE CENTER

AGNET: AGRICULTURE AND FOOD SYSTEMS EDUCATION AND TRAINING NETWORK

BUSINESS TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE

CHILD NUTRITION DISCRETIONARY GRANTS LIMITED AVAILABILITY

EDI SPECIAL PROJECTS

AGX: AGRICULTURE EXPLORATION

1. AWARD PURPOSE: THE PRIMARY PURPOSE OF THIS AGREEMENT IS TO SUPPORT THE CONTINUATION OF A BIOLOGICAL CONTROL PROGRAM THAT TARGETS INVASIVE KNOTWEEDS IN NEW YORK STATE. JAPANESE KNOTWEED, FALLOPIA JAPONICA, GIANT KNOTWEED, FALLOPIA SACHALINENSIS, AND THEIR HYBRID, F. X BOHEMICA OCCUR THROUGHOUT NEW YORK. RELEASING THE PSYLLID, APHALARA ITADORI, AND THE MURKAMI LINE INTO NEW YORK STATE SHOULD ALLOW LAND MANAGERS TO FOCUS THEIR LIMITED RESOURCES ON HIGH PRIORITY AREAS, MINIMIZE ANY FURTHER DEGRADATION OF FISH AND WILDLIFE HABITAT, AND CONTRIBUTE TO THE STATEACTIVITIES TO BE PERFORMED: CONTINUE REARING A. ITADORI <(>&<)> MURAKAMI LINE IN CCE GREENHOUSE; CONTINUE DATA COLLECTION AND MONITOR ALL RELEASE SITES FOR PSYLLID ESTABLISHMENT; CONTINUE RELEASE OF A. ITADORI ON 5 SITES FOR THIRD SEASON AND RELEASE MURAKAMI LINE ON ONE SITE; CONTINUE TO TRAIN AND MANAGE VOLUNTEERS TO MAINTAIN PROGRAM; PROVIDE OUTREACH TO COMMUNITYDELIVERABLES AND EXPECTED OUTCOMES: AT THE END OF THIS AGREEMENT, CCE NIAGARA WILL HAVE COMPLETED ALL FIVE OBJECTIVES OUTLINED FOR THIS AGREEMENT. COLLECTED DATA FROM THOSE SITES FOR MONITORING TARGET AND NON-TARGET IMPACTS ASSOCIATED WITH RELEASE OF PSYLLIDS TO HELP FURTHER THE IMPACT TO CONTROL KNOTWEED. CCE NIAGARA WILL CONTINUE TO USE MASTER GARDENERS AND 4-H MEMBER VOLUNTEERS TO HELP MAINTAIN THE PROGRAM. OUR OUTREACH IMPACT WILL BEGIN TO SPREAD THE MESSAGE OF OUR PROGRAM AND INFORMATION ON THE INVASIVE KNOTWEED.INTENDED BENEFICIARY(IES): THE PUBLIC THROUGH PROTECTION AGAINST SOIL EROSION, EXPANSION OF RIPARIAN HABITATS AND INCREASED ACCESS TO FISHING, BOATING AND HUNTING. SUBRECIPIENT ACTIVITIES, IF KNOWN OR SPECIFIED AT THE TIME OF AWARD:

AWARD PURPOSE: PROVIDE FUNDING AND SUPPORT FOR CONTINUATION OF A KNOTWEED BIOCONTROL PROGRAM IN NY. SPECIFICALLY, TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR REARING, SITE SELECTION AND RELEASES OF A BIOCONTROL AGENT, THE PSYLLID APHALARA ITADORI. ACTIVITIES TO BE PERFORMED: CONTINUE REARING A. ITADORI IN CCE GREENHOUSE (SEPT. 2023-AUG. 2024)CONTINUE DATA COLLECTION AND MONITOR ALL RELEASE SITES (MAY 2024-AUG. 2024)CONTINUE RELEASE OF A. ITADORI ON SITES FOR THIRD SEASON (MAY 2024-AUG. 2024)CONTINUE TO TRAIN AND MANAGE VOLUNTEERS TO MAINTAIN PROGRAM (SEPT. 2023-AUG. 2024)PROVIDE OUTREACH TO COMMUNITY (SEPT. 2023-AUG. 2024) DELIVERABLES AND EXPECTED OUTCOMES: AT THE END OF THIS AGREEMENT, CCE NIAGARA WILL HAVE COMPLETED ALL FIVE OBJECTIVES OUTLINED FOR THIS AGREEMENT. COLLECTED DATA FROM THOSE SITES FOR MONITORING TARGET AND NON-TARGET IMPACTS ASSOCIATED WITH RELEASE OF PSYLLIDS TO HELP FURTHER THE IMPACT TO CONTROL KNOTWEED. CCE NIAGARA WILL HAVE CONTINUE TO USE MASTER GARDENERS AND 4-H MEMBER VOLUNTEERSTO HELP MAINTAIN THE PROGRAM. OUR GOAL WOULD BE RAISING ENOUGH FUTURE GENERATIONS OF A. ITADORI FOR FUTURE RELEASES AND TO POSSIBLY SHARE WITH OTHER COOPERATORS IN NEW YORK STATE. OUR OUTREACH IMPACT WILL BEGIN TO SPREAD THE MESSAGE OF OUR PROGRAM AND INFORMATION ON THE INVASIVE KNOTWEED. COOPERATOR WILL SUBMIT REPORTS TO THE APHIS AUTHORIZED DEPARTMENT OFFICER’S DESIGNATED REPRESENTATIVE (ADODR), INCLUDING:NARRATIVE A CCOMPLISHMENT REPORTS IN THE FREQUENCY AND TIME FRAME SPECIFIED IN THE NOA, ARTICLE 4 FEDERAL FINANCIAL REPORTS, SF-425, IN THE FREQUENCY AND TIME FRAME SPECIFIED IN THE NOA, ARTICLE 4 INTENDED BENEFICIARY(IES): JAPANESE KNOTWEED, FALLAPIA JAPONICA, GIANT KNOTWEED, FALLAPIA SACHALINENSIS, AND THEIR HYBRID, F. X BAHEMICA OCCUR THROUGHOUT NEW YORK STATE. THESE SPECIES COLONIZE WETLANDS, STREAM AND RIVERBANKS, AND OPEN AREAS THROUGHOUT THE STATE. ONCE ESTABLISHED, THEY DISPLACE NATIVE VEGETATION AND FORM DENSE MONOCULTURES THAT SERIOUSLY IMPACT THE ECOLOGICAL AND RECREATIONAL VALUE OF WETLANDS, AS THE PLANTS ARE OF LITTLE VALUE TO NATIVE WILDLIFE, AND THEY LIMIT ACCESS TO BOATING, FISHING, AND HUNTING OPPORTUNITIES. MORE IMPORTANTLY, THESE PLANTS HAVE NO FINE ROOT STRUCTURE TO STABILIZE SOIL IN RIPARIAN ZONES, SO THEY INCREASE EROSION AND CHANGE THE COMPOSITION OF PLANT, MACROINVERTEBRATE, AND FISH SPECIES IN AND AROUND IMPACTED BODIES OF WATER. THESE KNOTWEEDS ARE EXTREMELY EXPENSIVE FOR PUBLIC AND PRIVATE LAND MANAGERS TO CONTROL, AND ONCE ESTABLISHED, ERADICATION IS NEAR IMPOSSIBLE WITHOUT FURTHER IMPACTING THE ENVIRONMENT BY REMOVING THE TOP 2 METERS OF SOIL. RELEASING THE PSYLLID, APHALARA ITADORI, INTO NEW YORK STATE SHOULD ALLOW LAND MANAGERS TO FOCUS THEIR LIMITED RESOURCES ON HIGH PRIORITY AREAS, MINIMIZE ANY FURTHER DEGRADATION OF FISH AND WI LDLIFE HABITAT, AND CONTRIBUTE TO THE RESTORATION OF NATIVE PLANTS. SUBRECIPIENT ACTIVITIES, IF KNOWN OR SPECIFIED AT THE TIME OF AWARD: N/A

1. AWARD PURPOSE: PROVIDE FUNDING AND SUPPORT FOR CONTINUATION OF A KNOTWEED BIOCONTROL PROGRAM IN NY. SPECIFICALLY, TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR REARING, SITE SELECTION AND RELEASES OF A BIOCONTROL AGENT, THE PSYLLID APHALARA ITADORI.2. ACTIVITIES TO BE PERFORMED: CONTINUE REARING A. ITADORI IN CCE GREENHOUSE. CONTINUE DATA COLLECTION AND MONITOR ALL RELEASE SITES FOR PSYLLID ESTABLISHMENT. CONTINUE RELEASE OF A. ITADORI ON 1- 6 SITES FOR SECOND SEASON. CONTINUE TO TRAIN AND MANAGE VOLUNTEERS TO MAINTAIN PROGRAM. PROVIDE OUTREACH TO COMMUNITY3. DELIVERABLES AND EXPECTED OUTCOMES: AT THE END OF THIS AGREEMENT, CCE NIAGARA WILL HAVE COMPLETED ALL FIVE OBJECTIVES OUTLINED FOR THIS AGREEMENT. COLLECTED DATA FROM THOSE SITES FOR MONITORING TARGET AND NON-TARGET IMPACTS ASSOCIATED WITH RELEASE OF PSYLLIDS TO HELP FURTHER THE IMPACT TO CONTROL KNOTWEED. CCE NIAGARA WILL HAVE CONTINUE TO USE MASTER GARDENERS AND 4-H MEMBER VOLUNTEERS TO HELP MAINTAIN THE PROGRAM. OUR GOAL WOULD BE RAISING ENOUGHFUTURE GENERATIONS OF A. ITADORI FOR FUTURE RELEASES AND TO POSSIBLY SHARE WITH OTHER COOPERATORS IN NEW YORK STATE. OUR OUTREACH IMPACT WILL BEGIN TO SPREAD THE MESSAGE OF OUR PROGRAM AND INFORMATION ON THE INVASIVE KNOTWEED. COOPERATOR WILL SUBMIT REPORTS TO THE APHIS AUTHORIZED DEPARTMENT OFFICER'S DESIGNATED REPRESENTATIVE (ADODR), INCLUDING: A. NARRATIVE ACCOMPLISHMENT REPORTS IN THE FREQUENCY AND TIME FRAME SPECIFIED IN THE NOA, ARTICLE 4B. FEDERAL FINANCIAL REPORTS, SF-425, IN THE FREQUENCY AND TIME FRAME SPECIFIED IN THE NOA, ARTICLE 44. INTENDED BENEFICIARY(IES):JAPANESE KNOTWEED, FALLAPIA JAPONICA, GIANT KNOTWEED, FALLAPIASACHALINENSIS, AND THEIR HYBRID, F. X BAHEMICA OCCUR THROUGHOUT NEW YORK STATE. THESE SPECIES COLONIZE WETLANDS, STREAM AND RIVERBANKS, AND OPEN AREAS THROUGHOUT THE STATE. ONCE ESTABLISHED, THEY DISPLACE NATIVE VEGETATION AND FORM DENSE MONOCULTURES THAT SERIOUSLY IMPACT THE ECOLOGICAL AND RECREATIONAL VALUE OF WETLANDS, AS THE PLANTS ARE OF LITTLE VALUE TO NATIVE WILDLIFE, AND THEY LIMIT ACCESS TO BOATING, FISHING, AND HUNTING OPPORTUNITIES. MORE IMPORTANTLY, THESE PLANTS HAVE NO FINE ROOT STRUCTURE TO STABILIZE SOIL IN RIPARIAN ZONES, SO THEY INCREASE EROSION AND CHANGE THE COMPOSITION OF PLANT, MACROINVERTEBRATE, AND FISH SPECIES IN AND AROUND IMPACTED BODIES OF WATER. THESE KNOTWEEDS ARE EXTREMELY EXPENSIVE FOR PUBLIC AND PRIVATE LAND MANAGERS TO CONTROL, AND ONCE ESTABLISHED, ERADICATION IS NEAR IMPOSSIBLE WITHOUT FURTHER IMPACTING THE ENVIRONMENT BY REMOVING THE TOP 2 METERS OF SOIL. RELEASING THE PSYLLID, APHALARAITADORI, INTO NEW YORK STATE SHOULD ALLOW LAND MANAGERS TO FOCUS THEIR LIMITED RESOURCES ON HIGH PRIORITY AREAS, MINIMIZE ANY FURTHER DEGRADATION OF FISH AND WILDLIFE HABITAT, AND CONTRIBUTE TO THE RESTORATION OF NATIVE PLANTS.5. SUBRECIPIENT ACTIVITIES, IF KNOWN OR SPECIFIED AT THE TIME OF AWARD: N/A

PLANT PEST METHODS- BIOCONTROL OF INVASIVE KNOTWEED IN NEWORK STATE.

NY 20 BC KNOTWEED - CORNELL

1. AWARD PURPOSE: THE PRIMARY PURPOSE OF THIS AGREEMENT IS TO SUPPORT THE INITIAL DEVELOPMENT OF A BIOLOGICAL CONTROL PROGRAM TARGETING INVASIVE FLOWERING RUSH IN NEW YORK STATE. FLOWERING RUSH (BOTOMUS UMBELLATUS) HAS BEEN INVASIVE IN NIAGARA COUNTY FOR SEVERAL DECADES AND SERVES AS A THREAT TO NATIVE WATERFOWL, EMERGENT PLANTS SUCH AS WILD RICE ALONG THE NIAGARA RIVER, AND THE ECONOMICALLY IMPORTANT ERIE COUNTY CANAL AND NIAGARA RIVER POPULATIONS IN NEW YORK STATE. BAGOUS NODULOSUS IS A SEMI-AQUATIC WEEVIL THAT ACTS AS A PEST OF FLOWERING RUSH IN ITS NATIVE RANGE IN EUROPE. ITS FUTURE RELEASE AS A BIOCONTROL IS BELIEVED TO BE A POSSIBLY EFFECTIVE CONTROL MECHANISM TO ALLOW NATIVE SPECIES TO REGENERATE AND OVERTAKE ESTABLISHED POPULATIONS. ACTIVITIES TO BE PERFORMED: PREPARE FORMERLY CONSTRUCTED AQUAPONICS UNIT IN THE GREENHOUSE FOR REARING OF B. NODULOSUS. SURVEY NIAGARA COUNTY FOR POTENTIAL RELEASE SITES AND COLLECT ADULT INDIVIDUALS OF FLOWERING RUSH. OBTAIN A PERMIT TO RELEASE B. NODULOSUS INTO THE LOCAL ENVIRONMENT. DELIVERABLES AND EXPECTED OUTCOMES: AT THE END OF THIS AGREEMENT, CORNELL COOPERATIVE EXTENSION OF NIAGARA COUNTY WILL HAVE PREPARED ITS PREVIOUSLY CONSTRUCTED AQUAPONIC UNIT FOR THE PROPAGATION OF FLOWERING RUSH AND BEGUN GROWING A COLLECTION OF LOCALLY COLLECTED FLOWERING RUSH PLANTS. CORNELL COOPERATIVE EXTENSION OF NIAGARA COUNTY WILL ALSO HAVE SECURED A PERMIT TO RELEASE B. NODULOSUS INTO THE ENVIRONMENT AND IDENTIFIED THE THREE MOST PROMISING SITES IN NIAGARA COUNTY TO RELEASE B. NODULOSUS USING SURVEY DATA ABOUT CURRENT POPULATIONS OF FLOWERING RUSH. THE SURVEY DATA COLLECTED OVER THE COURSE OF THE YEAR WILL BE PREPARED AND REPORTED TO USDA APHIS IN THE FINAL REPORT. INTENDED BENEFICIARY(IES): THE BUSINESSES, PUBLIC AND INDUSTRIES OF WESTERN NY THAT RELY ON THE ECONOMICALLY IMPORTANT ERIE COUNTY CANAL AND NIAGARA RIVER. SUBRECIPIENT ACTIVITIES, IF KNOWN OR SPECIFIED AT THE TIME OF AWARD:

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