Links

Pest Prevention

Pest Exclusion

General

• CDFA Plant Health & Pest Prevention Services-Pest Exclusion - Including:
  • California Plant Quarantine Manual
  • Frequently Asked Questions Concerning the Transport of Privately-Owned House Plants into California from Other States
  • Summary of California State Exterior Quarantine Regulations
  • Agricultural Commodity Identification Aid Manual
    
    
• CDFA Shipping Point Inspection
• USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS Home Page)
• APHIS Web — Plant Protection and Quarantine
• APHIS Solid Wood Packing Material
• The Foreign Agricultural Service/USDA

Glassy-Winged Sharpshooter (GWSS)

• CDFA GWSS Page

SOD

• California Oak Mortality Task Force Home Page
• SOD Monitoring
• Map of Sudden Oak Death Regulated Area
• Approved Soil Labs
• United States Forest Service (USFS) Home Page
• United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) APHIS Page
• USDA Federal Sudden Oak Death Quarantine
• CDFA Plant Health and Pest Prevention Services

Pest Detection

• CDFA Pest Detection Program
• Insect Pests of Concern to California

Pest Eradication

• CDFA Integrated Pest Control Program
• Encycloweedia
• Noxious times

Pest Management

Links

• CDFA's Noxious Weeds Site
• UC Davis Weed Science Program
• Federally Recognized Invasive Species
• Poisonous Plants, Cornell U.
• National Agricultural Pest Information System (NAPIS)
• How to Manage Pests
• California Native Plant Society (CNPS)
• Sonoma County UCCE Mealybugs Site
• Sonoma County Winegrape Commission
• Napa County UCCE Vine Mealybug Site
• UC Davis Grape Vine Mealybug Site
• Vine Mealybug Poster (1.22MB)

Wildlife Services

• USDA Wildlife Services
• CDFA Wildlife Services

Consumer Protection

Nursery & Seed Inspection

• CDFA Nursery Program
• Search California Licensed Nurseries
• Summary of Nursery Regulations
• CDFA Seed Services

Fruits, Nuts & Vegetable Standardization

• CDFA Shipping Point Inspection
• CDFA Fruit & Vegetable Quality Control
• CDFA Market Enforcement Branch
• Winegrape Inspection Marketing Agreement

Egg Quality Control

• CDFA Egg Inspection Program
• Summary of California Egg Regulations
• USDA Egg Quality Assurance Program
• USDA Egg Product Safety Sheet

Special Services

Apiary Inspection

• American Beekeeping Federation
• Carl Hayden Bee Research Center
• CDFA Africanized Honeybee Pest Profile

Agricultural Statistics

• Current/Past Crop Reports
• California Grape Crush Reports
• Agricultural Statistics 1994-2004 (USDA)
• USDA Census of Agriculture (USDA)
• Statistical Databases (Food & Agriculture Organization of the United Nations)
• California Agricultural Statistics Service (USDA)
• National Agricultural Statistics Service (USDA)
• Rankings of Field Crops, Fruit, Nuts, Vegetables, Livestock, & Poultry by State & by Crop (USDA)
• Statistical Highlights of U.S. Agriculture 2004 & 2005 (USDA)
• USDA Economics & Statistics System (Maintained at Cornell University's Mann Library)

Bio-Control

• CDFA Bio-Control Site
• USDA Bio-Control Links
• Cornell University: Bio-Control
• USDA Insect Bio-Control Laboratory
• Bio-Control In Sonoma County (Poster in PDF Format - 235KB)

Certified Sonoma County Farmer's Markets

• CDFA Farm Market Homepage
• CDFA Farm Market Frequently Asked Questions
• Farm Market Regulations
• Find a Market

Organic Program

• CDFA Organic Site
• National Organic Program (NOP)
• Organic Research Materials Institute (OMRI)
• Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education

Plastic Recycling

• Ag Container Recycling Council
• Sonoma County Waste Management ECO-DESK

Environmental Protection

Pesticide Use Enforcement

General

• What is a Pesticide? (128KB)
• California Department of Pesticide Regulation (CDPR)
• Pesticide Laws and Regulations
• Structural Pest Control Board
• Structural Pest Control Board Act
• Consumer Information about Pesticides
• Selecting Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)

Employee Safety and Training

• Compliance Assistance Handouts for Employers
• Pesticide Safety Information Series - English
• Pesticide Safety Information Series - Spanish
• University Of California Integrated Pest Management Pesticide Safety Training and Use
• Farm Labor Contractor License Database

Pesticide Label Information

• Department of Pesticide Regulation Pesticide Label Database
• Section 18 Emergency Exemptions

Pest Control Business Licensing

• CDPR Licensing and Certification - Including:
  • Continuing Education
  • Examination Results
  • Exam Schedule
  • Forms
  • Publications and Outreach Information
  • License Types, Requirements and Applications
  • List of Valid License

Pesticide Information/Environmental Monitoring

• CDPR Pesticide Information Portal
• Endangered species
• EXTOXNET — The EXtension TOXicology NETwork
• National Pesticide Information Center
• University of California Integrated Pest Management
• Court Ordered Pesticide Use Buffers Around Pacific Salmon-Supporting Waters
• Yearly Pesicide Use Data
• Environmental Monitoring Branch

Restricted Pesticide Permits and Operator ID's

• Restricted Materials Permitting
• California Restricted Materials List (128KB)
• Use Report Forms and Notice of Intent including:
  • Production Agriculture Monthly Pesticide Use Report (PR-ENF-017C)
  • Monthly Summary Pesticide Use Report (PR-ENF-060)
  • Notice of Intent to Apply Restricted Materials (PR-ENF-126X)

Hazardous Materials Program

Air Pollution

• Bay Area Air Quality Management District
• California Air Resources Control Board Home Page
• Open Burning Notifications Forms and Permissive Burn Periods for BAAQMD

VESCO

• US Army Corps of Engineers — San Francisco District
• Natural Resource Conservation Service
• California Department of Fish and Game
• California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection
• North Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board
• San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board
• Sonoma County Permit and Resource Management Department
• Sonoma County Winegrape Commission
• Fish Friendly Farming

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