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The CAPS program is a cooperative effort between the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) Plant Protection and Quarantine (PPQ) and The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station (CAES). Through the CAPS Program, surveys are conducted to detect or delimit exotic plant pests - insects, weeds and diseases that are not known to occur in the U.S. or have been recently introduced through U.S. ports of entry or other pathways. CAPS surveys and other monitoring activities strive to protect agriculture and natural resources and to prevent economic and environmental losses.

The CAPS State Survey Committee in Connecticut (see link below) serves as an advisory group for CAPS survey activities in the state. Committee members meet several times per year to provide input on upcoming exotic pest surveys, discuss survey results and share relevant information on pest occurrences in Connecticut. Pest distribution data from surveys and other sources provided by State Survey Committee members is submitted to a national database. This information is available for retrieval upon request.

 

 

Accomplishment Reports

 

CAPS Pest Lists:

CAPS 2022 Targets

CAPS 2021 Targets

CAPS 2020 Targets

 

Workplans:

 

Useful Links:  

http://caps.ceris.purdue.edu/ Summary of the National Program

https://napis.ceris.purdue.edu/home NAPIS homepage (National Agricultural Pest Information System)

http://pesttracker.org/ Pest Tracker website for exotic pest reporting

https://www.aphis.usda.gov/aphis/resources/pests-diseases/hungry-pests USDA APHIS Hungry Pests website

https://cipwg.uconn.edu/ Connecticut Invasive Plant Working Group

http://suddenoakdeath.org California Oak Mortality Task Force

 
State Plant Regulatory Official:
Dr. Victoria L. Smith

State Entomologist

The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station
123 Huntington Street
New Haven, Connecticut 06511
Telephone Number: 203-974-8474
Fax Number: 203-974-8502
E-mail Address: Victoria.Smith@ct.gov
Lead Agency: The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station

 

CAPS Contact Person For Connecticut:
State Survey Coordinator
Dana Crandall
State Survey Coordinator
The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station
123 Huntington Street
New Haven, Connecticut 06511
Telephone Number: 203-974-8481
Fax Number: 203-974-8502
E-mail Address: Dana.Crandall@ct.gov
Lead Agency: The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station
 
 
CAPS State Survey Committee Members:
 
Name Organization Discipline
Kate Aitkenhead USDA APHIS PPQ State Plant Health Director
Nichole Carrier USDA APHIS PPQ Pest Survey Specialist
  Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, CT Tree Protector's Association Urban Forestry, Arboriculture
Dana Crandall The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station State Survey Coordinator Entomology

CT NOFA Organic Farming
Olney Knight
Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection  Forestry
James LaMondia The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station Plant Pathology and Ecology, Nematology
Jane O'Donnell University of Connecticut Entomology
  The Connecticut Department of Agriculture Economics, Marketing
Claire Rutledge The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station Entomology
Victoria Smith The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station Entomology
Victoria Wallace University of Connecticut Ornamentals IPM
Jason White The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, Director Analytical Chemistry
Kevin Sullivan Connecticut Nursery and Landscape Association Nursery Grower
Rose Hiskes The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station Horticulture
Nicholas Goltz
University of Connecticut Integrated Pest Management
Mary Concklin
University of Connecticut
Integrated Pest Management
Rayda Krell
Western Connecticut State University Entomology
Joshua Tracy
South Central Connecticut Regional Water Authority
Invasive Species
Charles Baker
USDA APHIS PPQ  
Carole Cheah
The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station Entomology, Horticulture
Robert Marra
The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station Plant Pathology and Ecology
Christopher Martin
Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection
Forestry