Announcements

New NCPDN Training and Education Coordinator

Amy Peterson Dunfee recently joined  the NCPDN as Training and Education  Coordinator.  Amy received her B.S. in Botany and M.S. in Plant Pathology from Michigan State University.  Following the completion of her degrees, Amy worked at a Burlington, Vermont  garden  centerfielding plant diagnostic concerns.  She also did site visits throughout  Vermont and parts of New York and  New Hampshire when ornamentals or  fruit trees purchased from the garden  center showed signs or symptoms of disease. Part of her duties also  involved establishing scouting and  pest management methods for a seven  acre nursery and developing plant  diagnostic educational material for use  by employees of the garden center and  customers.

Interested in becoming a First Detector?

Are you interested in registering for a NPDN First Detector session?  You may search for upcoming training sessions in your region by visiting the new NPDN Training & Education Site at:  http://cbc.at.ufl.edu/  If you are interested in NPDN First Detector training but don't see any upcoming information for sessions in your region, please contact your regional Training & Education Coordinator.  Specific details on upcoming training in your region may also be available on your regional website.

National First Detector News and Training Site

Pest information, information about training sessions, first detector points of contact, news and announcements can be found here: http://www.npdn.org/first_detector