For the Reporting Period: February 15, 1995 through June 30, 1999
Grant Recipient:Washington State University, Cooperative Extension
Grant Number:GR9500265
Project Title:Nooksack Watershed Integrated Pest Management Project
Project Period:2/15/95 through 6/30/99
Ecology Contacts:David Pater (Project Mgr) Bellevue Regional Office
Karen Beatty (Financial Mgr.) Lacey Office

Total Budget:$233,438
Total 319 Grant Award:$180,678
Total 319 Expenditures:$178,628

Progress reports have been submitted as required in the grant agreement through the course of this project. These reports contain more detail on specific activities than will be reported here. This report summarizes the major accomplishments under each task heading below and the dates of completion.

A key component of this project, which is not listed under the following tasks was the initial formation of a broad-based advisory committee. The committee of 25 members from western Washington and the Lower Mainland, British Columbia was formed in the spring of 1995 and met on six occasions from May, 1995 through November, 1997. In addition to these formal meetings, committee members have been involved in the project through numerous written project updates, newsletters, and reports.

Written Materials/Manuals (completed June 1999)

• IPM - Effective Options for Farmers June 1995
• IPM – Decision Making Tools for Farmers, Coping with Pest Variability, April 1996
• Integrated Pest Management for Raspberries – A Guide for Sampling and Decision-Making for Key Raspberry Pests in Northwest Washington, June 1998
• Integrated Pest Management for Apples – A Guide for Sampling and Decision-Making for Key Apple Pests in Northwest Washington, December 1999.

"Pest Notes Newsletter" (completed September 1997)

• 3 issues during 1995 season
• 4 issues during 1996 season
• 6 issues during 1997 season

• Weekly Seasonal Phone Recording, April through September in 1996 and 1997
• Nooksack IPM Project Display Board created in October 1996 and used in six water resource related events from 1996 through 1998.
• Six field workshops for raspberry and apple growers during 1995 and 1996 seasons

• Raspberry IPM Research needs identified through grower meetings and communicated to Washington State Red Raspberry Commission, October , 1995, 1996, and 1997.
• Assisted Apple Growers and Raspberry growers in applying for Farmer Researcher SARE Grants in 1996 and 1997. Grant awarded to Raspberry growers in 1997.
• Supported and interacted with WSU Vancouver, Lynden Satellite Research Station, a spin-off of this project, 1996 through 1998. This cooperative effort is ongoing, continuing to assist in the development of IPM practices in raspberries, funded partially by the Washington State Red Raspberry Commission.
• Assisted Apple growers in anthracnose research proposal in coordination with Dr. Jim Rahe, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C..

• Predator Mite Release in Raspberries, 1996 and 1997
• Liquid Lime Sulfur Timing Experiment in Raspberries, 1997
• Codling Moth Management Project in Apples, 1996 and 1997
• White Apple Leafhopper Control in Apples, 1996
• Two Spider Mite Control and Mite Counting Experiments in Apples 1997
• Research summaries available on WSU Whatcom County Webpage

Breakfast Meetings (completed September, 1997)

• 5 summer meetings each, held separately for apple and raspberry growers, 1995
• 5 summer meetings each, held separately for apple and raspberry growers, 1996
• 5 summer meetings each, held separately for apple and raspberry growers, growers attending these meetings received pesticide recertification credits from WSDA due to IPM education content, 1997

• Conducted thirty personal orchard visits with individual apple growers to assist them with pest and beneficial insect identification and initially expose them to IPM tools (Hand lenses, Max/min thermometers), October 1995.
• Convened raspberry grower IPM panel for presentation at Whatcom County Berry Growers Workshop held in December, 1996.

Evaluate the project by documenting changes in IPM knowledge and application by the agricultural community using grower surveys and the Bennet Heirarchy system, as recommended by the advisory committee.

• Pre-project raspberry grower survey taken in December, 1995.
• Post-project raspberry grower survey taken in December, 1997.
• Applied the Bennet Heirarchy system to document: people involvement, reactions, changes in attitudes, knowledge, skills , and ultimately practices.
• Refer to the April 23, 1998 "Preliminary Final Progress Report" for details on the evaluation component of the project, completed April, 1998.

All tasks as outlined in the grant agreement have been completed in their entirety.

Recipient Contacts:Principal Investigator

Craig MacConnell
WSU Cooperative Extension
1000 N. Forest St.
Bellingham, WA 98225
360) 676-6736
email address: cbmac@wsu.edu

Geoff Menzies
WSU Cooperative Extension
1000 N. Forest St., Bellingham, WA, 98225
(360) 384-9135 or 676-6736
e-mail address: gmenz@coopext.cahe.wsu.edu