CLEAN WATER ACT SECTION 319 GRANT
PROJECT PROGRESS REPORT

For the Reporting Period: July Through November 20, 1998

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, Bellevue Regional Office

Funding, Total Budget: $233,438

Total 319 Grant Award: $180,678

Total 319 Expenditures to Date: $159,025

Key Accomplishments

Printed 100 copies of the manual titled: Integrated Pest Management for Raspberries, A Guide for Sampling and Decision-Making for Key Raspberry Pests in Northwest Washington. Over fifty copies have been distributed to members of the Nooksack IPM Advisory Committee and to Whatcom County area raspberry growers, who responded to a mailing sent in mid-October. The remaining copies will be made available at the upcoming December 11 WSU Cooperative Extension Berry Workshop, held in Lynden, WA. It is anticipated that most if not all of the remaining copies of this manual will be distributed to raspberry growers at this workshop.

The NooksackIPM Coordinator is scheduled to speak about Raspberry IPM as relates to the Nooksack IPM Project at four workshops between now and March, 1999.

Under the lead of a local apple grower, who participated in the IPM mentoring program, the weather data collection system designed and used in this project during the 1996 and 1997 seasons to manage codling moth and other key orchard pests was maintained during the 1998 season. This cooperator-led implementation of a key IPM tool is a significant accomplishment of the project and the local apple industry.

Performance Measures Not Achieved (if any) Why:

The final, remaining task of this project yet to be completed is an IPM Manual for Apple growers in Whatcom County. This has not been accomplished because the project manager had a full time commitment from April through September, 1998 managing the WSU On-Farm Raspberry Research Station in Lynden, which was an outgrowth of this IPM Project. Since October 1, the manager has been temporarily hired by WSU to write the "Red Raspberry Crop Profile", which will be submitted to the EPA for their evaluation during the implementation of the Food Quality Protection Act. This activity will be completed by December 31,1998.

Due to these other projects, which unfortunately delayed the completion of the Nooksack IPM Project, a final extension was requested and has been granted by Ecology which extends the deadline of this contract through June 30, 1999. This extension will provide the time necessary to complete the final remaining task of this project.

Future Challenges to Performance and General Comments

None. The intent is to complete the IPM Manual for Apple Growers by the end of the new contract period, June 30, 1999.