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Slow the Spread

June 5, 2014 By Claire Luckachina

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A pilot program of wide area gypsy moth management from 1992 – 1999 and nationally excepted strategy for the mitigation of gypsy moth impacts beginning in 2000. The Slow the Spread project is a USDA-Forest Service national strategy whose objective is the implementation of operational and technological strategies for slowing the spread of the gypsy moth along the population’s leading edge in the United States

Highlights

  • STS initiated in 1992 with 3 pilot state cooperators (Virginia, West Virginia and North Carolina) with Michigan added in 1993. Expanded in 1999 to include 4 additional state cooperators (Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and Wisconsin) and eventually adding Minnesota and Iowa.
  • STS annually deploys approximately 80,000 pheromone traps and manages additional state cooperator data which brings the annual database total to around 130,000 managed traps.
  • ASETS currently provides regional database and GIS coordination supporting Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, Illinois and Indiana.
  • Collaborate with USDA Forest Service, APHIS PPQ, and state cooperators on the design and implementation of the STS trapping program.
  • Development and operation of the Northern STS GIS, database, and IT infrastructure.
  • Develop management and access strategies for STS geospatial and tabular data using various information technologies.

Key contributions of the Northern regional database node include:

  • Automated data flow: field-based GPS data extraction, visualization and upload.
  • Developed online error correction and trap reports for tracking progress.
  • Developed ATLAS software for data visualization and error correction.
  • Development and hosting of numerous key project web services.
  • Design and production of field trapping maps for numerous cooperating states.
  • Initiated the exploration and adoption of spatial database technology.
  • Initiated and lead the development of current online project planning tools.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


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SLAM

June 5, 2014 By Claire Luckachina

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SLAM, or SLow Ash Mortality, is a project that aims to track Emerald ash borer (Agrilus planipennis Fairmaire) populations and begin to outline a potential management strategy for slowing its spread. These populations are expanding both naturally and through artificial transport of infested ash material. Additional populations of emerald ash borer (EAB) will undoubtedly continue to be discovered. When a localized outlier site is found, there are currently few options to manage EAB or mitigate damage.

Role and Contributions

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SLAM

Partnerships/Collaboration

USDA Forest Service / USDA APHIS / Michigan Department of Agriculture / Michigan Department of Natural Resources and Environment / Michigan Conservations Districts / Michigan State University / Michigan Tech.

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MISIN

June 5, 2014 By Claire Luckachina

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The Midwest Invasive Species Information Network (MISIN) is a project led by ASETS researchers in collaboration with partners in the Michigan Natural Features Inventory (Phyllis Higman) and Michigan Department of Natural Resources. By building on our existing partnerships, we are establishing the Midwest Invasive Species Information Network with the long-term goal of synergizing the efforts of individual citizens, organizations and agencies to identify and cooperatively manage invasive species in the Midwest region.

Role and Contributions

ASETS researchers are the primary developers of the geo-spatial information technology system driving MISIN. Specifically, we have designed and implemented the Oracle/ArcSDE geo-database which lies at the heart of the MISIN system. Additionally, ASETS has designed and developed the MISIN website; the map-based reporting module; the Adobe Flex map viewer; and the online species specific identification training modules (in collaboration with MNFI cooperators).

Project Significance

MISIN represents the most complete and open effort of managing and disseminating invasive species data in the Midwest region to date. MISIN provides an important means for the public reporting of invasives locations.

Partnerships/Collaboration

Doug Landis / MSU Department of Entomology
Phyllis Higman / Michigan Natural Features Inventory

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MapBioControl

June 5, 2014 By Claire Luckachina

MapBioControl is currently supporting the national biological control efforts of the Emerald Ash Borer. Federal, state and research cooperators are using mapBioControl to manage release data for three parasitoid control agents of the Emerald Ash Borer.

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Claire joined ASETS in March of 2012 as an IT Professional working as the MISIN data manager. Read More …

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ASETS is available to provide technical assistance with the navigation of the wide range of spatial and information technology development and implementation possibilities that exist today. The following services are envisioned in support of research, outreach, and teaching activities related to spatially-explicit ecological interests. Solutions can be developed using either proprietary and open-source technologies. Many […]

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