VASCM: EGVM Quarantine in Santa Cruz County - Ag Comm. Meeting for growers & wineries June 28, Watsonville

[Mary Lindsay, Muns Vineyard]

The Santa Cruz Co. Ag Commissioner has announced a meeting for growers 
and wineries to address the EGVM quarantine it has declared in the County:

*Tuesday, June 28, 10:00am-12:00noon, at UC Cooperative Extension 
Auditorium, Watsonville

*This is a meeting called by the Santa Cruz County Agricultural 
Commissioner to apprise growers and wineries of the quarantine.The 
_approximate_ EGVM quarantine boundary area consists of Park 
Avenue/Victory Lane on the west, the Summit on the north, Mt. 
Madonna/Green Valley Road on the east, and Buena Vista/San Andreas Road 
on the south. *

A**nyone who grows, harvests, transports, or receives regulated host 
material within the quarantine boundary is affected by the quarantine 
regulations and should attend this meeting.**Anyone affiliated with 
handling, transporting or receiving regulated host material* should sign 
a compliance agreement with the EGVM Project.*  (That includes grapes.)


*AGENDA:

Welcome and Introductions*
Mary Lou Nicoletti, Santa Cruz County Agricultural Commissioner (Acting)

*EGVM Quarantine and Regulatory Requirements*
Helene Wright, USDA State Plant Health Director
Melinda Mochel, CDFA Pest Exclusion Associate Agricultural Biologist

*EGVM Biology and Control*
Larry Bettiga, UC Cooperative Extension Viticulture Farm Advisor

*Questions and Answers Session*

UC Cooperative Extension Auditorium, 1432 Freedom Boulevard, 
Watsonville, CA 95076