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Managing Imported Fire Ants in Urban Areas Acknowledgments

Last Updated: April 01, 2007

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The authors are grateful for reviews of earlier drafts of this publication by John A. Jackman, Homer Collins, Jerry Cook and Jim Reinert. We also appreciate contributions made by Charles L. Barr.

Authors:

Bastiaan “Bart” M. Drees, Professor and Extension Entomologist, and Texas Agricultural Experiment Station, The Texas A&M University System

S. Bradleigh Vinson, Professor, Department of Entomology, Texas Agricultural Experiment Station, The Texas A&M University System

Roger E. Gold, Professor, Department of Entomology, Texas Agricultural Experiment Station and Texas Cooperative Extension, The Texas A&M University System

Michael E. Merchant, Professor and Extension Urban Entomologist, The Texas A&M University System

Elizabeth “Wizzie” Brown, Kim Engler and Molly Keck, Extension Program Specialists, and Paul Nester, Extension Agent – IPM, The Texas A&M University System

David Kostroun, Assistant Commissioner for Regulatory Programs, Texas Department of Agriculture

Kathy Flanders, Extension Entomologist, Alabama Cooperative Extension System and Associate Professor, Auburn University, and Fudd Graham, Research Fellow IV, Auburn University

Dale Pollet, Extension Entomologist, Linda Hooper-Bui, Associate Professor, and Patricia Beckley, Instructor, Louisiana State University AgCenter

Tim Davis, Extension Area-Wide Imported Fire Ant Specialist, Clemson University, and Paul M. “Mac” Horton, Professor of Entomology and Assistant Director, Clemson University Cooperative Extension Service

Wayne Gardner, Professor and Unit Coordinator, Department of Entomology, University of Georgia

Kelly Loftin and John Hopkins, Assistant Professors and Extension Entomologists, University of Arkansas

Karen Vail, Associate Professor and Extension Entomologist, the University of Tennessee Extension

Russell Wright and Wayne Smith, Fire Ant Research and Education Specialists, Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service, Oklahoma State University

David C. Thompson, Professor of Entomology, Plant Pathology and Weed Sciences, New Mexico State University

John Kabashima, Orange County Director/Environmental Horticulture Advisor, University of California Cooperative Extension Blake Layton, Extension Entomologist, Mississippi State University Extension Service

Phil Koehler, Margie and Dempsey Sapp Endowed Professor of Structural Pest Control and Urban Entomology, University of Florida

David Oi, Research Entomologist—Center for Medical, Agricultural and Veterinary Entomology, USDA-ARS

Anne-Marie Callcott, Entomologist and Deputy Director, Soil Inhabiting Pest Laboratory, USDA-APHIS, PPQ Contents



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