The NGMB's goal is facilitating communication among private, state, tribal and federal stakeholders interested in better grasshopper management.

The 2025 Annual Meeting will be held at the Hyatt Place Denver Airport, 16250 East 40th Avenue, Aurora, Colorado, United States, 80011 , Phone: +1 303-371-0700 starting at 8 AM on Wednesday, Feb. 5th, and concluding at the end of NGMB business on Feb. 6th, (approximately 1PM). 

13JAN25 -The hotel contract has been completed and Todd negotiated a rate $109 per night! Here is the Hyatt link for reservations Reservation link:  https://www.hyatt.com/en-US/group-booking/DENZA/G-NGOV 

If you are going to present please use the registration form to do so. As of 13JAN25 there are only 14 presentations since the initial call went out in November of 2024. To submit a presentation and to help build a new agenda please go here >  Presentation Registration Form

Some guidelines for presentations: State, Agency and Industry presentation are usually 5 or 10 minutes in length and Succinct Research Reports are 15 minutes while Expanded Research Reports can be up to 30 minutes. For creating a Round Table or other type of presentation categories please contact: NGMB.GH@gmail.com  to establish an appropriate time. 

Registration for the in-person meeting is available on RegFox here: https://nationalgrasshoppermanagementb.regfox.com/national-grasshopper-management-board-mtg

The cost is $50 plus the small service fee.  Students can register for with a coupon code obtained by emailing sschell@uwyo.edu  If others would like to request a registration waiver you can email: ngmb.gh@gmail.com  and do so. 

If it isn't possible for you to attend this year's National Grasshopper Management Board meeting in person then please register for remote attendance using this form- 2025 Remote Attendance Form 

The Zoom meeting link will be emailed out to those that have registered by on Feb. 4th, 2025.

2025 NGMB  Meeting  Agenda 3FEB25

Zoom Start Time: Feb. 5th, 07:45 AM Mountain Time (US and Canada) 

Join Zoom Meeting

https://uwyo.zoom.us/j/95595732362?pwd=ow1eAkalFXUmsgIx8groIlWiNBjyuM.1

Meeting ID: 955 9573 2362

Passcode: 628952

8:00-8:25         Meeting Introduction – Scott Schell, Chair, National Grasshopper Management Board

8:25-8:35         APHIS Policy Update – William Wesela, National Policy Manager, USDA/APHIS/PPQ

8:40-8:50         Idaho State Department of Agriculture GHMC 2024 Program Summary – Jason Ansay

8:55-9:00         Utah Updates report – Greg Abbott, APHIS-PPQ

9:05-9:10         Utah Dept. of Agriculture and Food Report – Kristopher Watson, UDAF 

9:15-9:25         2024 Oregon Grasshopper and Mormon Cricket Survey Report - Todd Adams, Oregon Dept. of Ag.

9:30-9:40         Oregon APHIS Update – Haley Day and Colin Park, USDA/APHIS/PPQ

9:45-10:00      New Oregon Grasshopper Field Guide – Tom Valente, Oregon Dept. of Ag.  Remote          

10:00-10:15    Break

10:20-10:35       Parental diets and the Multiannual Lifecycle of Mormon crickets – Robert Srygley, USDA-ARS-NPARL

10:40-10:45   PPQ Field Operations Update – Ryan Vazquez, National Operations Manager, USDA/APHIS/PPQ

10:50- 10:55   Nebraska State Survey 2024 – David Nielsen, USDA-APHIS PPQ

11:00-11:15  How does Marching Affect Carbohydrate and Protein consumption in the desert locust (Schistocerca                                     gregaria)? - Neema John, R. Overson and A. Cease, Global Locust Institute at ASU

11:20-11:25   Colorado APHIS Report – Mike Winks, USDA/APHIS/PPQ

11:30- 11:40   Arizona Report – Dewey Murray, USDA/APHIS/PPQ

11:45-11:50    Washington State report- Steve Miller, USDA/APHIS/PPQ

11:55-12:00    ND and SD state “ghop” reports - Amy Mesman, USDA/APHIS/PPQ

12:00-1:15        Lunch

1:15-1:20         CA Grasshopper Update – Leah Gayagas, USDA-APHIS-PPQ

1:25-1:40         Associative Analysis of Acridids – Douglas Smith* and Prof. A. Latchininski (Ret.), * WY Cooperative                                        Agriculture Pest Survey Coordinator

1:45- 2:05       Effect of population density and locust phase on viruses associated with Central American locusts,                                       (Schistocerca piceifrons) - Sydney Millerwise,  A. Varsani, M C Lund, S. Kraberger, M. D. De Koch , H. Javier Chan Tun, M. Poot. Pech, J. Harrison, and A. Cease, Global Locust Institute at ASU

2:05- 3:00       Panel Discussion-  Colorado Grasshopper Outbreak 2024 – What Information Was Missing?  From a                              Colorado Producer,  Extension, and Applicator Viewpoints. Beth Hayes- CSU Extension; Kevin Ebsen- King Air Services LLC; and Mike Livingston via Zoom (Rancher) – Scott Schell- Host

3:00 – 3:15           Break

3:15- 3:25       Grasshopper monitoring and control in the Canadian Prairie Provinces. James Tansey, Meghan Vankosky,                                    John Gavloski, Crops and Irrigation Branch, Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture Remote

 3:30- 3:45       Mormon Cricket summary for Nevada- Jeff Knight, NV State entomologist, Peter Rockermann  and                           Jordan Juzdowski, USDA/APHIS/PPQ    

3:50- 4:20       2024 Colorado Grasshopper Impact- Extension View, Beth Hayes, CSU Extension Pueblo, CO

4:25- 4:40       Egg beds, Warming events and Mormon cricket Outbreaks, Robert Srygley, USDA-ARS-NPARL and Cao,                                    Guofeng; Wu, Di

4:40- TBD        NGMB Business Meeting 1 -Executive Committee and Officer Election Slate Information, and                                                  Treasurer Report         

6:00 – TBD      “Hang Out” Wednesday evening after hours in the meeting room. There will be optional bring your                              own/bring some to share snack/drinks and a traditional silent auction organized by Kathleen King.

NGMB Annual Meeting, Day 2 same Zoom link and pass code
Zoom Start Time: Feb. 6th, 2024 07:45 AM Mountain Time (US and Canada)

8:00- 8:15       Carbaryl Resistance in Arizona Melanoplus sanguinipes. - Dylan Tussey, Travis Hitchner, Lonnie Black                             USDA-APHIS

8:20- 8:30       PPQ Wyoming GH Report-  Kathleen King, USDA-APHIS-PPQ     

8:35- 9:45       Wyoming Weed and Pest State Report - Lindsey Woodward, WY Dept. of Ag.

9:50- 9:55       Montana Update – Lori Witham, USDA/APHIS/PPQ

                           Break

10:10-10:20    Rangeland Grasshopper/Mormon Cricket Program Shadow Opportunity, Kylee Macks, USDA-APHIS-                                 PPQ

10:25- 10:35   Jiminy crickets: what can Anabrus simplex remind us about being human? Li Murphy, Graduate student Yale

10:40- 10:55   2024 Final Grasshopper Report for New Mexico- Shawn Carson, USDA/APHIS/PPQ

11:00- 11:30   USDA ARS Grasshopper Research Update and Stakeholder Input. Dave Branson, USDA-ARS-NPARL

TBD              NGMB Business Meeting 2 – Elections and then the meeting for general membership adjourns

 12:00           Executive Committee and Officers meeting

1:00-            USDA-APHIS-PPQ follow up meeting starts in the same meeting room

Go here to suggest speakers to invite to present at our future meetings:  Suggest Invited Speaker(s)

Questions about  the meeting, please contact Scott Schell at: sschell@uwyo.edu  for more information.

Here is the link to NGMB's rarely used Facebook page>>>> NGMB Facebook Page

Other NGMB Documents:

Bylaws for the NGMB (2020),  PDF,  Google doc

Related Links:

Online Grasshopper Identification Tool

USDA APHIS grasshopper and Mormon cricket program.

USDA ARS research and information on grasshoppers and Mormon crickets.

University of Wyoming grasshopper information.

Orthopterists' Society

CARMA The Case-based Range Management Advisor.

Current officers:

Scott Schell, Chair

Jeff Knight, Vice-Chair

Kristopher Watson, Secretary

Todd Adams, Treasurer