State & Federal Boards, Committees, and Partnerships

We serve on many State and Federal Boards and Committees to protect and represent Michigan’s Green Industry. In addition, we strategically build partnerships with organizations and agencies that assist us in achieving our legislative goals. These include:

State Level Organizations:

Michigan Invasive Plant Council
Michigan IPM Alliance
Michigan Farm Bureau
- Nursery & Greenhouse Advisory Council
- Ag Commodity Executive Group
Michigan Agriscience Educators
MI FFA Foundation & Association
Michigan Methyl Bromide Task Force

State Level Agencies/University:

Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes & Energy
- Michigan Certified Natural Shoreline Professional Program
- NPDES Pesticide General Permit
- Aquatic Invasive Species Advisory Council
- Office of the Great Lakes – Great Lakes Water Assessment Committee
Michigan Department of Agriculture & Rural Development
- Phosphorus Fertilizer Workgroup
- Pesticide & Plant Pest Management Division
  - Committee to update Public Act 189
  - Horticulture Fund Advisory Committee
  - Committee to update Public Act 451, Regulation 636 and 637
- Emerald Ash Borer Task Force
- Public Acts 74-81 – Michigan’s Invasive Aquatic Plant Laws
- Michigan Agriculture Commodity Executive Organization
- Michigan Agriculture Commission – Generally Accepted Agriculture Management Practices (GAAMPS) Working Group
- Michigan Agriculture Statistics Service – Green Industry economic survey for landscape and nursery segments
- Michigan Agriculture Environmental Assurance Program – committee to establish the Nursery•A•Syst Program
Michigan Department of Natural Resources
- State Nurseries
- Emerald Ash Borer Restoration Committee – member of and involved in the coordination of and served as a presenter at the regional EAB Symposium held in Novi, MI.
- R.O.O.T. Advisory Group
Michigan State University
- Project GREEEN Plant Coalition
- CANR Stakeholder Advisory Board
- CANR and MSU Extension Dean/Director Search Committees
- Department Faculty Search Committees
  - Horticulture
  - Agriculture Economics
  - Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences
- Center for Integrated Plant Systems
- IPM Advisory Group

Federal/Regional Levels:

AmericanHort
Horticulture Research Institute
National Association of Landscape Professionals
Irrigation Association
Nursery and Landscape Association Executives
Great Lakes Nursery & Landscape Association Leadership Council
IR-4 Commodity Liaison Committee
U.S. Department of Interior – Invasive Species Advisory Committee
U.S. Department of Agriculture
- Natural Resource Conservation Service – Michigan Technical Committee
- Animal Plant Health Inspection Service – Ralstonia, Hosta Virus x., Emerald Ash Borer Science Panel
U.S. Forest Service – Emerald Ash Borer Restoration Committee
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
- Methyl Bromide Phase-out Process representing Michigan’s Perennial and Seedling Growers