ABOUT US

Thomas R. Jahns, Alaska Pest Management Program Coordinator.  Dr. Jahns serves on the Alaska Pest Management Advisory Committee, to help coordinate pest management information and the current status of the Food Quality Protection Act for the people of Alaska.  Tom was the state liaison representative for the old Alaska Pesticide Impact Assessment Program for two years, and for the past three years has been the new Alaska Pest Management Program Coordinator, under the direction of the Western Region Pest Management Center.  He has been a Land Resources District Extension Agent with the University of Alaska-Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service since 1994, working in the areas of agronomy and pest management on Alaska’s Kenai Peninsula. 

Janice I. Chumley, Alaska Pest Management Program Assistant and seasonal IPM Pest Scout for the University of Alaska-Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service, on the Kenai Peninsula.  Ms. Chumley has worked on developing and updating crop profiles for Alaska since 1999.  She continues to update crop profiles, network with inter/intra state pest management partners and is responsible for the development and maintenance of the Alaska Pest Management Program’s state pesticide informational web page.