About this episode

The episode discusses the CAPS program and its role in surveying invasive pests in Illinois.

During this episode of Everyday Environment, hosts Amy and Erin chat with Kelly Estes from the Illinois Cooperative Agricultural Pest Survey. We learn about how the CAPS program works and surveys for invasive pests in our state. Resources IL CAPS program Pest Tracker Share your own Everyday Observation Was there something about this topic we didn’t cover? See something cool in nature? Let us know! Send us your question or share your everyday nature observation with us at go.illinois.edu/EEconnect , and we may share it in a future blog or podcast. Questions? We'd love to hear from you! Abigail Garofalo aeg9@illinois.edu , Erin Garrett emedvecz@illinois.edu , Amy Lefringhouse heberlei@illinois.edu Subscribe to our Newsletter Check out our Blog See the Everyday Environment Archives

People in this episode

Hosts: Amy Lefringhouse, Erin Garrett

Guest: Kelly Estes

Topics covered

• invasive pests
• agriculture
• ecosystems
• urban environments
• CAPS program
• pest survey

Keywords

• invasive pests
• CAPS program
• agriculture
• ecosystems
• urban environments
• pest survey
• Illinois

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Illinois Cooperative Agricultural Pest Survey, IL CAPS program, Pest Tracker

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