A32-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, May 12,1990
Governor's Conference To Focus On Future Of Forests
COLLEGE PARK, Md.
Prospects for Maryland’s 2.4 mil
lion acres of forest land will
receive high priority May 21 and
22 during the Governor’s Confer
ence on Trees and Forestry in the
Ramada Inn at Annapolis.
Maryland residents who attend
will have opportunity to help
shape policy that will affect the
status of trees and forests in the
state for many years. The public is
invited to participate.
Key objectives of the confer
ence are as follows:
• Distinguish, elevate and plan
for forestry’s continued economic,
social and environmental
contributions.
New Quality
Assurance
Program
COLUMBUS, Ohio
Pro Science Corpora
tion has implemented a
new quality assurance
program in an effort to
make the Pro Staph F M
Staph, aureus test more
consistent and accurate.
According to Dr. Tat
suo Matsushita, vice
president of technical
operations at Pro Sc
ience, this new program
will ensure quality in
DHIA labs by evaluat
ing the performance of
participating DHIA labs
and DHIA lab techni
cians who run the Pro -
taph I™ test.
“The new quality
assurance program has
been in place since
February and our prim
ary objective is to
ensure consistent
results across the coun
try from month-to
month,” said Matsushi
ta. “All labs are
required to run these
samples twice monthly
to establish repeatabili
ty.
“It’s been a year
since we’ve introduced
this new ELISA tech
nology to the DHIA
System and we feel it’s
our obligation to set up
a quality assurance
program as this for the
benefit of DHI mem
bers,” he said. “The
skill levels of DHI lab
technicians who are
using this technology
have already increased
as a direct benefit of the
program. We’re com
mitted to make this
program successful.”
Pro Science’s Quality
Control Group, along
with researchers at its
subsidiary VMRD in
Pullman, WA, provide
some of the clinical
expertise for the Pro -
taph I™ quality assur
ance program. Outside
scientists also audit the
quality certification and
manufacturing process
at Pro Science as part of
this program.
“We view our qual
ity assurance program
as a team effort between
Pro Science and DHIA
labs. It will also be
enhanced by being part
of the National DHIA
Quality Certification
program,’’ Matsushita
said.
• Enhance public recognition of
the importance of trees and fore
stry to the future of Maryland.
• Unite and focus political
action on Maryland’s forest
resources, along with public com
mitment to that goal.
• Develop action-oriented legi
slative initiatives for trees and
forestry in Maryland.
A steering committee deve
loped the conference agenda,
based on the findings of a
33-member task force appointed
by Gov. William Donald
Schaefer.
Representing a cross section of
private industry, non-profit orga
nizations and government agen
cies, the task force examined key
issues affecting the future of trees
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and forestry in Maryland.
The task force divided itself
into three working groups to give
separate attention to the topics of
social land use, economics, and
environmental considerations.
Following the conference, the
task force will present recommen
dations and a final plan of action
for consideration by Gov. Schaef
er and his Commission on Growth
in the Chesapeake Bay Region.
Registration cost for the two
day conference, including the
evening banquet, is $4O before
May 15, or $5O at the door. Stu
dents may attend for $25. Anyone
who registers before the May 15
deadline will receive advance
copies of the task force report.
CONTACT:
1-800-447-7436
Printed programs and registra
tion forms are available from the
Forest, Park & Wildlife Service,
Maryland Department of Natural
Resources, 580 Taylor Ave.,
Annapolis, Md. 21401; phone:
(301) 974-3776.
The brochures can be picked up
at offices of the University of
Maryland Cooperative Extension
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