Over the past eight years as a technical service provider and regulatory weed specialist located in northern Pennsylvania, my focus areas have been livestock forage quality & nutrient management, pesticide application, best management practices and pest management control in row crops and forages. I have also held certification in PA for 20 years as a certified crop adviser and certified pesticide applicator in private, research and regulatory categories. From 2005 to 2012, I served as the interim federal noxious weed program manager for the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture’s federal noxious weed eradication programs and coordinated the Pennsylvania Invasive Species Council’s development of the state invasive species management plan and the department’s rewrite of the state noxious weed control law.
Publications
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Exotic Plant Inventory, Landscape Survey, and Invasiveness Assessment: Roosevelt-Vanderbilt National Historic Sites, Hyde Park, NY, Melissa Bravo, Antonio DiTommaso, and David Hayes, Oct 2012
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Pennsylvania Invasive Species Management Plan, Ashley Walters, Melissa Bravo, Sarah Whitney, Donald Eggen, May 2009
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Muck Rack: Farm related publications by Melissa Bravo, Melissa Bravo,
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