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Imported Fire Ants

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Federal and State Agencies

Alabama Fire Ant Management Project
California Department of Food and Agriculture
Texas Agricultural Experiment Station
Federal Quarantine Treatment Requirements
Orange County, CA Fire Ant Authority
Texas Department of Agriculture
Texas IPM Network
USDA-ARS Areawide Suppression of Fire Ants
USDA-APHIS-PPQ Permit Services
FORMIS: A Master Bibliography of Ant Literature

Universities

Cooperative eXtension Fire Ant Website
LSU Ag Center Fire Ant Research
North Carolina State University Information
Oklahoma State University
Texas Tech University
University of Minnesota Information
University of Texas

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