Colorado Department of Agriculture –
Division of Plant Industry General Contacts
For all contacts our Physical and Mailing address is;
Colorado Department of Agriculture
Division of Plant Industry
Attn: THE SECTION AND/OR PERSON YOU WISH TO CONTACT
Our General Phone number is; (303) 239-4140
Our General Fax number is; (303) 239-4177
Our General Contact Person is; Barbara Rosenbach, (303) 239-4139,
Email:
barbara.rosenbach@ag.state.co.us
Apiary
Jerry Cochran - Apiary
Coordinator
Tel: (303) 239-4153
Contact
person for the following; Entomology
Rose Viray - Administrative
Assistant
Tel: (303) 239-4143
Email: rosario.viray@ag.state.co.us
Chemigation
Terry Gander - Program
Assistant
Tel: (303) 239-4149
Email: terry.gander@ag.state.co.us
Contact
person for the following; Chemigation
Inspection & Permits
Cooperative Agricultural
John Kaltenbach - State Survey
Coordinator
Tel: (303) 239-4131
Email: CAPS.Program@ag.state.co.us
Nursery
Jerry Cochran - Nursery
Coordinator
Tel: (303) 239-4153
Contact
person for the following; Importing
Plant Commodities,
Interstate Transport of House
Plants
Brian Allen - Administrative
Assistant
Tel: 303) 239-4154
Email: brian.allen@ag.state.co.us
Contact Person for the following; Application & Permit to Move Live
Plant Pests & Noxious Weeds
Importing
Plant Commodities
Inspection for Insect Infestation, Inspection for Plant
Diseases
Interstate
Transport of House Plants
Nursery Inspections (Dealers/Nurseries/Greenhouses/Sod &
Turf Producers)
Nursery Registrations (Collectors of trees from public &
private land for resale/Dealers/Nurseries/Landscape Contractors/Sod & Turf
Producers)
Organic Certification
Barbara Rosenbach - Program
Assistant
Tel: (303) 239-4139
Email: Barbara.rosenbach@ag.state.co.us
Contact
person for the following; Organic
Inspection & Certification
Pesticides – Pesticide Applicator
Laura Pottorff - Pesticide
Applicator Coordinator
Tel: (303) 239-4178
Email: laura.pottorff@ag.state.co.us
Contact
person for the following; Continuing
Education Credit Workshops
Continuing
Education Credits Required for License Renewal
Commercial
Pesticide Applicator Workshops
Worker
Protection Standards
Questions
on the Pesticide Applicator Act requirements
Steve Blunt - Enforcement Specialist
Tel: (303) 239-4141
Fax: (303) 239-4195
Contact
person for the following; Complaints
of Pesticide Misapplications
Cheryl Shoup - Administrative
Assistant (Business License/Pesticide Sensitive)
Tel: (303) 239-4146
Fax: (303) 239-4195
Email: cheryl.shoup@ag.state.co.us
Contact
person for the following; Business
Applicator Licenses
Registration
of Limited Commercial Pesticide Applicators
Pesticide
Sensitive Registry Information
Mary Jo Dennis - Administrative
Assistant (Personal License/Applicator Testing)
Tel: (303) 239-4148
Fax: (303) 239-4195
Email: maryjo.dennis@ag.state.co.us
Contact
person for the following; Certified
Operator Licenses & Exams
Licensing
& Examiniation Guide
Qualified
Supervisor Licenses & Exams
Carol Barton - Administrative
Assistant (Private Pesticide Applicator Licensing)
Tel: (303) 239-4186
Fax: (303) 239-4165
Email: carol.barton@ag.state.co.us
Pesticides – Pesticide Registration & Restricted
Use Dealer Licensing
Laura Quakenbush - Pesticide
Registration Coordinator
Tel: (303) 239-4147
Contact
person for the following; Fraudulent
Telephone Pesticide Sales
Questions
concerning Pesticide Labels
Barbara Bliss - Administrative
Assistant
Tel: (303) 239-4181
Email: barbara.bliss@ag.state.co.us
Contact
person for the following; Pesticide
Product Registration
Inspections
of RUP Dealers & Pesticide Products
Licensing
of RUP Dealers
Irene VanCleave - Administrative
Assistant
Tel: (303) 239-4144
Email: irene.vancleave@ag.state.co.us
Contact
person for the following; Pesticide
Product Registration
Questions
concerning Section 18 Emergency Exemption
Phytosanitary Certification
Brian Allen - Administrative
Assistant
Tel: (303) 239-4154
Email: brian.allen@ag.state.co.us
Contact
person for the following; Phytosanitary
Export Certificates (Plant Commodities/Seed/Produce)
Plant
Quarantines
Seed
Rose Viray - Administrative
Assistant
Tel: (303) 239-4143
Email: rosario.viray@ag.state.co.us
Contact person
for the following; Questions
& Concerns regarding accuracy of Seed labels
Seed
Inspection & Registration
Weed Free Forage
Terry Gander - Program
Assistant
Tel: (303) 239-4149
Email: terry.gander@ag.state.co.us
Contact
person for the following; Weed
Free Forage Program
Weed
Free Forage Crop Directory (Listed by Producer & Town)
Weed
Free Hay Certification