by Gabe Saldana, Texas A&M AgriLife (Full Article Here) More than a decade of work alongside Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service experts in integrated pest management, or IPM, has culminated in the national certification of four Texas school districts as “IPM Stars,” said Janet Hurley, AgriLife Extension school IPM specialist in Dallas. IPM Star certification from… Read more »
Month: April 2018
Congress Acts to Improve CDC and NIH Lyme Disease Programs
The FY 2018 Congressional Appropriations bill signed into law on March 23, 2018 was accompanied by House and Senate Appropriations Committee reports that include more than a dozen directives for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to improve their programs for surveillance, prevention, diagnosis, and treatment… Read more »
EPA Extends Comment Period for Draft Label Revisions on Respirators
The Environmental Protection Agency is extending the public comment period on revised respirator descriptions for pesticide labels. Please submit comments by June 11, 2018, to opprespiratortable@epa.gov. EPA is making these revisions, with the encouragement of state regulatory agencies, as part of our efforts to: Bring the respirator descriptions on pesticide labels into conformance with the… Read more »
The Spring 2018 Edition of “A Knouse Ments” is now available
Knouse Foods Water Treatment Facility
2018 IPM Achievement Awards – Call for Nominations
Do you know of a group that’s using reduced-risk pest management practices and taking a leadership role to promote these practices? The Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) is now accepting nominations for the 2018 IPM Achievement Awards. The awards are presented to groups, organizations, schools, or companies that develop and share their integrated pest management… Read more »
Handouts from The 9th International IPM Symposium’s Capitol Hill visit are now available
ESA “What is IPM?” Factsheet IPM Institute of North America Community IPM Fact Sheet Arizona Pest Management Center Handout Montana State University Extension Poster
AAFC’s PMC: Priorities selected at the Canadian Priority Setting Workshop in March 2018
Canadian growers of minor and specialty crops met in Gatineau, Quebec from March 20-22, 2018 to identify priorities for the Pest Management Centre. Please find attached the Minor Use Pesticides Program priorities selected, as well as the six biopesticide products identified for merit analysis under the Pesticide Risk Reduction Program. Biopesticides 2018 EN Regional upgrades… Read more »
2018 All Bugs Good and Bad Webinar Series – This Friday
Don’t forget this month’s All Bugs Good and Bad Webinar will take place this Friday, April 6 at 2:00 pm Eastern time. Ants are the number one reported nuisance pest and come in all shapes and sizes with an incredibly wide variety of nesting and eating habits. In this webinar presented by Dr. Fudd Graham… Read more »
Celebrate the 16th Annual National Healthy Schools Day on Tuesday, April 3
EPA’s Indoor Environments Division supports National Healthy Schools Day on Tuesday, April 3, 2018. Join school administrators, facility managers, custodians, teachers, school nurses, parents and community advocates from schools across the country in celebrating National Healthy Schools Day. Use the day to take the necessary steps to effectively manage the indoor air quality in your… Read more »
A new issue of IPM Insights now available online.
New issue of IPM Insights now available online. In this Issue you will find the following articles and information: How IPM Works as Risk Management IPM can reduce actual risks—not just the financial effects of risks after a loss. Risk Management Case Study: School IPM Since children spend much of their time at school, it… Read more »