HOW GREEN IS YOUR PEST CONTROL PROGRAM?

1. HOW GREEN IS YOUR PEST CONTROL PROGRAM? --INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT-- WAYNE WALKER UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING & RESIDENCE EDUCATION

2. INTRODUCTION • HISTORY • DEFINITIONS • ELEMENTS • PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS • CERTIFICATION

3. HISTORY OF IPM • Began in the agricultural community • Driven by economics at first • Many years later it became driven by worker safety issues

4. HISTORY OF IPM • 1959 - Integrated Control Concept • 1962 – Rachael Carson, “Silent Spring” • 1970 – EPA established • 1972 – EPA Cancels most uses of DDT

5. HISTORY OF IPM • 1993 - The Clinton Administration called for implementation of IPM on 75% of America’s crop land by the year 2000 • 1996 – Food Quality Protection Act

6. HISTORY OF IPM • 1998 – IPM Institute of North America formed • 2003 – Green Shield Certification established • Today – 33 states have IPM programs

7. DEFINITIONS • Many and varied • Most are associated with agriculture • Depends on what outlook is represented • Each organization will need to establish a definition that works for their facility

8. NPMA • IPM is a process involving common sense and sound solutions for treating and controlling pests. These solutions incorporate three basic steps: 1) inspection, 2) identification and 3) treatment.  Treatment options vary from sealing cracks and removing food and water sources to pesticide treatments when necessary.

9. CORNELL UNIVERSITY • Integrated pest management, or IPM, is both a way of thinking and a way of acting in regard to pests. People who practice IPM try to prevent damage from pests or to manage them in ways that reduce risks to the environment and human health.

10. BIO-INTEGRAL RESOURCE CENTER • IPM is a decision-making process that emphasizes prevention and non-chemical treatment, where treatments are selected from available biological, cultural, manual, mechanical, physical, educational, and chemical strategies. Reduced-risk chemical controls are included in the treatment program

11. PURDUE UNIVERSITY • IPM is a process for achieving long term, environmentally sound pest suppression through the use of a wide variety of technological and management practices. Control strategies in an IPM program extend beyond the application of pesticides to include structural and procedural modifications that reduce the food, water, living space and access used by pests.

12. SCHOOL IPM WEBSITE • IPM is a process for balancing the risks between pests and pesticides to achieve long term pest suppression.  Control strategies in an IPM program extend beyond the application of pesticides to include structural and procedural modifications that reduce the food, water, harborage, and access used by pests.

13. DEFINITION • What is your definition? • What is the major difference between definitions? • Do pesticides have a place in your IPM program?

14. ELEMENTS OF IPM • Number is dependant on program • There are 6 to 8 key elements • There is no significance to the order that they will be presented in

15. ELEMENTS OF IPM • Knowledge • Communications • Inspection/Monitoring • Identification • Exclusion • Sanitation • Treatment Strategy • Evaluation

16. KNOWLEDGE • Institutional staff • Pest control provider • Residents

17. COMMUNICATIONS • Key element between participants • May take a variety of forms • Addresses problems, solutions, and prevention

18. INSPECTION/MONITORING • Performed on a scheduled basis • Results documented • Provides prevention, early intervention, and validation of success

19. IDENTIFICATION • Sample of pest is important • Proper ID is vital • Leads to proper plans for control

20. EXCLUSION • First step in control • May be the only steps required for control • Can be performed by anyone

21. SANITATION • A tenet of IPM,” deny food, water, and harborage” • Should be part of inspection process • Is normally an educational issue

22. TREATMENT STRATEGY • Developed with safety as most important factor • Utilizing all of IPM tools • Can this strategy be sustained

23. EVALUATION • All inspections documented • Create a data base • Analyze data on regular basis

24. PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS • Examples of products that might be utilized in IPM • Views of problems you may face • Elements of new construction that may not fit pest exclusion model

25. PRODUCT EXAMPLES • A few videos of household products effectiveness on insects • Plant extract (Botanicals) used for insect control

26. MY 409

27. COCKROACH SOAP Click for video

28. HOUSE FLY SOAP SPRAY Click for video

29. BOTANICALS Botanicals (essential plant oils) • Rosemary • Thyme Oil • Eugenol (a.k.a. clove oil) • Peppermint • Phenethyl propionate (peanut oil) • Wintergreen • D-limonene (orange oil)

30. EcoSMART PRODUCTS

31. TYPICAL PROBLEMS • Sanitation • Exclusion • Construction

32. IPM ISSUES

33. IPM ISSUES

34. NEW BUILDING ISSUES

35. CERTIFICATION • Establishes uniform standards • Validates the IPM process • Provides independent verification of programs

36. CERTIFICATION • IPM Institute of North America • Green Shield Certified Facilities • Green Shield Certified Providers • IPM Star

37. CERTIFICATION CRITERIA • Facility meets legal requirements • All pesticide applications are strictly monitored and only applied when no other alternatives are available • Least-hazardous pesticide product selection

38. CERTIFICATION CRITERIA • The following IPM procedures are followed • Inspection/monitoring of structures and landscape • Sanitation • Exclusion

39. CERTIFICATION CRITERIA • Establishment of the following types of written policies is required • Formal IPM program • IPM coordinator position • Open communications policy • Application notification policy • Record keeping

40. CERTIFICATION • EcoWise Certified • Project of the Association of Bay Area Governments • Funded through state and private donations • Partnered with Bio-Integral Resource Center, NRDC, and Sacramento Stormwater Quality Parternership

41. QUESTIONS • Share with us your IPM experiences • Review

42. CONTACT INFORMATION WAYNE WALKER UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING & RESIDENCE EDUCATION E-MAIL WAYNEW@HOUSING.UFL.EDU OFFICE PHONE 352-392-2171 EXT 10917 CELL PHONE 352-284-3963