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School Integrated Pest Management

School Integrated Pest Management. Incorporating an IPM Approach. VelRey Lozano, IPM Coordinator, EPA Region 8 lozano.velrey@epa.gov 303-312-6128. What is IPM?. Common sense approach to managing pests and pest control It’s a safer and more cost effective solution to pest control

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School Integrated Pest Management

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  1. School Integrated Pest Management Incorporating an IPM Approach VelRey Lozano, IPM Coordinator, EPA Region 8 lozano.velrey@epa.gov 303-312-6128

  2. What is IPM? • Common sense approach to managing pests and pest control • It’s a safer and more cost effective solution to pest control Useful in all situations; schools, homes, working establishments

  3. Why the need for IPM? • Children spend up to 80% of their time in schools. • IPM is important because it looks for the best way to manage pest problems with the least possible damage to the environment, people and even property. • IPM programs take advantage of all pest management strategies, including judicious careful use of pesticides when necessary.

  4. Common School Pests • Head lice • Bees/wasps • Rodents • Ants • Flies • Cockroaches • Termites • Weeds • Potentially bed bugs

  5. Pesticides Use in Schools • 70-93% use pesticide • indoors, outdoor • in-house, contract • routine, calendar applications or as-needed applications

  6. Non-Restricted Use Pesticides

  7. IPM – the Basics

  8. Identification -Identify the issue • What is the pest? • Where is it coming from? • Why is it coming? • Food • Water • Shelter

  9. Monitoring & Inspection • Visual inspections • Sticky traps

  10. Problems?

  11. Importance of Identification • German Cockroach vs. Oriental Cockroach • Pharaoh Ant vs. Pavement Ant • European Paper Wasp vs. Yellow Jackets Identification is necessary for deciding how you are going to manage your pest problem

  12. Pest Thresholds or Tolerances • Part of an IPM program is setting pest threshold levels or tolerance levels. • Vectors • Nuisance

  13. Exclusion& Sanitation • Building repairs • Installing door sweeps • Screening • Caulking • Cultural changes • Using storage containers • Trash handling • Modifying food access • Minimizing materials

  14. IPM Outdoors • Landscapes • Mowing heights • Watering regimen • Fertilizer selection • Rock and mulch barriers • Plant selection and maintenance

  15. When you call a professional • Ask them how they treat pest problems. • They need to identify the pest • Ask them about the products they use • They should provide MSDS info on chemicals used • Don’t expect a PCO to ”do it all.” • Pest management in your school depends on all school staff

  16. Cost of IPM Depends on how you are measuring costs? • Effectiveness of program, safety in pesticide reduction, reduction in illness • Time, materials costs, routine monitoring

  17. EPA – SIPM • The future of School IPM • 5 year plan to implement “Verifiable” School Integrated Pest Management Programs • EPA is developing national standards for IPM so understanding of the program expands and is consistent • R8 – Support and expand the number of schools who are implementing “verifiable IPM”

  18. Mouse urine trails and feces

  19. Poor storage practices

  20. Good storage practices

  21. Chemical incompatiblities Bleach - - Ammonia - - Acetone

  22. Monitoring trap

  23. Contact VelRey Lozano, IPM Coordinator EPA Region 8 (8P-P3T) 1595 Wynkoop Street Denver, CO 80202-1129 lozano.velrey@epa.gov 303-312-6128

  24. Bed BugIntegrated Pest Management http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/player/animals/bugs-animals/other-bugs/bedbugs.html

  25. Bed Bug IPM in the school • Education • How to identify bed bugs • Prevention • How to solve problem/What to do

  26. Bed Bug Myths A FEW BED BUG MYTHS • “Only “dirty people” get bed bugs.” • “Bed bugs are only found in places like apartments where people are crowded together” • “Bed bugs are only a problem for low – income people.”

  27. Bed Bug Identification • Adult bed bugs are visible to the naked eye • They are brown and about ¼ – 3/8” long when full - grown. • In the nymph stages, bed bugs are whitish and smaller, but they are still often visible. • They don't fly, but they are adept crawlers, and they move FAST! –They scatter quickly if they’re disturbed

  28. Bed Bug Lifecycle

  29. Prevention • Your school needs to decide upon and develop a bed bug awareness program. • Providing identification information is the best info to provide. • The biggest issue with bed bugs in schools is ostracizing students if they are suspected of having bed bugs.

  30. Bed Bug Treatments • Prevention • Heat treatment • Steam treatment • Chemicals

  31. Questions?

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