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HOW GREEN IS YOUR PEST CONTROL PROGRAM?

HOW GREEN IS YOUR PEST CONTROL PROGRAM?. --INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT-- WAYNE WALKER UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING & RESIDENCE EDUCATION. INTRODUCTION. HISTORY DEFINITIONS ELEMENTS PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS CERTIFICATION. HISTORY OF IPM.

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HOW GREEN IS YOUR PEST CONTROL PROGRAM?

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  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

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