HOW GREEN IS YOUR PEST CONTROL PROGRAM?

--INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT--

WAYNE WALKERUNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING &

RESIDENCE EDUCATION

INTRODUCTION

• HISTORY

• DEFINITIONS

• ELEMENTS

• PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS

• CERTIFICATION

HISTORY OF IPM

• Began in the agricultural community

• Driven by economics at first

• Many years later it became driven by worker safety issues

HISTORY OF IPM

• 1959 - Integrated Control Concept

• 1962 – Rachael Carson, “Silent Spring”

• 1970 – EPA established

• 1972 – EPA Cancels most uses of DDT

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

HISTORY OF IPM

• 1998 – IPM Institute of North America formed

• 2003 – Green Shield Certification established

• Today – 33 states have IPM programs

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

DEFINITION

• What is your definition?

• What is the major difference between definitions?

• Do pesticides have a place in your IPM program?

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

ELEMENTS OF IPM

• Knowledge• Communications• Inspection/Monitoring• Identification• Exclusion• Sanitation• Treatment Strategy• Evaluation

KNOWLEDGE

• Institutional staff

• Pest control provider

• Residents

COMMUNICATIONS

• Key element between participants

• May take a variety of forms

• Addresses problems, solutions, and prevention

INSPECTION/MONITORING

• Performed on a scheduled basis

• Results documented

• Provides prevention, early intervention, and validation of success

IDENTIFICATION

• Sample of pest is important

• Proper ID is vital

• Leads to proper plans for control

EXCLUSION

• First step in control

• May be the only steps required for control

• Can be performed by anyone

SANITATION

• A tenet of IPM,” deny food, water, and harborage”

• Should be part of inspection process

• Is normally an educational issue

TREATMENT STRATEGY

• Developed with safety as most important factor

• Utilizing all of IPM tools

• Can this strategy be sustained

EVALUATION

• All inspections documented

• Create a data base

• Analyze data on regular basis

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

PRODUCT EXAMPLES

• A few videos of household products effectiveness on insects

• Plant extract (Botanicals) used for insect control

MY 409

COCKROACH SOAP

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HOUSE FLY SOAP SPRAY

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BOTANICALS

Botanicals (essential plant oils)

• Rosemary• Thyme Oil• Eugenol (a.k.a. clove oil)• Peppermint• Phenethyl propionate (peanut oil)• Wintergreen• D-limonene (orange oil)

EcoSMART PRODUCTS

TYPICAL PROBLEMS

• Sanitation

• Exclusion

• Construction

IPM ISSUES

IPM ISSUES

NEW BUILDING ISSUES

CERTIFICATION

• Establishes uniform standards

• Validates the IPM process

• Provides independent verification of programs

CERTIFICATION

• IPM Institute of North America

– Green Shield Certified Facilities

– Green Shield Certified Providers

– IPM Star

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

CERTIFICATION CRITERIA

• The following IPM procedures are followed

– Inspection/monitoring of structures and landscape

– Sanitation – Exclusion

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

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

QUESTIONS

• Share with us your IPM experiences

• Review

CONTACT INFORMATION

WAYNE WALKERUNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING&

RESIDENCE EDUCATION

E-MAIL WAYNEW@HOUSING.UFL.EDUOFFICE PHONE 352-392-2171

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