Transcript 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
• 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
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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
Click for video
HOUSE FLY SOAP SPRAY
Click for video
BOTANICALS
Botanicals (essential plant oils)
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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 WALKER
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING
&
RESIDENCE EDUCATION
E-MAIL [email protected]
OFFICE PHONE 352-392-2171
EXT 10917
CELL PHONE 352-284-3963