For Release: August 28, 2015

EPA’s Center of Expertise for School Integrated Pest Management (IPM) will host a webinar, “How to Conduct a Pest Assessment at Your School,” on September 21 from 2:00-3:30 p.m. Eastern Time.

This webinar will explore how to do systematic inspections of your school to recognize conditions that attract pests, as well as the calling cards left by pests. The webinar will feature:

• Stephen Vantassel, Vertebrate Pest Specialist, Montana Department of Agriculture 
• Dean Walendzak, Environmental/Energy Program Administrator, Monroe County Community School Corporation

Register for the webinar: https://epa.connectsolutions.com/pestassess-sipm/event/event_info.html

This webinar is one in a series of EPA presentations offering information on IPM and helping school districts adopt a proactive approach to pest control. The presentations are geared specifically to the school community: facility managers, buildings and grounds managers, staff, nurses, administrators, and IPM coordinators. Our IPM webinar series has already reached more than 1,200 school officials, representing more than 12 million students across the country. IPM is a smart, sensible, and sustainable approach to managing pests. IPM takes action to address the underlying causes that enable pests to thrive.

Future webinars in 2015 will cover the following topics:

• Managing Head Lice in Schools – October 20, 2015 
• Writing an IPM Policy for Your School District – November 10, 2015
• Bed Bugs in Schools – December 15, 2015

Find information about upcoming and past School IPM webinars.

Learn more about IPM in Schools.

Watch these videos from the California Department of Pesticide Regulation on IPM in schools.  Exit