For Release: January 22, 2015

A webinar, “Keeping Rodents out of Your School,” hosted by the EPA’s Center of Expertise for School Integrated Pest Management (IPM), will be held on January 27 from 12:00 – 1:30 p.m. Eastern Time. This webinar will present the challenges schools face concerning rodents and an IPM strategy that engages the entire school community to successfully manage rodents. The webinar will feature:

• Dr. Bobby Corrigan, Rodentologist, Corrigan Consulting
• Dr. Claudia Riegel, Director, New Orleans Mosquito, Termite and Rodent Control Board

A moderated question and answer session will conclude the event.

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, and staff, nurses, administrators, and IPM coordinators. Our IPM webinar series has already reached more than 500 school officials, representing over 4 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.

Register for the webinar: https://epa.connectsolutions.com/rodentipm/event/event_info.html

Future webinars will cover the following topics:

• Dealing with Nuisance Birds around Schools - February 24, 2015, at 2:00 p.m. Eastern time
• Managing Outdoor Vertebrate Pests at Schools - March 31, 2015
• Avoiding Stinging Insects in School Environments - April 21, 2015

Find information about future School IPM webinars.
Learn more about IPM in Schools and Integrated Pest Management Tools.
Watch this short video from the Colorado School IPM Coalition to learn more about IPM.Exit
Read the IPM Institute of North America’s blog about school IPM. Exit