Register for February 23 Webinar on Pest Prevention by Design in Schools
For Release: February 17, 2016
On February 23rd, EPA’s Center of Expertise for School IPM will offer a webinar titled Pest Prevention by Design in Schools, highlighting the San Francisco Department of Environment and International Code Council's Pest Prevention by Design Guidelines. Exit The guidelines provide school administrators, facility managers, architects, engineers, and builders with information on designing pests out of buildings. Join us to learn how you can better incorporate pest prevention by design principles in your school district’s Integrated Pest Management (IPM) program.
Featured presenters will be:
- Chris Geiger, Ph.D., IPM Program Manager, City of San Francisco
- Robert Corrigan, Ph.D., Rodent IPM Specialist, RMC Pest Management Consulting
This webinar is one in a series of EPA presentations offering information on IPM to help school districts adopt a proactive approach to pest control. Our IPM webinar series has already reached more than 1,500 school districts, representing more than 15 million students across the country. IPM is a smart, sensible, and sustainable approach to managing pests that takes action to address the underlying causes that enable pests to thrive.
Upcoming webinars include:
- IPM for Turf on School Grounds – March 15, 2016
- Vertebrate Turf Pests – April 19, 2016
Actions you can take:
- Find information about upcoming and past School IPM webinars.
- Learn more about managing pests in schools
- Watch these videos from the California Department of Pesticide Regulation on IPM in schools.