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EPA to Host Webinar on Basics of School Integrated Pest Management
For Release: October 2, 2014
EPA is hosting a webinar, Basics of School Integrated Pest Management, on October 21, from 2:00 – 3:30 p.m. Eastern time, followed by a 20 minute question and answer session. This webinar is one in a series of EPA presentations to help school districts adopt a proactive approach to pest control by offering information on plans for implementing Integrated Pest Management. The presentations are geared specifically to school and school district facility managers, buildings and grounds managers and staff, school nurses, school administrators, childcare facility managers, and school IPM contacts. Integrated Pest Management is a smart, sensible, and sustainable approach to managing pests. IPM takes action to address the underlying conditions that enable pests to thrive.
Register for the Basics of School IPM webinar: https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/543684937
Future webinars will address the following topics:
- Bed Bugs in Schools: December 16 at 2:00 p.m. Eastern time
- Keeping Rodents out of Your School: January 27 at 12:00 p.m. Eastern time
- Dealing with Nuisance Birds around Schools: February 24 at 2:00 p.m. Eastern time
Find information about future webinars: https://www.epa.gov/pestwise/events/sipm-webinars.html.
Learn more about IPM in Schools: https://www.epa.gov/pestwise/ipminschools/ and https://www.epa.gov/pestwise/ipminschools/implementation.html.
Watch this short video from the Colorado School IPM Coalition to learn more about IPM: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6TSJaDtqAeY.