There is a new Community of Practice in town!Bees, bats, ants, cockroaches, head lice, mosquitoes, nuisance birds, rats and stinging wasps: this array of critters and insects can be pests if they’re in or around structures where they’re not wanted!Released July 23, 2009
Bees, bats, ants, cockroaches, head lice, mosquitoes, nuisance birds, rats and stinging wasps: this array of critters and insects can be pests if they’re in or around structures where they’re not wanted!
To the rescue -- Pest Management in and Around Structures, a new resource from eXtension (pronounced E-extension, http://www.extension.org). Urban Integrated Pest Management (IPM) is a process that manages pests in a way that will reduce pests long term while minimizing the risks associated with pests and pesticides. IPM uses a variety of management practices. Control strategies in an IPM program include structural and procedural modifications that reduce the food, water, shelter and access used by pests.
The eXtension resource links to some of the best urban IPM Web sites for each state and has a complete glossary. Have a question? Ask an expert, or search for your answer in the frequently asked questions (FAQs) that have been compiled from existing urban extension material. They address topics such as general household pests and wood destroying organisms.
"This resource will aid decision making about pest management and is based on a comprehensive approach that includes sanitation, maintenance and if needed, pesticides," said Fudd Graham, Auburn University coordinator for fire ant management and pesticide safety programs.
www.eXtension.org/urban integrated pest management
Contributors
Experienced researchers and extension personnel in the United States contributed to the new site. The experts are based in 1862 and 1890 land-grant universities, other universities, education centers and the USDA-CSREES.
24 eXtension resource areas
Urban integrated pest management is one of many Web communities within eXtension, www.extension.org, a national project of the U.S. Cooperative Extension System. Other topic resources include information on the financial crisis; animal manure management; bee health; beef cattle; corn and soybean production; cotton production; dairy cattle; disasters; diversity across higher education; entrepreneurs and their communities; families, food and fitness; family caregiving; geospatial technology; goats; horses; horticulture; imported fire ants; niche meat processing; organic agriculture; parenting; personal finance; science, engineering and technology for youth; and wildlife damage management.
eXtension is an educational partnership of more than 70 land-grant universities helping Americans improve their lives with access to timely, objective, research-based information and educational opportunities. eXtension's interactive Web site is customized with links to local Cooperative Extension sites. Land-grant universities were founded on the ideals that higher education should be accessible to all, that universities should teach liberal and practical subjects and share knowledge with people throughout their states.
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Contact: Fudd Graham, Auburn University, grahalc@auburn.edu
Writer: Lynette Spicer, Iowa State University, lynette.spicer@extension.org
