7-14-09
Issues and Needs for the next 3-5 years
I. “Green” IPM
1. Education
a. Involve Various Groups/Audiences
1. Youth
2. Adults
3. Low Income
4. Middle Income
5. Professionals
i. Pest Control Operators
ii. Continuing Education Credits for Applicators
6. Master Gardener/Master Naturalistb. Methods Charts/Graphs, Feed Back, Web
c. Marketing – Radio & Billboard
b. Volunteers
c. Molly’s Green Bug List
d. Pesticide Information
e. Information – When to involve a professional
f. Climate Change and its impacts on insects
g. Dispel Misinformation
2. Environment
a. Water Quality/Quantity
b. Soil Organisms
c. Pesticide Information
d. Marketing
1. Billboard
2. Public Radio
3. Pest Needs
a. Termites
b. Ants
c. Roaches
d. Stinging and Biting Arthropods
e. Invasive Weeds & Arthropods
f. Vertebrate Pests
g. Spiders
h. Nuisance Insects