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Funding Program:
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Project Title:
Midwest Grows Green Lawn & Land Forum Working Group |
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Lead State: WI Lead Organization: IPM Institute of North America |
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Cooperating State(s):
Illinois, Indiana, Michigan |
| Undesignated Funding: $20,000 |
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Start Date: Mar-01-2019 End Date: Feb-29-2020 |
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Pests Involved: Turfgrass weeds and pests |
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Site/Commodity: Turfgrass |
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Area of Emphasis: Urban IPM |
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Summary:
The IPM Institute of North America, a rapidly growing non-profit formed in 1998 to improve sustainability in agriculture and communities through market-based mechanisms based in Integrated Pest Management (IPM), respectfully requests support in the amount of $20,000 over one year from the North Central Integrated Pest Management Center (NCIPM) to build upon successes of the Midwest Grows Green (MGG) Lawn & Land Forum. This 2017 and 2018 NCIPM funded working group intends to create an interconnected policymaking system to protect land, water, wildlife, and people by fostering peer-to-peer learning of best Integrated Pest Management and Natural Lawn Care practices, policies and practices at park districts, school districts, and local governments in the Midwest and nationwide.
Representatives from the University of Wisconsin (UW), Illinois Sports Turf Managers Association (ILSTMA), University of Chicago, University of Illinois Extension, University of Missouri, Natural Grass Advisory Group, Park Ridge Park District, North Shore Country Club, IL-IN Sea Grant, and University of Minnesota will participate in this Working Group by planning sessions, participating in working group calls, and reviewing Forum resources. Objectives: After establishing itself as a go-to hub of IPM and NLC information for more than a 200 large turf managers, the MGG Lawn and Land Forum wants to scale its successes and drive policy improvement in the Midwest by achieving the following three measurable objectives: (1) The Lawn & Land Forum will hold three sessions from the Spring of 2019 to the Spring of 2020 (two webinars and one in-person workshop at a TBD location in February of 2020) that maintain an average attendance above 25 people per session and an 80 percent satisfaction score from attendees. (2) the Forum will create and publish an online toolkit in November of 2019 that advocates, managers, and policymakers can turn to when making IPM/NLC policy and programmatic decisions that reduce chemical use, satisfy community needs, and remain economically feasible, and (3) The IPM Institute and Forum Working Group members will increase the action-oriented components of MGG by holding a minimum of 10 in-person or phone meetings with Forum participating park districts, school districts, and/or city governments regarding the implementation of IPM or NLC, and assisting five local authorities in the Midwest with passing an IPM or NLC action plan or policy. |
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