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Funding Program:
Integrated Pest Management Competitive Grants Program |
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Project Title:
Wyoming School Integrated Pest Management Outreach And Training |
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Lead State: WY Lead Organization: University of Wyoming |
| Undesignated Funding: $30,000 |
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Start Date: Mar-01-2017 End Date: Mar-01-2018 |
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Pests Involved: Weeds, insects, plant diseases |
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Site/Commodity: Schools |
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Area of Emphasis: Outreach and Education |
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Summary:
Effective, sustainable IPM programs in schools across the U.S. address not only reduction of pesticide exposure to school children, but also reduction of pests whose allergens are classified as asthma triggers. Long distances between Wyoming schools make IPM outreach workshops challenging. Pilot IPM training workshops to six school districts have yielded a strong willingness to implement IPM.
Our current objectives include: reduced risk to children and school personnel from exposure to pests and pesticides - deliver IPM training to 6 locations including one school in Cheyenne WY, one school on Wind River Indian Reservation and 4 centralized events at community colleges – maintain state of the art school IPM website - provide valuable synergy for increased implementation of school IPM rural schools and tribes in the west. Travel to school districts to provide IPM training workshops will build key relationships between facilities operators and the University of Wyoming SIPM program, resulting in greater implementation of verifiable IPM in schools. A statewide survey regarding IPM knowledge and implementation will be conducted and compared with a previous pilot survey after all outreach workshops are completed. Survey results will be shared with School IPM trainers in other states including those neighboring states with rural populations and national IPM organizations. Quantifiable metrics are tracked over time as we implement IPM strategies in the learning environment. Metrics include but are not limited to: pest incidence reports, pest related allergen burden, pesticide use patterns, pest management program satisfaction and costs. Objectives: Objective 1: Develop School IPM training workshops. The program of the workshops will be tailor-made to the needs of each of the school districts similar to our pilot workshops. It will include both theoretical and practical School IPM presentations and demonstrations with emphasis on hands-on practice of school facilities inspection and pest management solutions. Based on our previous experience we hypothesize that pest problems are different between rural and small town schools. Accordingly, we will develop two workshop modules. Sample 8-hour generalized workshop program will include (but is not limited to): - Introduction to School IPM: what is it? - Why School IPM? Comparative advantages to currently adopted pest control options. - Facilities inspections and pest problem identification. - Prevention: what should be done? - Monitoring: the crucial step. How to do it? - Action Thresholds: what are they? - Pest management solutions without harming human health and the environment: analyze and choose. - Recordkeeping: a key (and often neglected) element of IPM. - Pest control professionals: how to make them allies and join efforts? - Assessment: how to evaluate and verify the success of the School IPM in your district? Objective 2: Deliver the School IPM training workshops statewide. Taking into account geographic situation and logistics, the workshops will be delivered to a cluster of school districts in centralized locations, the seven Wyoming Community Colleges |
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