Keep Rodents out of Your School – EPA Webinar, January 27

EPA Pesticide Program Updates      From EPA's Office of Pesticide Programs       www.epa.gov/pesticides

January 22, 2015 In This Update: Keep Rodents out of Your School – EPA Webinar, January 27 A webinar, “Keeping Rodents out of Your School,” hosted by the EPA’s Center of Expertise for School Integrated Pest Management (IPM), will be held on January 27 from 12:00 – 1:30 p.m. Eastern Time. This webinar will present the challenges schools face concerning rodents and an IPM strategy that engages the entire school community to successfully manage rodents. The webinar will feature: Dr. Bobby Corrigan, Rodentologist, Corrigan Consulting Dr. Claudia Riegel, Director, New Orleans Mosquito, Termite and Rodent Control Board A moderated question and answer session will conclude the event. This webinar is one in a series of EPA presentations offering information on IPM and helping school districts adopt a proactive approach to pest control. The presentations are geared specifically to the school community: facility managers, buildings and grounds managers, and staff, nurses, administrators, and IPM coordinators. Our IPM webinar series has already reached more than 500 school officials, representing over 4 million students across the country. IPM is a smart, sensible, and sustainable approach to managing pests. IPM takes action to address the underlying causes that enable pests to thrive. Register for the webinar: https://epa.connectsolutions.com/rodentipm/event/event_info.html Future webinars will cover the following topics: Dealing with Nuisance Birds around Schools - February 24, 2015, at 2:00 p.m. Eastern time Managing Outdoor Vertebrate Pests at Schools - March 31, 2015 Avoiding Stinging Insects in School Environments - April 21, 2015 Find information about future School IPM webinars: http://www.epa.gov/pestwise/events/sipm-webinars.html Learn more about IPM in Schools: http://www.epa.gov/pestwise/ipminschools/ and http://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.                       Read the IPM Institute of North America’s blog about school IPM:  http://onevoice.pta.org/?p=4564.