Purpose and Background
Upcoming Events: School IPM
Western Region School IPM Inventory
School IPM 2015: Pest Management Strategic Plan
2008 Entomological Society of America Annual Meeting
2008 National Conference on Urban Entomology
2007 Priority-Setting Workshop
Current Membership
Links
Purpose. The Western Region School IPM Implementation and Assessment Work Group provides a focal point for interactive communication and collaboration by school IPM stakeholders and change agents throughout the West. We stimulate and facilitate collaboration between university, state agencies, federal agencies, industry, advocacy groups, and school based staff working to encourage and enhance successful implementation of IPM in schools in the western region.
2007 - 2009 Grant Proposal (PDF, 141KB)
Grant Proposal (2006) PDF, 5.1MB
Grant Report (Aug 1, 2007) PDF, 111KB
Grant Report (Aug. 22, 2008) PDF, 211KB
Funding. In 2006, the work group was established with funding from the Western IPM Center. Our activities are leveraged by considerable resources and in-kind support from many member institutions, including the Arizona Pest Management Center
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No events at this time, please check back later.
The Western School IPM Working Group is charged with creating an inventory of existing school IPM programs, resources, and laws throughout the West. These inventory documents are created and regularly updated by working group participants. They are meant to serve as a resource for established and nascent school IPM programs in the West and elsewhere.
Last update: August 19, 2008
School IPM Program Narratives (PDF, 29KB) An outline of past and current school IPM programs, on a state-by-state basis.
School & Child Care IPM & Pesticide Laws (PDF, 12KB) A state-by-state checklist of IPM and pesticide laws for schools and child care facilities in western states.
School IPM Resource Inventory (PDF, 37KB) A state-by-state list of current resources for school IPM implementation and assessment in the West.
School IPM 2015: A Strategic Plan for Integrated Pest Management in Schools in the United States. 2009. Green, T.A. and Gouge, D.H., editors. IPM Institute of North America website.
IPM Implementation by 2015, A Pest Management Strategic Plan. 2009. Green, T.A., D.H. Gouge & M.L. Lame. A Quick Facts
summary of the PMSP process.
School IPM Symposium, Nov. 19, 2008, Reno, NV.
Presentations available on the IPM Institute of North America website (no audio)
Presentations available with audio on Entomological Society of America website (ESA membership login required).
Assessment and Implementation of IPM in Schools Symposium, May 20, 2008, Tulsa, OK.
2007 Work Group Meeting and Priority-Setting Workshop, Sept. 24-25, 2008, Portland, OR.
Updated October 6, 2009
Lead Contact: Dawn H. Gouge, Urban Entomologist (University of Arizona)
Alicia Aalto, EPA, Region 8
Kaci Agle, National Pesticide Information Center
Diane Alston , Utah State University
Paul Baker, University of Arizona
Amy Bamber, Montana Department of Agriculture
Juliann Barta, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 10, Washington
Donald Baumgartner, Environmental Protection Agency Region 5
Stacey Bealmear, University of Arizona
Steven Blunt, Colorado Department of Agriculture
Lynn Braband, Cornell University
Gary Braness, Bayer Environmental Science
Zach Bruns, IPM Institute of North America, LLC
Clark Burgess, Utah Department of Agriculture and Food
Don Callaway, Arizona Organic Pest & Termite Control
Jon Carpenter, Nevada Department of Agriculture
Bob Cartwright, Syngenta Crop Protection, Inc.
Amber Chapa, Arizona Department of Environmental Quality
Kari Christensen, Oregon Department of Health Services
Gilbert Chun, Hawaii Department of Education
Marian Chun, Hawaii Department of Agriculture
Aimee Code, Northwest Coalition for Alternatives to Pesticides
Bill Coli, University of Massachusetts
Shelly Connor, Northwest Coalition for Alternatives to Pesticides
Pat Copps, Orkin, Inc., California and western states
Vince Craig, Office of Pest Management
William Currie, International Pest Management Institute, Arizona
Ryan Davis, Utah State University
Jaslyn Dobrahner, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 8
Diane Eckles, Arizona Department of Health Services
Carl Falco, DuPont Professional Products
Carrie Foss, Washington State University
Al Fournier, University of Arizona
Indra Frank, Board of Directors Improving Kid's Environment
Julie Finke, Arizona Department of Environmental Quality
Assefa Gebre-Amlak, Colorado State University
Sherry Glick, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Pesticide Programs, Nevada
L.C. Fudd
Graham, Auburn University
Tess Grasswitz, New Mexico State University
Tom Green, IPM Institute of North America, Inc.,Wisconsin
Mary Grisier, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 9, California
Renee Hackenmiller-Paradis, Oregon Environmental Council
Tony Harback, Office of Pest Management
Lyndon Hawkins, IPM Professional, California
Robert Hayes, Idaho Department of Agriculture
Mary Hintikka, Legal Nurse Consultant
Janet Hurley, Texas AgriLife Extension
Sharon H. Jaycox, Arizona Department of Health Services
Janet Kirkland, Montana Department of Agriculture
Pat Kwiatkowski, Pat Kwiatkowski
Marc Lame, Indiana University
Alexandre V. Latchininsky, University of Wyoming
Jack Marlowe, Eden Advanced Pest Technologies, Washington
John McCown, Ecolab
Sandra McDonald, Colorado State University
Tom Muhlbach, Wyoming Department of Agriculture
Kathy Murray, Maine Dept. of Agriculture, Food and Rural Resources
Wayne Nishijima, University of Hawaii
Chip Osborne, Osborne Organics
Mike Page, Association of Structural Pest Control Regulatory Officials (ASPCRO)
Lionel Puhuyesva, Hopi EPA
Bonnie Rabe, New Mexico Department of Agriculture
Corlene Rose, University of Alaska, Fairbanks
Clay W. Scherer, DuPont Crop Protection
John W. Scott, Colorado Department of Agriculture
Kyrrha Sevco, Ecology Action, California
Maggie Shao, Utah State University
Mark Shour, Iowa State University Extension
Sewell Simmons, California Department of Pesticide Regulation
Gregg Smith, Salt Lake City School District, Utah
Forrest St. Aubin, Augustine Exterminators
Tim Stock, Oregon State University
Cathy Tarutani, University of Hawaii
Cecil Tharp, Montana State University
Hank Uhden, Wyoming Department of Agriculture
Kirk van Dyke, University of Wyoming
Fred Willey, Invader Pest Managerment
Keith Willingham, Western Exterminator Company
Erick Wolf, Innolytics, LLC
Julian Yates, University of Hawaii
Complete Member Information (PDF, 72KB) A list of work group members with complete contact information.
Regional School IPM Working Groups
Northeast Region School IPM Working Group
North Central Region School IPM Working Group
Southern Region School IPM Working Group
Other Links
Arizona School and Childcare IPM
National School IPM Website (University of Florida)
IPM Institute of North America: School IPM 2015
Western IPM Center