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The ABCs of School and Childcare Pest Management

Cornell Integrated Pest Management's blog about IPM for schools and daycare centers.

Community Settings

Posts about specific settings

Top 5 rodent exclusion tips

The roofline of a brick school building with a tree branch lying on top of it.

Out Of the Mulch and Into the [School]

6 slices of swiss cheese stand up next to each other with green lines going through some of the cheese holes

Investing in IPM – Education (Summer 2025 Opportunities)

A natural turf field with bare spots and weeds with a soccer goal in the background.

Investing in IPM: Putting Seed in the (Seed)bank

Cardboard stack isolated on white background

Investing in IPM – Pest Proof Food Storage

Investing in IPM – Hiring an IPM professional

various food items stored in clear plastic notes

Investing in IPM – Education (Spring 2025 Opportunities)

photo looking up towards the top of the side of a beige building composed of windows against a blue sky. Blinds are visiible in the window on the bottom right of the photo.

EPA Webinar: Excluding Pests from Schools – September 22

photo of a closeup of a green apple covered in water droplets with a portion of the stem showing

The NYS School Environmental Health Conference

photo of Paul Curtis

Dealing with Woodchuck Concerns

IPM is as broad as our selection of photos. On farms, vineyards, orchards; in schools, nursing homes, playgrounds; in your own home, lawn, or garden—IPM is foundational to sound, careful, economical ways of dealing with pests.