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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

picture of yellow umbrella-like flower on a large green stalk

Vengeful veggies – contributed by Paul Hetzler

Keeping the Pests Out on a Budget: IPM workshops for safe playing fields

What now? Early spring sports field management

New York State’s “Clean, Green, & Healthy Schools” website

Your First Line of Defense: Walls, Windows, Roofs, and Eaves

Ticks: Assessing the risk at schools and child care centers

Partner with the EPA to assess Economics of School IPM

IPM for Turf on School Grounds

Pesticide Misapplications? The Costs Are High

Pest Prevention by Design?

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.