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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.

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September 14, 2022

We're proud to pass along this announcement from the EPA regarding their upcoming webinar Excluding Pests from Schools Wherever children go, pests follow - even back to...

October 14, 2021

"My enemies are worms, cool days, and most of all woodchucks" - Henry David Thoreau Thank you to guest blogger Paul D Curtis, Department of Natural Resources and the...

September 21, 2020

“When it comes to student learning and achievement, the physical environment is a full partner” – Dr Lorraine Maxwell, Cornell University  Another annual NYSIPM Conference...

November 6, 2017

Raccoons defecate in communal sites, called latrines Raccoon feces usually are dark and tubular and have a pungent odor - from Raccoon Latrines: Identification and...

March 10, 2017

  “Springtime is the land awakening The March winds are the morning yawn” - Quoted by Lewis Grizzard in Kathy Sue Loudermilk, I Love You The first athletic...

December 20, 2016

"It is December, and nobody asked if I was ready" - Sarah Kay Winter has officially set in with temperatures in the single or even negative digits It might seem a bit late...

November 29, 2016

Thank you to Janet Hurley, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service, for her dedicated effort to progress school IPM and for allowing us to use her post In 2014, a number of...

August 6, 2015

When we think about pests affecting schools, animals such as cockroaches and mice typically come to mind But what if larger critters such as Canada geese, squirrels, bats,...