EPA Awards Department
of Defense for Innovative IPM Practices
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
recently recognized the Department of Defense
(DOD), Pest Management Program with a fourth
Pesticide Environmental Stewardship Program
(PESP) Champion Award. The Armed Forces Pest
Management Board (AFPMB earned the award
for its innovative Integrated Pest Management
(IPM) activities and the military pest management
programs of the U.S. Army, Navy, and Air
Force.
The EPA credited NIFA and land-grant universities
for providing IPM technical assistance to
the Army's installation pest management program.
The U.S. Army Environmental Center (USAEC)
at Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD, and the NIFA
plant sciences section signed an interagency
agreement in 2000 to assist U.S. Army installations
with current IPM technology and best management
practices relevant to military installations
IPM programs. Herb
Bolton, NIFA national program leader
for Army environmental programs provides
IPM and related environmental technical support
to Army installations on recommendations
for Army installation pest management plans,
current IPM information from research at
land-rant universities and demonstration
projects conducted with in cooperation with
land-rant partners on Army installations.
Land-grant universities participation has
been critical to the partnership’s
success. Examples include:
Clemson University provided leadership
for a demonstration project at Fort Jackson,
SC, on the integrated control of imported
red fire ants and presented a workshop for
Army and DOD installation pest management
personnel on new technologies for fire ant
control.
Cornell University assisted Army installations
with biological control agents for invasive
species and conducted two workshops for the
Army on procedures for the release and monitoring
of biological control agents.
The University of California, Davis conducted
a demonstration project at Fort Hunter Liggett,
CA, on the integrated control of yellow starthistle
on Army training ranges.
Speakers from the University of Florida,
University of Georgia, and University of
Maryland have presented pest management research
data and extension recommendations at Army
training sessions and DOD pest management
workshops.
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