Fourth National IPM Symposium


Fourth National IPM
Symposium/Workshop
2003



 Session: IPM and Urban Wildlife Pest Situations
Tuesday 1:45 PM - 3:15 PM
Organizer(s):
Lynn Braband (lab45@nysaes.cornell.edu)
Larry Swain (SWAINL@michigan.gov )


The following presentations are in this session:

1:45 PM - 1:55 PM History and Growth of the Wildlife Control Industry Kevin Clark
    Critter Control founder, Kevin Clark, will discuss the private sector's involvement in animal damage control. As the nation's leading wildlife control firm, Critter Control is at the interface of traditional pest control firms, municipal animal control agencies, state fish and game agencies, educational institutions, humane societies and animal shelters, trappers, animal welfare groups, etc. With approximately 120 offices in 38 states Critter Control experiences a wide range of rules, regulations and public interests regarding nuisance animal control that have evolved over the last two decades that they have been in operation.



1:55 PM - 2:05 PM


2:05 PM - 2:15 PM A State Wildlife Agency Perspective Linnea Petercheff


2:15 PM - 2:25 PM A State Pest Management Regulatory Agency Perspective Larry Swain


2:25 PM - 2:35 PM IPM Paradigms and Urban Wildlife Control Lynn Braband [Download Presentation/Summary ]
    Are IPM paradigms (developed for agriculture and adapted to landscape, turf, and structural pest management) applicable to urban wildlife pest situations? A historical tenet of IPM has been the reduction of pesticide use which is generally not a major tool in urban wildlife control. Humane treatment of the animals is usually an important issue. A proposed framework, consistent with IPM philosophy, involves inspections, management options, integrated approaches, prevention and habitat modification, monitoring, and evaluations. The best practitioners have already incorporated some, such as inspections and prevention, of these tenets. These practices need to become the norm for the industry. Other tenets, as monitoring, are not currently common practices and need to be developed as effective, marketable approaches.



2:35 PM - 3:15 PM Assessment/Needs Discussion Lynn Braband and Larry Swain [Download Presentation/Summary ]


2:35 PM - 2:45 PM