Parks & Forest IPM

IPM tactics and strategies exist for parks and forests whether they are public or privately managed.

The National Park Service (NPS) has installed IPM in the management of all resources on NPS lands including concessions and leased properties. Based on scientific research, technology, monitoring and networking, IPM is structured on facts and actual "hands on experience in the field". IPM strategies are constantly improving and changing as more and more details are learned about the pest organisms involved.

For questions regarding IPM in the National Parks, contact Wayne Millington, National Park Service Northeast Regional IPM Coordinator or see the NE Region Pest Page.

Resources

Integrated Pest Management for Park Districts: Increasing Effectiveness and Reducing the Risk of Pest Management - by Safer Pest Control Project

NRCS Pest Management Policy - Scroll down to the bottom of this page for a link to Pest Management Policy (policy and procedures for pest management) and Practice Standards (guidance for pest management applications).

National Park Service, NE Region Pest Page - Pest facts and information

Home and Garden Information Center (Univ.of Maryland) - Great plant diagnostic source

Asian Longhorned Beetle Web Site - Comprehensive site with photos, in the news, biology, identification, research, locations of infestations, from Univ. of Vermont./USDA/Forest Service

Bureau of Land Management's Weed Website - Weed Wanted posters, publications, weed management info, national strategy

APHIS Pest Detection & Management Programs - Information on current pest problems such as gypsy moth, asian longhorned beetle, sudden oak death

Purple Loosestrife - Links to information on the invasive plant, from PA IPM

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Invasive Species Program - Covers federal mandates and legislation, Presidential Executive Order on Invasive Species, and publications.

USDA Pest Alerts