Good Pest Management requires an understanding of pest control methods including biological, cultural, and management techniques combined with the use of pesticides when necessary.
The Idaho Weed Awareness Campaign has the best information and website listing noxious weeds and what to do about them.
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The The Treasure Valley & Pacific Northwest Pest Alert Network endeavors to improve management decision-making by facilitating communication among growers when pest outbreaks occur.
The University of Idaho, Oregon State University and Washington State
University have collaborated to produce the most respected source for
information on pests and pesticides in the region, in the Pacific
Northwest Handbook series:
The University of Idaho also has a website for sustainable agriculture, with a section focused specifically on small farms.
Other useful references (external)
- The Idaho Home Assessment System ("Home*A*Syst") has a Pesticide Storage and Handling Fact/Worksheet that can be used for continuing education credit required to maintain a pesticide application license.
- The Idaho Pest Management Center (IPMC) provides pest management information for Idaho agriculture and surrounding states.
- Idaho's Noxious Weeds booklet from the University of Idaho. (We have an online version of this book on this site.)
- Idaho Noxious Weed law, Id.22-2407
- The USDA Regional Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Centers, and the Western IPM Center
- USDA PLANTS database
- NoMorePests.co.uk features information to help identify and eliminate pests around the home, from cockroaches to wasps.