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Federal Agency & Land Grant University IPM
Resources
NRCS & IPM
A list of groups that are working in conjunction
with the NRCS to promote IPM. To add your group, please contact
us.
North Central Region Work Group
This group, which is composed
of university extension, NRCS, state lead agency, EPA, and industry
professionals, is seeking out opportunities to work with the NRCS
Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP.) The group outlines
its goals, which include gathering resources for growers to identify IPM
tools for addressing NRCS high-priority conservation concerns and
increasing grower participation in market-based programs such as Food
Alliance and soil, air, and water quality credit trading programs.
Northeast
Vegetable IPM Working Group
This group formed in December 2005 to meet with NRCS
representatives to explore how the two groups can work together. An
outcome of the meeting was a commitment to construct a website to inform
the public about current collaborative efforts between the groups.
This site, http://northeastipm.org/nrcs.cfm,
offers a side-by-side comparison to visually show how close the NE IPM
Center and the NRCS are working toward the same objectives. The
goals of both the NE IPM Center and the NRCS are to help land users pose
the least possible risk to the environment through developing integrated
resource management systems, which includes learning new technology,
biology and environmental information. Resources include how to
practice pest management, articles and presentations on how to work with
NRCS incentive programs, and successful NRCS/IPM partnership stories.
Resources
Hamerschlag, K. February 2007. NRDC Issue
Paper. More Integrated Pest Management Please: How USDA Could Deliver
Greater Environmental Benefits From Farm Bill Conservation Programs.
Available at: http://www.nrdc.org/health/pesticides/ipm/contents.asp.
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