The Army is committed to IPM at its facilities and installations as the best approach to control pests, reduce pesticide resistance, and meet mandates for federal agencies to reduce human health and environmental risks from pesticides. Sustainable strategies and techniques are continuously incorporated in all aspects of Army integrated pest management planning, training, and operations.
The Army’s goal is to protect human health, property, and natural resources from adverse impacts of weeds, insects, vertebrates and other pests. This goal focuses our efforts to sustain training lands, ranges, and facilities that support readiness with minimum impacts to the environment.
USAEC provides centralized pest management oversight and technical support for the U.S. Army Integrated Pest Management Program for Installation Management Command (IMCOM) installations and other special installations not currently under IMCOM’s control. What this means is USAEC ensures that before a pesticide is used, IPM is planned for and an applicator is certified, at any IMCOM installation anywhere in the world.