About This is IPM

Integrated Pest ManagementUses information on pest biology, environmental data, and technology to manage pest damage in a way that identifies and minimizes both economic costs and risks to people, property, and the environmentFrom food and farming to homes and communities, Integrated Pest Management or (IPM) encompasses many settings, disciplines, and people, but this fact is not always known or understood.This is despite the fact that IPM has been federally articulated and funded for over 50 years in the United States.This initiative, called This is IPM, demonstrates how real-world challenges are solved by real-life people implementing IPM.It unravels the IPM network, explains the process of IPM, explores pests like insects, diseases, and weeds, and shares resources. Most importantly, “This is IPM” tells the story of how science, practice, and people come together to protect crops, farms, families, forests, homes, businesses, parks, schools, and moreIPM is practicedWith Boots on the ground, in the lab, and in betweenIn Production AgricultureIn Residential, Structural, and Public AreasAnd In Natural Resources such as Forests and Water ResourcesIPM is…A processReflexiveAlways AdaptingPrevention, Avoidance, Monitoring, and SuppressionDynamicA scienceA community“Highlighting the people and the process of Integrated Pest Management”This is IPM