Pest Exclusion: An Old Concept With New Life
The Scientific Coalition on Pest Exclusion, or SCOPE, started as an idea from industry expert and world-renowned rodentologist, Dr. Bobby Corrigan. Well-versed in pest management literature, Bobby’s...
View Article2018’s Best of NYS IPM
“None of us is as smart as all of us.” –Ken Blanchard 2018 has been quite the year and we have been busy blogging, tweeting, videoing, and Facebooking about it. Here’s a recap of some of our more...
View ArticleIPM Celebrates the New Year With News for You
We decided on a new look for our IPM Year in Review—our first-ever calendar. Who doesn’t put calendars to good use? I’ve already noted a couple of dentist appointments in mine. And for you, dear...
View ArticleTimely School IPM #1: Scouting for Building Pests
While pests like bedbugs are inactive waiting out school re-openings, the old standards like cockroaches and rodents can use quiet buildings to their advantage if habitat needs are met. Food, water...
View ArticleRats in the time of Coronavirus Isolation
As an entomologist that specializes in pest management, the Coronavirus outbreak has resulted in some unique concerns. Recent attention has focused on how human isolation affects rodent populations,...
View ArticleBack to School – Keeping the Rodents Outside
“We should have little trouble with vermin if builders would hear and understand the ‘language’ of vermin and do a better job in eliminating their entrances and hiding place.” – Hugo Hartnak, 1939...
View ArticleNew Resources from our friends at STOP PESTS.ORG
Understanding pest biology (the why and how they do things) is key to reducing pest problems. Pest management can be a real challenge in any structure–maybe more so in multi-family housing. Pests like...
View ArticleUpdate on IPM in NY Schools
Recently members of the NYS IPM Program met in Albany as part of a joint meeting of the Clean, Green, and Healthy Schools Steering Committee and the Statewide School IPM Committee. Clean, Green, and...
View ArticlePests Take Advantage of Quiet School Buildings
THIS IS A REPOST OF a JUNE 2015 SCHOOL IPM Blog post by Joellen Lampman. The timing is significant. Closed school buildings are the perfect time to tackled sanitation and exclusion efforts that are...
View ArticleWhat’s Bugging You? – Birdseed Pests
Birds spark a deep wonder and endless fascination. They help us understand the living world and our connections to it. – Ian Owens, Executive Director, Cornell Lab of Ornithology February in New York...
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