Pest management field and site surveys
Department IPM coordinators should plan periodic assessments of sites to ensure proactive decisions are averting pest issues. The County IPM manager periodically conducts field/site surveys to assist departments in pest management issues, primarily emphasizing a non-chemical approach.
Performance of the following projects will be shared on the County IPM web site.
- Argentine ant control through precision baiting, physical alteration and tenant awareness
- Averting herbicide application in turf through field scouting and decision-making process
- Bird exclusion at correctional facilities
- California ground squirrel control at animal shelters
- California ground squirrel control at correctional facilities
- California ground squirrel control at regional airports
- California ground squirrel control at regional parks
- Dry wood termite control: decisions about fumigant use or non-chemical approach
- Norway rat control at animal shelters
- Pocket gopher control at regional airports
- Total vegetation control on roads (rights of way) - a decision making process
- Yellow jacket abatement, trapping and control in regional parks