Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 69.73
Liaison Megan Litke
Submission Date Jan. 31, 2011
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American University
OP-9: Integrated Pest Management

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 2.00 / 2.00 Stephanie DeStefano
Grounds Operations Coordinator
Facilities Management
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The size of the campus grounds :
84 Acres

The size of campus grounds that are maintained in accordance with a four-tiered IPM plan :
84 Acres

A brief description of the IPM plan(s) :

The university grounds department uses IPM for all grounds owned and maintained by the university. The IPM plan outlines strategies for: preventing pests using cultural methods; monitoring and identifying pests using the university tree inventory; determining action thresholds using weekly IPM reports from the University of Maryland Cooperative Extension Service; and applying least toxic chemicals as a last resort.


The website URL where information about the IPM plan(s) is available:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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