University of Connecticut
OP-9: Integrated Pest Management

Our total acreage listed includes forests, farms, and the main core of the central campus. The 90 acres portion covers the grounds occupied by building space that is intensely landscaped. We use a reduced scale of IPM on the campus. We do not apply insecticides or fungicides. Our use is primarily fertilizer and broad leaf weed control. Other grounds are maintained as turf grass, as farm production/ pasture grounds, or as wildlife habitat with minimal oversight. The turf grass program can be found here: http://www.fo.uconn.edu/ipm.html The state four-tiered IPM program, run by the Cooperative Extension through UConn, can be found here: http://www.hort.uconn.edu/ipm/

886 acre figure covers the East Campus only (the campus that houses the majority of our buildings and maintained grounds), and does NOT include the Spring Valley Farm complex or additional tracts of state forest land owned by the University. Nor are satellite or Depot campuses counted.