Community IPM entails a wide range of IPM settings. One defining characteristic
is that all are settings that are not directly related to production
of a commodity. Community IPM instead applies to settings where maintenance
of our environment are of particular concern. Thus, the following settings
all are classed as part of the community IPM portfolio:
- Homes: lawns, gardens (see also "vegetable",
"fruit", "ornamental",
etc.), structures, indoor plants
- School IPM: landscape, school buildings, teaching IPM
- Turf: lawns, parks and playing fields, golf Home and grounds
- Forestry and urban forestry
- Public health IPM (e.g. insect-vectored
diseases like West Nile Virus and Lyme Disease; rat management) has
its own section on our site, but is often also included under the
community IPM heading
In this Center, the Community IPM Working
Group holds primary responsibility for activities pertaining to
community IPM.
For more information about community IPM programs in your state, find
the state IPM Coordinator and other pertinent offices in the "State
IPM Links" navigation bar at the bottom of this page.
To find resources pertaining to community IPM, select items in the
submenu under "Community" in the top navigation bar, or use
the advanced search function.
Please let us know how we can make this page more useful for you. If
you have a resource to add, or a request, send
an email. Thank you.
