At a glance:
UM Pesticide
Safety Education Website
Printable Info Sheet
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The responsible management of
both pests and pesticides is essential from the perspective
of public health, as well as healthy functioning ecosystems.
The management of pests is important in many Minnesota industries,
such as: crop and livestock production, forestry, turf,
horticultural plants, fisheries, food processing,
waste management, transportation of commodities, and tourism.
Pest and pesticide management
in sensitive public and urban areas, such as parks, golf
courses, schools, stores, homes, lakes and rivers, and business
offices, are important for both economic
and aesthetic reasons, but also require additional expertise
and knowledge to protect the public. Pesticide safety and
security, of which education and outreach play a central
role, have emerged as recognized priorities for national
security.
Audience
- Minnesota farmers and other agricultural commodity producers
- Professional pesticide applicators
Specific Goals
- Enhance the public's
health and our environmental quality
- Enhance the health
and safety of pesticide applicators, that of their coworkers,
and their families
- To encourage and facilitate professionalism
and the adoption of economically and environmentally
sound pest and pesticide management practices by producers,
industry, government, natural resource managers, and
by the public at large
- Facilitate public discussion
of pesticide related public issues.
Team Members
- Dean Herzfeld, Program Director [info]
- Mary Kay Ferguson, Program Coordinator [info]
- Jim
Anderson, Content Specialist [info]
- Bill Angel, Content Specialist
- Roger Becker, Content Specialist
- Lisa Behnken, Educator [info]
- Ray Bisek, Educator [info]
- Kevin Blanchet, Educator
- Fritz Breitenbach, Content Specialist [info]
- Bill Craig, Content Specialist
- Brad
Carlson, Educator [info]
- Sharon Dannes, Content Specialist
- Jodi DeJong-Hughes educator [info]
- Alan Dexter, Content Specialist
- Tim Dolan, Educator
- Bev Durgan, Content Specialist [info]
- Allen Eck, Content Specialist
- John Erwin, Content Specialist
- Les
Everett, Content Specialist
- Vince
Fritz, Content Specialist
- Sherri
Gahring, Content Specialist
- Jeff
Gillman, Content Specialist
- Jeff
Gunsolus, Content Specialist [info]
- Cynthia
Hagely, Content Specialist
- Jeff
Hahn, Content Specialist
- Tom
Halbach, Content Specialist [info]
- Dale
Hicks, Content Specialist [info]
- Carlyle
Holen, Content Specialist [info]
- Douglas
Holen, Educator [info]
- Char
Hollingsworth, Content Specialist [info]
- Emily
Hoover, Content Specialist
- Brian
Horgan, Content Specialist
- Patrick
Huelman, Content Specialist
- Bill
Hutchison, Content Specialist
- Gary Johnson,
Content Specialist
- Ann
Kapuscinski, Content Specialist
- Hans
Kandel, Educator [info]
- Vera
Krischik, Content Specialist
- Jean
Kvols, Educator
- Kendal
Lengseth, Educator
- Barb Liukkonen, Content Specialist
- Ian
MacRae, Content Specialist [info]
- Krishona
Martinson, Educator [info]
- Mary
Meyer, Content Specialist
- Tom
Milton, Content Specialist
- John
Moncrief, Content Specialist [info]
- Seth
Naeve, Content Specialist [info]
- Terry
Nennich, Educator
- Sally Noll, Content Specialist
- Bret
Oelke, Educator
- Karen Ostlie, Educator
- Ken
Ostlie, Content Specialist [info]
- Bruce
Potter, Content Specialist [info]
- Duane
Preston, Content Specialist
- Billeye
Rabbie, Educator
- David Ragsdale, Content Specialist
- Carl
Rosen, Content Specialist
- David
Schmidt, Content Specialist
- Bruce
Schwartau, Educator
- Chuck Schwartau, Educator
- Mark Seeley, Content Specialist
- John
Shutske, Content Specialist
- Marla
Spivak, Content Specialist
- Bob
Stommes, Educator
- Steven Taff, Content Specialist
- Cindy
Tong, Content Specialist
- Patrick
Weicherding, Educator
- Jochum
Wiersma, Content Specialist [info]
- Bill
Wilcke, Content Specialist [info]
- LeRoy Williams, Educator
- Jerry Wright,
Content Specialist [info]
- Gary
Wyatt, Educator
- Mike Zinns, Content Specialist
Partners
- Midwest Center for Occupational Health and Safety
- American Association of Pest
Control Officials
- American Association of Structural Pest
Control Officials
- Central Lakes College (MSCU), Brainerd,
MN
- Institute on Agricultural Trade and Policy, Minneapolis,
MN
- Metropolitan Mosquito Control District
- Minnesota State Agencies, including: MDH, MDA, DCFL,
DNR, OEA, PCA, DOT
- Minnesota Agricultural Aircraft Association
- Minnesota
Crop Production Retailers Association
- Minnesota Distributing
and Manufacturing Association
- Minnesota Farm Bureau
- Minnesota Farmers Union
- Minnesota Grain and Feed Association
- Minnesota Nursery
and Landscape Association
- Minnesota Turf and Grounds Foundation
- Minnesota Pest Management
Association
- Minnesota Pesticide Information and Education
- National
Wood Preservatives Institute
- National Pest Management
Association
- National Tribal Pesticide Program Council
- North Central
Turfgrass Association
- Pesticide Safety Education Program,
CSREES, USDA
- Professional Lawn
Care Association of America
- Safer Pest Control Project.
Chicago, IL.
- St. Paul Neighborhood Energy Consortium
- Federal Agencies, including: USDA, NRCS, DoD, EPA
- Office of Pesticide Programs,
Washington, DC.
- Great Lakes Region V, Chicago, IL
- Vegetation Management
Association of Minnesota
- White Earth Tribal Reservation
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