Western IPM Center funding has supported a variety of outreach and educational publications, including websites, videos, field guides and other publications. (Follow these links for Pest Management Strategic Plans and Crop Profiles.)
- Intermountain Tree Fruit Production Guide
- The Intermountain Tree Fruit Guide covers pest management and general production issues for growing healthy fruit in the Intermountain West, with an emphasis on integrated pest management and sustainable agriculture. Site developed jointly by the extension programs at Utah State University, University of Idaho and Colorado State University.
- Insect Pests of Animals
- This website is devoted to the management of ectoparasites of animals - flies, lice, ticks, mites and fleas - an includes a database that lets veternarians find effective treatments based on their state, the type of animal being treated and the type of pest. Site developed by UC Riverside.
- An Introduction to IPM - Produced by the University of Arizona.
- Managing Bedbugs without Harmful Pesticides - Produced by the Northwest Center for Alternatives to Pesticides.
- IPM Videos for Homeowners and Gardeners
- A dozen videos covering everything from ants and dandelions to mosquitos and weed control. Produced by the University of California Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources.
- Integrated Pest Management and Health Inspections - Produced by the Northwest Center for Alternatives to Pesticides.
Water Quality Training Slides
Learn how to protect water sources from pesticide pollution. The slides are designed for trainers to use and adapt to local audiences and needs.
This curriculum, written to meet the new federal Next Generation Science Standards, containes five one-hour lessons that teach students what a pest is, what kind of pest it is, why it lives where it does, how pests can be managed, and how to conduct a classroom “inPESTigation” to see what pests or potential pests might be in their classroom, and ways to prevent or control them.
Released in December 2015, the Field Guide presents current, science-based information on all aspects of disease, weed, and pest and beneficial arthropod identification, biology, and management in a style intended for growers, consultants, and other field personnel. Over 200 color photos are provided throughout the book to aid in identification and diagnosis.
The handbook covers major arthropod, vertebrate and weed pests in communities in the U.S. Desert Southwest, and includes IPM steps to manage most of the common pests in a practical, safe and sustainable manner, as well as sources that provide information on specific management measures for individual pests.
The Medusahead Management Guide has chapters on the introduction and spread of medusahead in the Western United States, as well as its impacts, biology and ecology. Much of the guide is devoted to management of the weed, through mechanical, cultural, chemical and integrated methods.
A full-color, 74-page guide highlighting the natural enemies of the pests of Southwest field crops.
Two-page factsheets for controlling American Pokeweed, Blackberry, English Ivy, Garlic Mustard, Giant Hogweed, Lesser Celandine, Old Man’s Beard, Spurge Laurel, Water Primrose and Yellow Archangel.
A guide to common and problematic broadleaf weeds and grasses in Montana and the Northern Great Plains states.
This Montana-focused brochure describes how early detection and rapid response works as a key elements to weed management, and how to determine if it can be an effective strategy. It includes photos of three weeds of concern in Montana, and resources and contact information.
Field Guide for Integrated Pest Management in Pacific Northwest Vineyards
Provides straightforward, science-based information on identification and control of the region’s insect and mite pests, beneficial arthropods, diseases, disorders and weeds affecting wine and juice grapes.
In English and Russian.
The guide addresses some of the complex management decisions facing bivalve producers in Washington and Oregon. Many of the organisms described in the guide may be pests at times on bivalve farms but at other times are integral members of intertidal communities.
Lists more than 2,000 products by more than 600 suppliers.
Bed Bugs Poster