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EBOM-2009 SSc3:Integrated Pest Management, Erosion Control, and Landscape Management

Acceptable Forms of Universal Notification?

We have rat issues on our urban campus and our grounds staff has some concerns about limiting and slowing application of rodent pesticides in exterior use. Sometimes these applications are not associated with a specific building. Could we make a website that we would keep updated and that would be public for campus to list the date/time/application or does this need to be a flier on a door or email to the whole campus. I guess we use rodent baits fairly routinely and so would be giving notification frequently. Input would be helpful, thanks.

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Trista Brown
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Fri, 04/18/2014 - 18:21

Universal notification strategies must be capable of reaching all potentially affected people. Since everyone, including visitors to the campus, would have to be aware of the website and regularly checking it for updates, it wouldn't meet the requirement. If you posted signage in addition, then it would be fine to have the website as an additional notification strategy. But as a stand alone strategy it wont be sufficient. I would also caution that frequent/recurring applications of non-least toxic pesticides are very likely to be flagged by the reviewer. They'll want to see some compelling evidence that alternative methods are really being used and teams aren't habitually using non-least toxic products.

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