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MLUIAM OLKOWSK! JOHN MUIR INSTITUTE

HELGA OLKOWSKI FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUSIES, Inc,

CENTER FOR THE INTEGRATION
OF APPLIED SCIENCES

TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE CENTER
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URBAN INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT

The Technical Assistance Center for Urban Integrated Pest
Management, partially funded by the Environmental Protection
Agency and the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, has been established
to provide a wide range of services and information On urban inte-
grated pest management (IPM) and on alternative pest control

techniques.

Drawing on ten years of experience in implementing integrated
pest management programs in diverse settings, the Center offars
both general advice on creating innovative Programs in urban areas
and detailed reconmendations for specific pest problems.

Through workshops, slide talks and on-site Presentations, the
Center staff offers whole system problem analysis and training and
technical assistance in alternative control tactics, including
horticultural, biological and physical control methods, habitat
design and the integration of these with least disruptive pesticide
technology. Each presentation varies according to the requirements
of the institution where the workshop or demonstration is taking
Place. -

Among those whose needs are addressed by the Center are city
public works and parks departments, schools, hospitals, restaurants
and markets, landscape, plant nursery and architectual businesses,
the private pest control industry, and policy makers in government
and private institutions. '

In addition, the Canter serves the general public througn
phone and mail responses to requests for information. The most
Frequently asked questions receive prepared responses by mail;
unusual problems that require research or site visits are handled
individually as time and resources permit.

One of the Center's major resources, in addition to extensive
literature and slide collections, is a computerized data base that
contains information on the natural enemies of major U.S. shade
tree pests and a smal] number of additional key urban pests.

The Technical Assistance Center is a part of the Center for
the Integration of Applied Sciences, a Division of the John Muir
Institute.

1307 Acton Street, Berkeley, CA 94706

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