Training
UC IPM has developed virtual training on integrated pest management (IPM) with an interactive pesticide label reading activity and can provide live training for new UC Master Gardener volunteers. Please contact Karey Windbiel-Rojas and Elaine Lander if you are interested in having them present as part of your new volunteer training or in-service training.
UC IPM has several training packages from previous years' advanced IPM training to support UC Master Gardener volunteers hosting virtual workshops. We are continuing to add and update materials. Training packages include presentations, scripts, handouts, and associated loaner collections to help make it easier to deliver IPM information to the public. See the Training Materials section located on the "IPM for UC Master Gardeners" webpage.
IPM Webinars
UC IPM will soon offer webinars on pest management topics to UC Master Gardener volunteers and the general public. If you have any pest-related topics that you would like UC IPM to address, email Elaine Lander. UC IPM will be announcing webinar dates and topics in February or March. The best way to stay up to date with the UC IPM program is to subscribe to the Pests in the Urban Landscape Blog and the Retail Nursery and Garden Center IPM Newsletter.
Quick Tips and Other Materials
Need UC IPM bookmarks, posters, loaner kits, or Quick Tips? UC Master Gardener Programs can order Quick Tips pest cards and many other materials at no cost. More than 50 Quick Tips cards are available in both English and Spanish. UC IPM requests that a program coordinator or a designated person submit all requests. Visit the UC IPM website and see what products UC IPM has to offer, or place an order at https://www2.ipm.ucanr.edu/master-gardeners/request-materials/.
Using UC IPM Content
Are you using UC IPM content or photos for your county blog, newsletter, newspaper articles, or social media? Fantastic! We love when UC Master Gardener volunteers share research-based UC IPM information. As a reminder, we ask that proper attribution or credit to UC IPM is used when materials are shared. Please do not crop copyright information out of photos, and be sure to link to our website www.ipm.ucanr.edu or the webpage referenced when sharing information such as Pest Notes. All content on the UC IPM website is copyrighted, so you must absolutely quote the source when taking direct text.
Keep up the great work you do, and remember that the staff and advisors at UC IPM are here to support your pest management efforts even during physical distancing!
Thank you,
Karey Windbiel-Rojas
kwindbiel@ucanr.edu
Associate Director for Urban & Community IPM
Elaine Lander
elander@ucanr.edu
Urban & Community IPM Educator