1

Phil Boise

Urban-Ag Ecology

Phil Boise

Urban-Ag Ecology

�IPM�IPM Consultant: School / Municipality / Child Care

�CA School IPM Advisory Committee

�Green Gardener Certification Program

�Green Childcare Program

�Farm manager

�Retail garden and farm supply

�County Department of Agriculture

�Licensed pest control advisor

Green

Gardener

Training

Program

40 hours

1,000 students

60% Spanish

Statewide

Early Care School Home Public Space Food

3

Exhaust Capture:Carbon MonoxideExhaust Capture:Carbon Monoxide

�Not pesticide

�EPA “device”

4

Carbon Monoxide Exposure Trials: Worst Case

�3x run time

�4x probes

�Above ground

�Captured

5

Conclusions

Same precautions as mowing (prox. To occupied bld)

Restrict during treatment / during clean up (10 min)

During 5 10 15 25

Underground > 500 ppm 200-500

65-200

35 20

Ground Level 60 ppm 15 ND ND ND

Waist Level 4 ppm ND ND ND ND

Cal/OSHA PEL: 25 ppm/8 hr; 200 ppm NTE

6

7

Live TrappingLive Trapping

�Humane dispatch:

–American Veterinary Medical Assoc.

–Construct ‘kill box’

8

Kill TrapsKill Traps

�Snap traps

� ‘Rat Zapper’

9

Sand SlurrySand Slurry

10

May 3-7: Application 100 holes excavated

May 14 33 holes excavated

May 21 59 holes excavated (41%)

Challenges

Water: High volume nearby

Elevation: Head-high

Sand: Access, grit

Benefits

Asset protection

11

12

13