Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
What is Integrated Pest Management (IPM)?
Integrated pest management, or IPM, is a process you can use to solve pest problems while minimizing risks to people and the environment. IPM can be used to manage all kinds of pests anywhere—in urban, agricultural, and wildland or natural areas. Learn More . . .
IPM 4 Camellia and Buxus
by Steven Swain, UCCE MarinEnvironmental Horticulture Advisor
Plant and Pest Quarantines
by Stefan Parney, Marin County
Department of Agriculture Weights and Measures
IPM in schools and child care
by Andrew Sutherland, UCCE SF Bay Area
Urban IPM Advisor
Bacterial Infection Fruit Trees - Oct 2017
by Steven Swain, UCCE Marin
Environmental Horticulture Advisor
"UC Marin Master Gardeners Training IPM 2017"
by Steven Swain, UCCE Marin
Environmental Horticulture Advisor
Tree Physiology & Disease Nov 2016
by Steven Swain
Environmental Horticulture Advisor
UCCE Marin & Sonoma Countie
"IPM for Trees"
Cupertino Presentation
by Steven Swain, UCCE Marin
Environmental Horticulture Advisor
"Drought & Freeze Effects on
Landscape Plants"
by Steven Swain
Environmental Horticulture Advisor
UCCE Marin & Sonoma Counties
"Tree Physiology and Disease"
PAPA Seminar – Petaluma, California
(Pesticide Applicators Professional Association)
by Steven Swain, UCCE Marin
Environmental Horticulture Advisor
"Sudden Oak Death:
Roadside Management"
Santa Rosa Presentation
by Steven Swain, UCCE Marin
Environmental Horticulture Advisor
"IPM - Integrated Pest Management"
Santa Rosa Junior College Presentation
by Steven Swain, UCCE Marin
Environmental Horticulture Advisor
"How Irrigation Practices
Can Affect Pest Problems"
San Jose IPM Seminar
by Steven Swain, UCCE Marin
Environmental HorticultureAdvisor
"Pocket Gophers:
Lifecycle and Management"
Santa Venetia Gopher Workshop
by Steven Swain, UCCE Marin
Environmental HorticultureAdvisor
"Cargo Manifest Destiny"
We've been bringing an awful lot of stuff into California . . .
. . . find out what it is, and what you can do about it in this presentation
"The Influence of SOD on Fire Behavior"
by Steven Swain, UCCE Marin
Environmental Horticulture Advisor
Sudden Oak Death in Review 2018
by Steven Swain, UCCE Marin
Environmental Horticulture Advisor
Drought and Pathogens Interaction Concepts
by Igor Lacan, UCCE Bay Area
Urban Forestry Advisor
Controlling Fire Blight in Landscape Settings
by Rachel Elkins, UCCE Lake & Mendocino Counties
Pomology Farm Advisor
"Disease Suppression in the Composting Process"
by Steven Swain, UCCE Marin
Environmental Horticulture Advisor
"Phytophthora and the
Composting Process"
by Steven Swain, UCCE Marin
Environmental Horticulture Advisor
"Tree Health, Hazards,
and Current Diseases"
by Steven Swain,
Environmental Horticulture Advisor
UCCE Marin & Sonoma Counties
"Master Gardener IPM Presentation"
College of Marin - Indian Valley Campus
by Steven Swain, UCCE Marin
Environmental Horticulture Advisor
"Bark Scribing as a Therapeutic Sudden Oak Death Treatment"
by: Steven Swain, UCCE Marin & Sonoma Counties
Doug Schmidt, UCB Staff Research Associate
Matteo Garbelotto, UCB Forest Pathology Specialist
"IPM for Ornamental Plants Under Drought Conditions"
by Steven Swain
Environmental Horticulture Advisor
UCCE Marin & Sonoma Counties
"SOD and Current Landscape Issues in the North Bay"
by Steven Swain
Environmental Horticulture Advisor
UCCE Marin & Sonoma Counties
" SOD & Fire Behavior "
" SOD - Pepperwood Preserve "
Steven Swain, UCCE Marin
Environmental Horticulture Advisor
Lisa Bush, UCCE Sonoma
Sudden Oak Death Program Coordinator
" Integrated Pest Management "
Santa Rosa Junior College – IPM Lecture
by Steven Swain, UCCE Marin
Environmental Horticulture Advisor
"Drought Effects on Landscape
Trees and Shrubs"
by Environmental Horticulture Advisors:
Steven Swain, UCCE Marin & Sonoma Counties
John Kabashima, UCCE Orange & Los Angeles Counties
"Landscape Issues During Drought"
May 1, 2014 - Workshop
Al Boro Community Center, San Rafael
"Drought & Pest Effects
on Forest Trees"
by Steven Swain
Environmental Horticulture Advisor
UCCE Marin & Sonoma Counties
Solano Rose Society Presentation
"Themes" by Steven Swain
Pest Management That Makes $ense
For Landscape Professionals and Enthusiasts
8:30AM -1:00P M • 18 November 2011
Pickleweed Community Center, San Rafael,CA
Sponsored by: UC Cooperative Extension, UC IPM, MCSTOPP, Cagwin & Dorward, and Linda J Novy Associates
Introduction: TERRI FASHING, Stormwater Program Administrator, Marin County Stormwater Pollution Prevention Program (MCSTOPPP), will discuss the connection between stormwater, irrigation and pesticide runoff and creeks.
Fashing Presentation
Raising the Horticultural Bar: LINDA NOVY, Sustainable Landscape Management Consultant, Linda J. Novy & Associates will explore professional collaboration as a pathway to improving both natural and fiscal capital, and both customer and ecosystem service.
Novy Presentation
Embedded Energy: BOB PERRY, Landscape Architect, Author, Keynote Speaker, will show how energy use lies at the foundation of all land scaping practices, and how this informs our understanding of landscape function and benefits.
Perry Presentation
Understanding North Bay Soils: TOBY O'GEEN, Cooperative Extension Soils Specialist, UC Davis, will discuss soil concepts and tools for understanding landscape soils, and how our landscaping decisions affect urban soil landscapes.
O'Geen Presentation
Recognizing Underlying Themes: STEVEN SWAIN, Environmental Horticulture Advisor, UCCE, will discuss how our cultural practices in the landscape influence the pests, weeds, and diseases that we encounter, and the strategies we employ to manage them.
Swain Presentation
Making $ense Through Education: DAVE PHELPS, Landscape Architect, Arborist, Sustainability Manager at Cagwin & Dorward, will discuss how communication and sensible landscaping practices can be strategically applied to save money, build soils, and help the environment.
Phelps Presentation