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Last Call CEUs!
The second annual Last Call CEUs, set for Thursday, May 31st from 9:00am-4:40pm ET, 8:00am-3:40pm CT at 15 IFAS Extension offices statewide. Speakers have been selected by Dr. Phil Koehler from presenters at the Southeast Pest Management Conference in Gainesville from May 6-9th; they include university researchers, graduate students and DACS officials on the SEPMC program.
Speakers, Topics and Times:
General Household Pests
9:00am-10:40am
Fleas are Back. Biology and Control of fleas
Phil Koehler, PhD UF/IFAS Professor of Entomology
Weapons for detecting and monitoring bed bug infestations
Roberto Pereira, PhD UF/IFAS Associate Research Scientist
Core
11:00am-12:40pm
IPM strategies for Pest Management Professional
Rebecca Baldwin, PhD, UF/IFAS Entomology & Nematology
IFAS Extension resources for the pest management profession
Lawn & Ornamental (L&O)
1:00pm-2:40pm
Updates on Florida Turfgrasses . zoysia, St Augustine Classic, etc
Laurie Trenholm, PhD UF/IFAS Environmental Horticulture
Managing Landscapes for Fire Ant Control
Roberto Pereira, UF/IFAS Entomology & Nematology
Wood Destroying Organisms
3:00pm-4:40pm
Hot termite fighting weapons
Roberto Pereira, PhD UF/IFAS Associate Research Scientist
Termiticides and termite behavior
Bennett Jordan, UF/IFAS Entomology & Nematology
Look for locations and registration forms here. For questions, contact Mandy Judd, Director of Member Services, at 800-426-4829 or Mandyj@flpma.org.
April is Pest Management Month
February 2012
Governor Scott has issued a Proclamation of April as Pest Management Month as requested by FPMA. In his Proclamation, the Governor has once again recognized the important role pest management professionals in protecting the health and property of Floridians.
New Health Insurance Benefit for FPMA Members!
The brand new Chartis Limited Medical Benefit Plan, created by Weisburger Insurance Brokerage for NPMA members and available to FPMA members as a joint state partner, is designed to provide you a cost-effective way to deliver broad, affordable coverage for your members who may not have access to traditional benefits, as well as your member companies looking to provide their employees with valuable coverage to basic health care.
Highlights of the plan include:
Limited Benefit Health Insurance coverage pays cash benefits in addition to other insurance
No one is denied coverage based on pre-existing conditions or current medical status
Offers "access" to healthcare and helps to reduced rates from a nationwide network of physicians and hospitals
Offers coverage for spouses and dependent children
Provides prescription drugs benefits, vision care, lab & imaging coverage and accident expense benefits
Questions? Contact NPMA at npma@pestworld.org.
Join Fellow FPMA Members in Paradise!
Click here to download the brochure with program details and registration information!
Presented by:
June 18-22nd, 2012
Hyatt Coconut Point, Bonita Springs
Reservations: 888-421-1442, mention "FPMA"
Rates as low as $139/night, single or double occupancy, guaranteed through May 29th, 2012-rooms are going fast, so make your reservations now!
10 Hours of Entertaining CEUs!
Team Building Activities and Family Fun!
Kidz Bug Camp and Spouse Program!
Professional Women in Pest Management Luncheon!
Fellowship and Fun with Fellow Members!
FPMA Legislative Tour 2012 a Great Success!
On February 20-21, FPMA members met to reach out to their Representatives and Senators to educate them on the environmental benefits of properly maintained turf and urban landscapes-the FPMA Legislative Tour 2012 in Tallahassee provided face-to-face opportunities to meet elected officials.
The traditional Sapp-Walkup Cookout at the historic Goodwood Museum and Carriage House saw over 80 members and guests that met for fellowship and fun. On Tuesday morning at the Breakfast Briefing, Dr. Marion Aller, Deputy Commissioner of Agriculture, Senator Charlie Dean, Representative Jimmie Smith (sponsors of FPMA-supported legislation in the 2010 and 2011 sessions) and Jose Gonzales, Vice President of Government Affairs for the Associated Industries of Florida (to which FPMA belongs), brought messages on relevant happenings in legislation and regulation. Attendees then left for the capitol to meet with their respective legislators in personal visits in their Tallahassee offices.
According to Government Affairs Chairman Bryan Cooksey, the time in Tallahassee is an investment in the future of the industry; he and President George Braker encouraged everyone to stay engaged in the legislative process. They thanked Presenting Sponsor Univar, Breakfast Briefing Sponsor BASF, Cookout Sponsors Florida Pest Control, Dow AgroSciences and Forshaw Distribution, and Transportation Sponsors Bayer, Bell Labs and Pest-PAC for making the event possible.
For images of the event, please refer to the FPMA Facebook page. Photos will be posted there soon.
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May 2012
Second annual Charity Golf Ball Drop Raises $5000 for the Florida Pest Management Foundation
The second annual Charity Golf Ball Drop, sponsored by Dow AgroSciences, help during the 2012 Florida Pest and Lawn Care Expo golf tournament at MetroWest Golf Club, raised over $5000 for the Florida Pest Management Foundation. See the video of the Golf Ball Drop, created by FPMA Allied Member Omni Productions, posted on the FPMA YouTube Channel here. The Florida Pest Management Foundation is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt non-profit corporation that will receive, administer and expend funds for educational, research, charitable and scientific purposes. Those purposes will include:
1. To solicit and receive grant proposals from EPA, NPMA Foundation and other organizations; to issue funding from grant proposals received from research, education and charitable groups to address pest management-specific problems.
2. To provide education to the public on the importance of pest management in protecting health, property and food supplies, and the role the profession plays in sustaining economic viability.
3. To award scholarships to qualifying candidates in their studies of entomology, ecology and related life and environmental sciences, and to advance the education and training of members of the pest management profession for professional development
4. To provide assistance to members of the pest management professional in times of natural disasters.
The Foundation is an independent organization with its own incorporators, Board of Directors and advisory structure determined by its leadership and shares offices with the Florida Pest Management Association. The Foundation is self-funded through the endowments, grants and fundraising proceeds it receives. Donations to the FPMA are tax exempt as a charitable donation and can be directed to specific educational, research and disaster relief efforts.
The Florida Pest Management Foundation is a means of assisting fellow professionals in times of need, and as an investment in the future of your business and profession. Call 407-293-8627 for additional information.
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Florida Water Quality Coalition
As the only pest management member of the Florida Water Quality Coalition, FPMA helped fund a report on the negative economic impacts posed by the imposition of EPA's Numeric Nutrient Criteria. FPMA and its coalition partners of other professions and local governments opposed the federal standards as job-killing, scientifically unsupported and practically unattainable. With the pressure of the Coalition, leaders in Tallahassee and the Florid delegation in Washington, EPA temporarily deferred the imposition the NNC.
Click here for report
FPMA will continue to monitor the progress of federal standards and will report on the results of Florida Water Quality Coalition efforts.
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New Coloring/Activity Book Available
Teach children 4-12 about the role of insects in the environment, insect biology and the importance of Integrated Pest Management in protecting health, property and food
16 pages containing Coloring, Word Search, Crossword Puzzle, Maze, Habitat Matching and Connect-the-Dots activities
The books are a great for marketing your company, promoting your industry, demonstrating professionalism and increasing awareness of FPMA, and can be used in conjunction with the .Bugs: Helpful or Harmful classroom presentations created by FPMA and University of Florida IFAS.
To order, contact the FPMA at 800-426-4829 or visit the FPMA website at www.flpma.org.
Click here to download
the coloring book order form
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Florida Pest Management Association now has a Facebook "fan" page!
The page on the social networking site features association events, website addresses, photographs and videos of fellow Pest Management Professionals The Facebook page will be used to transmit association news and drive traffic to the FPMA web site (www.flpma.org); social network sites are the latest in new technology marketing, are free to set up and use, and will be a featured topic at the upcoming Pest and Lawn Care Expo, January 18-21, 2011 at the Rosen Plaza Hotel in Orlando.
To view the page, simply log on to www.facebook.com
and type in “Florida Pest Management Association”
in the search feature; click on the association’s
page, and then on the “become a fan” button;
postings on the FPMA Facebook page can be sent to your
email address if you select that option.
Facebook is a great way to share information
and create a “virtual community” of FPMA family.
Members-please join your fellow “FPMA family”
Members as a “fan” of the Florida Pest Management
Association’s Facebook page!
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Be a “Bug Teacher” in the Classroom!
Share your knowledge of entomology and
the importance of pest management in protecting health,
food and property! A new PowerPoint
Presentation “Bugs: Helpful or Harmful?”
developed by Dr. Rebecca Baldwin of IFAS and the FPMA
Public Affairs Committee, will entertain and inform
children in grades 1-8 as part of a classroom life science
curriculum. Simply
download the presentation and schedule a time and
date with a local teacher; Dr. Baldwin will supply collateral
materials for students and teachers through the IFAS
web site: http://schoolipm.ifas.ufl.edu/florida
/bugs_program.htm or you can contact your regional
director with your request. Get involved and get in
the classroom soon!
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Local Fertilizer Ordinance Matrix
Click here to find a comparison chart of
local fertilizer ordinances compiled by Erica Santella, Chair of the FPMA's Green Industries Task Force.
The chart will be updated as new ordinances are introduced, finalized or amended.
UF IFAS has updated and reposted the "Unintended Consequences" document regarding urban nutrient management on its website: Click here. This document details the possible damage to water quality caused by stressed and poorly nourished turf that cannot capture nutrient and pollutant runoff; the stress can occur during "blackout periods" of nitrogen applications during the summer growth season.
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NEW Florida Green Industries Best Management Practices
(FGIBMPs)
 The
industry standards for safe, effective, ecologically
sound application practices
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