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Responsible Environmental Activities for Lawncare and Landscaping in Yards with IPM (REALLY IPM)

The content of this site provides a broad range of lawn care and landscape options including both chemical and organic recommendations.  USDA-CSREES and the North Central Integrated Pest Management Center encourage individuals to make informed pest management decisions, but do not endorse any specific lawn care and landscape practice. There has been no review or filtering of the information listed on this web site.

Environmental Protection Agency

EPA Chemicals Evaluated for Carcinogenic Potential (Adobe PDF, 448 kb)

EPA Office of Solid Waste Greenscapes Program

EPA Region 10 (Seattle Regional Office) Beneficial Landscaping

EPA Region 5 (Chicago Regional Office) Beneficial Landscaping

Greenscaping: The Easy Way to a Greener, Healthier Yard (Adobe PDF)
(Extension Master Gardener State Coordinators may duplicate the brochure and include their contact information)

Water Quality and Your Lawn (Adobe PDF, 84 kb)

IPM Institute of America Inc.

Educating Retailers and Consumers at Point of Sale About IPM

Lawns and the Environment Initiative

Program Brochure (Adobe PDF, 972 kb)

Eco-scorecard (Adobe PDF, 160 kb)

Environmental Guidelines for Responsible Lawn Care and Landscaping (Adobe PDF, 428 kb)

Ten Guiding Principles for Responsible Lawn Care and Landscaping (Adobe PDF, 372 kb)

Tips for Respoinsible Lawn Care and Landscaping (Adobe PDF, 412 kb)

National Coalition for Pesticide-Free Lawns

http://www.beyondpesticides.org/pesticidefreelawns/

National Association of State Departments of Agriculture

National Pesticide Applicator Certification Core Manua

PLANET: Professional Landscape Network

What You Should Know About Lawn Care Products and Services (Q&A) (Adobe PDF, 340 kb)

Links to State-based Information

California

University of California - Riverside Turfgrass Research Facility

UC Guide to Healthy Lawns interactive tool

Pest Notes on lawn care and lawn pests:
  Weeds in lawns
  Lawn insects
  Lawn diseases

Turfgrass weed photo gallery

Pesticides and Water Quality

Connecticut

Water Quality and sustainable practices

Delaware

Home and Landscape Horticulture Fact Sheets

Florida

Florida Friendly Landscaping: The Smart Way to Grow

Louisiana

http://www.lsuagcenter.com/en/lawn_garden/home_gardening/lawn/Louisiana+Lawns+Best+Management+Practices+BMPs.htm

http://www.lsuagcenter.com/en/lawn_garden/home_gardening/lawn/cultural_information/Tune+up+Landscape+Irrigation.htm

http://www.lsuagcenter.com/en/lawn_garden/home_gardening/lawn/soil_fertility/Avoid+Lawncare+Water+Pollution.htm there are other related short topics found at LSU AgCenters

http://www.lsuagcenter.com/en/lawn_garden/home_gardening/lawn/ and landscape topics at

http://www.lsuagcenter.com/en/lawn_garden/home_gardening/

Maine

http://www.yardscaping.org

Maryland

Home and Garden Information Center

Master Gardeners

Massachusetts

Turf

Landscape, Nursery and Urban Forestry

Group seeking a system to track cancer in pets

Minnesota

Low Input Lawn Care. Guidelines and credible options of cultural practices to reduce the use of lawn care products, water, time and labor involved in maintaining a healthy lawn. ...

The Home Lawn. Proper lawn care cuts down on the work and problems of maintaining a quality lawn. This publication describes some proper management ...

CHOOSING A LAWN CARE COMPANY. There has been a tremendous increase in the number of home lawns handled by professional lawn care companies. ...

SULIS Maintenance - Upper Midwest Home Lawn Care Calendar. This lawn care calendar is a guide to maintaining lawns in the upper Midwest. ... Legend Indicates times when lawn care practices can be done. ...

SULIS - Lawn Maintenance/Glossary. entire lawn surface; examples of cultivation include coring, slicing, spiking. Cultural practices: Various horticultural methods and techniques used to care ...

New York

Cornell Gardening

Cornell Lawns

Cornell Trees and Shrubs

Cornell Flowers

Sprecher Institute Institute for Comparative Cancer Research: The Comparative Cancer Program

South Carolina

Home & Garden Information Center

Carolina Yards & Neighborhoods

Homeowner Pesticide Information

This Month in Your Garden

Consumer Horticulture

Creating an Environmentally Responsible Landscape
Conserving Water in Your Landscape
Balancing Nature Within Your Landscape
Biological Control of Aquatic Weeds
Butterfly Gardening
Attracting and Feeding Songbirds
Soil Solarization for Control of Soil-Borne Pathogens and Weeds
Composting
Less Toxic Insecticides
Organic Pesticides and Biopesticides
Integrated Pest Management (IPM)

All the Pesticide Safety Fact Sheets here.

Also at Clemson Homeowner Pesticide Use and the entomology dept. insects series.

From our Links pages:

Virginia

Chesterfield County Cooperative Extension Office

Chesterfield County Gardening Newsletter

Chesterfield Lawn Care Resources

Chesterfield Public Seminar Offerings

Clean Lakes

Grass Roots Program

Washington

Horticultural Myths

King County METRO Natural Yard Care

Wisconsin

University of Wisconsin Extension Publications on Lawns and Groundcovers:

Home and garden clean water practices

West Virginia

West Virginia University Extension Service Turf Management

Links to Subject-based Information

Organic

National Coalition for Pesticide-Free Lawns

Cornell Lawns

Reduced Risk

Cornell Lawns

Traditional Management

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This page developed and managed by the North Central Integrated Pest Management Center. Integrated Pest Management Centers are sponsored by the United States Department of Agriculture, National Institute of Food and Agriculture.

Last updated: January 4, 2012