West Des Moines School District developed a generic contract for IPM services. This was written in conjunction with the request for proposal, which is also available on the ISU School IPM Web site.

A training was held in March of 2004. Here is the the report from that training, from the North Central IPM Center's Connection newsletter.

The Mt. Ayr athletic field was part of the turfgrass management project.

A pilot project involving implementation of integrated pest management principles in an outdoor setting was conducted during 2004 and 2005. The project was conducted by Iowa State University Extension personnel and funded by a grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Pesticide Environmental Stewardship Program through the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship.

One goal of this project was to advise school grounds managers on use of cultural, fertilizer and pesticide tools for management of turfgrasses on athletic fields and general areas.

A Summary Report of the project is available along with the following documents:

• IPM Threshold Form
• Minimum Criteria for Turf
• Turf Maintenance Schedule

This checklist provides school staff with ideas of improvements that can be made to the building and daily operations to prevent pest problems. Prevention is the key to effective, least-hazardous pest management in school facilities.

This document is a request for proposal for integrated pest management services for a K-12 public school. It was created by West Des Moines Community School District, West Des Moines, Iowa. It has been reviewed by Dr. Albert Greene of the U.S.General Services Administration, Washington, DC, and Dr. Mark Shour of the Iowa State University, Ames, IA. The contact person to ask questions is Doug Woodley (515) 633-4903; woodleyd@home.wdm.k12.ia.us