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Museum IPM
Museum professionals need accurate and current information about monitoring and managing pests that can cause damage to irreplaceable artifacts. The MSU Extension Service Integrated Pest Management (IPM) program, in collaboration with MSU Museum of the Rockies, Grant Kohrs Ranch, Rocky Mountains Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit currently provides Montanans with research-based information for implementing a pest management program designed for the specialized needs of museum collections. The program consists of general information about IPM concepts, insect identification aids, monitoring, and control options for pests that are unique to the museum situation.
The Museum IPM program offers aids on the selection and integration of pest control strategies based on results of timely monitoring and considers other factors, important in pest management decision-making including environmental, ecological, and sociological consequences. The four basic steps of an IPM program are "Identification, Monitoring, Control and Evaluation".
Free Museum IPM starter kits are available:
To order contact Will Lanier.
Related Workshops, Grants:
- MSU Museum IPM 2007. Mountain-Plains Museum Association Annual meeting Missoula, March 8 - 9, 2007. Contact Montana Historical Society, 225 No. Roberts Box 201201, Helena, 59620-1201.
- Western Region IPM Center, Special Issues - "Distribution and Evaluation of the MSU Museum IPM Starter Kit in Montana and Wyoming" Evaluation Survey Results
- Integrated Pest Management Plan for Grant-Kohrs Ranch and Powell County Museum and Arts Foundation and Educational Video, Chris Ford and Will Lanier, 2004.
- Mountain-Plains Museum Association Annual meeting Sydney April 16- 18, 1999. Contact Montana Historical Society, 225 No. Roberts Box 201201, Helena, 59620-1201.
- Museum Association of Montana 29th Annual Conference, Oct 1-4, 1997, Missoula MT. Contact: Montana Historical Society, 225 North Roberts, Helena MT 59620-1201
- Mountain-Plains Museum Association Annual meeting, April 17, 1997. Contact: The Museum of the Rockies, Montana State University, Bozeman MT 59717.
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