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City staff highlight 16‑year IPM program and new Harding Park plan to cut pesticide use
Summary
Department of the Environment staff described an integrated pest management program established by ordinance in 1996 that has cut city pesticide use dramatically and identified golf course management at Harding Park as a priority for further reductions and collaboration with SFPUC and Rec & Park.
San Francisco — Department of the Environment staff told a joint meeting of the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission and the Commission on the Environment that the city’s Integrated Pest Management (IPM) program, established by ordinance in 1996, has substantially reduced pesticide use while increasing professional oversight.
Chris Geiger, who works on the toxics…
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