Green-Blue Summit:
Clean Water through Residential Integrated Pest Management

Are you interested in the connections between residential pest management, nutrients, and water quality?
Then plan to attend the "Green-Blue Summit" on July 18-19, 2007. This event will focus on integrated pest management (IPM) and nutrient management in turf and structural settings. Participants will identify specific areas of concern, help develop strategic plans for addressing IPM needs, and create core messages for consumer outreach and education.

Registration is available at the door.

To learn more or help to spread the word about this event:

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See the AGENDA

Plenary sessions will be followed by concurrent workshops on turf and structural pest management issues, as well as an evening social at the internationally renowned Longwood Gardens including transportation from the conference site, admission to the gardens, and a social event with barbecue and beverages (a $50 value). See more information below. Participants will find many opportunities to network with individuals of diverse affiliations who share concerns about water quality and the management of pests in residential settings.

Plenary sessions
• Risk management (R. David Jones, Environmental Protection Agency)
• Communicating science to the public (Cliff Scherer, Cornell Univ.)
• Ecological approach to landscaping at the water's edge (Jeff Schloss, Univ. of New Hampshire)
• Learning from the audience: Social science research and social marketing (Brian Eisenhauer, Plymouth State University)
• IPM–water quality success story (Geoff Brosseau, Bay Area Storm Water Management Agencies Association)
• Marketing techniques: Thinking outside of the box (Joe Hice, Univ. of Florida)

Turf workshops will focus on the water quality impacts of urban horticulture, including:
• benefits of turf
• homeowner fertilizer and pesticide application practices
• measuring absorption versus runoff
• obtaining good data and using models
Participants will identify areas of agreement, disagreement, and potential compromise, and will work together to create simple messages for educating the public and changing behavior.

Structural workshops will be highly interactive, focusing on the relatively unexplored connections between structural pest management and water quality. Topics will include:
• impact of residential pesticides on wildlife
• residential pesticide residues in water
• homeowner attitudes about pest management
Participants will identify and prioritize research and outreach needs, and will initiate and strengthen coalitions for moving forward.

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The Green-Blue Summit will attract decision-makers interested in the connections between water quality and the management of pests in residential settings, as well as those who can make an impact by sharing key messages with the public. Participants will include municipal and community leaders, consultants, and those affiliated with Extension organizations, federal and state agencies, municipal water authorities, landscape and turf care service companies, structural pest management companies, nongovernmental organizations, universities, and lawn and home care product manufacturers, wholesalers, and retailers.

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LOCATION

The Green-Blue Summit will be held at Penn State's Great Valley Conference Center, about 30 miles west of Philadelphia.

Penn State Great Valley Conference Center
30 E. Swedesford Road
Malvern, PA 19355
610-648-3278

HOTELS

There are several hotels available near the Great Valley Conference Center. Please call to reserve your own room. Special meeting rates have expired, but rooms may still be available. There are additional hotels in the area. See transportation link below for shuttle and taxi information.

Hotel - link to their site	Distance from Meeting
Desmond	~1/2 mile
Holiday Inn Express	~1 mile
Inn at Chester Springs	~6 miles

MAPS, TRANSPORTATION, AND DIRECTIONS click here

LONGWOOD TRAVEL INFORMATION

A dinner and evening social at the internationally renowned Longwood Gardens on July 18th is included in your registration (for summit registrants and their registered guests, who registered by June 29th). Longwood Gardens is approximately 18 miles from the Conference Center.

We have arranged for buses to shuttle people to and from Longwood Gardens
Bus 1 will leave from the Conference Center at 5:45 and then to the Inn at Chester Springs at ~ 5:55.
Bus 2 will leave from the Holiday Inn Express at 5:45 and then the Desmond at ~5:55

If you are driving, either see directions to Longwood Gardens or we've compiled several maps of the area. See maps (PDF). Please use the business entrance (off Conservatory Road). Longwood Gardens are just north of the Longwood Cemetary which is indicated on the map.

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Registration is now only available at the door for $250.

For additional information, please contact the leaders of the Northeastern IPM Center's Community IPM Working Group: Mary Kay Malinoski or Lynn Braband.

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A limited number of display tables will be available first to Summit sponsors and then on a first come, first served basis. For more information, please indicate when registering or contact Rick Johnson.

The Summit is hosted by the Northeastern IPM Center, which is funded through the USDA's Cooperative Research, Extension and Education Service. The Green-Blue Summit is organized by the Center's Community IPM Working Group.
Other sponsors include:

Scotts Environmental Stewardship Program
Longwood Gardens
USDA-CSREES - Water Quality Program - Regions 1 and 3

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Our thanks to out to those people who have put in long hours helping to plan this Summit, in particular:

John Butler, Rick Johnson, Jody Gangloff-Kaufmann, Don Rivard, Joellen Zeh, Mary Kay Malinoski, Lynn Braband, Marion Gold, Art Gold, Gary Felton, Tom Simpson, Karen Filchak, Frank Rossi, Bruce Augustin, Casey Sclar, Liz Myers, Carrie Koplinka-Loehr, Liz Thomas, Amy Galford, and Steve Jacobs.