IPM Program

Integrated pest management (IPM) is a term used to describe a systematic method of managing pests using non-chemical pest management methods and the judicious use of pesticides when pest populations exceed acceptable levels. When pesticide applications are necessary, priority is given to using the least toxic pesticide as first choice. The implementation of integrated pest management is recommended as a common sense approach to pest control in all environments from residential to municipal, commercial and campus settings for both interior and exterior applications.

Significant reductions in the volumes and toxicity of pesticides applied can be achieved when an IPM program has been implemented properly. The reductions result from the elimination of scheduled pesticide applications that are often made as preventive treatments. Precision applications of low toxicity pesticides rather than typical baseboard applications or treatment of an entire property also have proven to greatly reduce the total volumes of pesticides applied.

In municipal, commercial and campus settings, development of a written IPM plan to establish individual responsibilities, pest action thresholds, a system of communication and pesticide hierarchy is recommended and, in some cases, required by law. Presently, Boards of Education are required to develop written IPM plans for landscape applications at schools with grades K – 8.

The link below , is the Town of South Windsor’s IPM Program that is used for school grounds. Although not stated or required, The Town of South Windsor has adopted this program to be used throughout town owned properties such as building grounds as well as parks. 

 

Purpose

The men and women of Parks and Recreation are dedicated to providing quality programs and facilities, improving services and park infrastructure, as well as responding to public needs and concerns with pride. We will continue to work extremely hard and keep a close eye on any problems that arise with our fields, facilities and programs so that we can continue to be proactive.
 

Duties

  • Care for all athletic fields on town property
    • 15 baseball/softball
    • 26 open space fields for soccer, lacrosse, field hockey and football
  • Maintain all irrigation systems at athletic fields and public grounds
  • Provide daily vacuuming of the pools at Veterans Memorial Park
  • Prune all shrubs and trees at all town buildings, schools and parks
  • Partner with the friends of South Windsor Bark Park group to maintain the Bark Park within Nevers Park
  • Maintain 6.5 miles of trails at Nevers Park, Wapping Park, and Major Michael Donnelley Preserve

Seasonal


  • Paint approximately 4 to 5 miles of boundary lines per week at park athletic fields in the fall
  • Spends a couple of days each fall maintaining the dams on Avery Street, Dart Hill and Beelzebub Road in preparation for the annual state inspection (includes mowing all the open areas and massive string trimmer work along the base of the dams and the steep embankments’ that the mower can’t access)
  • Assemble, deploy and install park benches, picnic tables and grills
  • Till the community gardens on Avery Street
  • Assist with the town’s leaf harvest and snow removal operations

Projects

  • Began an in-house restoration of the 4 tennis courts at Timothy Edwards
    • Trimmed back all the over-growth along the fence
    • Saw cut all the major cracks
    • Removed the failed asphalt
    • Refurbished the exposed base material
    • Re-set posts and center strap anchors as needed
    • Re-paved with 25 tons of bituminous
    • Will have the entire surface re-painted and the boundary lines striped before we install brand new nets in the spring

Accomplishments


  • Recently renovated the Nevers and Rotary baseball fields
  • Finished mowing and string trimming the dams in just 1 ½ days, which passed the inspection with flying colors
  • Dragged 3 enormous pool covers over nearly 100 tethered floating plastic drums to help support the weight and keep the tarps from resting directly on the water to minimize collection of leaves and debris which would otherwise decompose and become problematic in the spring (done with help from the Streets Division and Pollution Control)
  • Completed all of the site work for the new 12 foot by  20 foot “snack shack” building located by the back gate entrance to Veterans Memorial Park on time for the delivery by Kloter Farms on November 16th
 

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