Pesticide Safety and Environmental Education

 

Flowers at the Como Conservatory - St. Paul, MN - N. Carlson

The University of Minnesota Extension is offering training on Pesticide Safety and Environmental Education.  The Minnesota Department of Agriculture has a list of all of the Pesticide Categories with licenses and requirements.   

Coming soon there will be a PesticideSmart website available to the general public to help individuals make informed decisions about pesticide use.  

Current concern is focused forest management practices for the Spruce Budworm that cyclically attacks spruce trees in the US and Canada.  It is actually a caterpillar and moth that attacks the tree and kills it making it very easy to burn. 

Spruce Budworm - NE Minnesota - 18 min.