Integrated Pest Management

[ Excerpt of: "Poison Free Project," by Estelle Foster, SB INDEPENDENT, February 21, 2008 ]

"... A new Integrated Pest [Pesticide] Management (IPM) Focus Group has been formed... [consisting of] County Supervisors Carbajal and Wolf, Santa Barbara's Mayor Blum, Goleta's Mayor Blois, Santa Barbara Councilmember Das Williams, Santa Barbara School Superintendents Brian Sarvis, Carpinteria School Superintendent Paul Cordero, Jan Faucett from Santa Barbara County, and Goleta School Board Member Susan Epstein... Eric Cardenas of the Environmental Defense Center, Santos Escobar of Santa Barbara City Parks, Corey Welles of Lotusland, and" Estelle Foster, "the executive director of Pesticide Awareness and Alternatives Coalition (PAAC)..."

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