- Author: Cheryl A. Wilen
Rather than wait until November to finish up your CEUs for your PA, QAL, QAC, or PCA (if you don't know what these are, you don't need to read any further), here are some sites where you can get some online education and get units for free (!!).
First off, UC IPM has developed a set of training modules:
IPM – A Solution for Reducing Pesticides/Water Quality: Pesticide Properties
Learn key elements of an IPM program, when pesticides are necessary, and alternative control methods. Also presented are how properties of a pesticide influence their ability to move into the environment. (1 CEU)
The Impact of Pesticides on Water Quality / Mitigating Urban Pesticide Runoff
Learn how pesticides applied to landscapes can end up in our waterways impacting water quality and aquatic organisms. Included are ten practices to reduce the offsite movement of pesticides and avoid their negative impact on the environment. (1 CEU)
Water Quality and Mitigation: Bifenthrin and Fipronil
Learn about the specific properties of the insecticides bifenthrin and fipronil and practical ways to mitigate their movement. (1 CEU)
You can find them at:
Western Farm Press has a boatload of free (and some not free) courses. I am pretty sure the free ones are sponsored by a company but I have taken some and find that in general, they are not too commercial. You can find them at http://www.pentonag.com/index.php or if that doesn't work, go to the Western Farm Press home page http://westernfarmpress.com/ and then look for the section on Continuing Education Courses.
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