NYS IPM Communications Team: 2004 Accomplishments

Abstract

In 2004, the NYS IPM Communications Team, consisting of two writers, a webmaster, and a coordinator, revised its website and documented more than a million visits to the site; created the nation’s first IPM interpretive walkway; wrote a training manual, licensing exam, and website on wildlife management; completed and distributed an annual report, a brochure, 2 trade magazine articles, and 12 newspaper articles; designed two interactive IPM displays; and initiated or finished a number of other projects, as detailed below. For specifics on grant-funded activities, please see these separate reports also: Developing a Curriculum for the Nuisance Wildlife Control Industry in New York, Developing the First Regional IPM Training Manual for Wildlife Control Operators in the Northeast (Progress Report), Redesign of the NYS IPM website, IPM Displays for the Public, IPM Interpretive Trail at Conley Park