What are the goals of the Pesticide Reduction Program?
The two main goals of the program are (1) to eliminate the
use of the most potentially hazardous herbicides and insecticides and (2) to
achieve a 30 percent reduction in overall pesticide use. These are aggressive goals
considering the grounds staff have been practicing Integrated Pest
Management (IPM) for over 20 years, using pest prevention and mechanical and
cultural methods in landscape maintenance.
 Why does the City have
a Pesticide Reduction Program?
This program is an outgrowth of the Seattle Environmental Management
Program (EMP) which was adopted to promote environmental stewardship in City
operations. The EMP Chemical Use Policy establishes a framework for
evaluating potentially hazardous materials and prioritizing products for
phase out and replacement with less hazardous alternatives. Pesticides were
the first product group addressed under the policy because they are
potentially hazardous chemicals intentionally placed directly into the
environment.
How much progress has been made?
Employee driven innovations have resulted in the elimination of Tier
1 insecticides and herbicides and a reduction in overall
pesticide use. Grounds staff were involved from the inception of the
program
which resulted in a widely accepted approach that stretched our idea of what
was possible and provided staff with other tools as well as the freedom to
try things that might not work. This program has succeeded by building on
the existing environmental ethic and technical expertise of the people that
do the work.
Pesticide Program Policy and Development
Environmental Management Program Chemical Use Policy (Doc 32KB)
Landscape and Grounds Management Policy (Doc 27KB)
Landscape and Grounds Management Guidelines (PDF 994KB)
Pesticide Reduction Strategy Document (Doc 68KB)
Pesticide Use Fact Sheet (Doc 44 KB)
Tri County Integrated Pest Management Policy
Pesticide Signage Standards (Doc 22KB)
Standard Sign Example (Doc 27KB)
Pesticide Product Review Process
Exception Requests - Herbicides (PDF
101KB)
Exception Requests - Insecticides (Doc 27 KB)
Exception Request Process (Doc 35KB)
Exception Request Form (Doc 34KB)
Pesticide Tier Tables (Excel 250KB)
Guide to Tier Tables (Doc 15KB)
Preliminary Evaluation of Pesticides Used by the City of Seattle - Phillip Dickey, Washington Toxics Coalition (PDF 71KB)
Pilot Projects
Compost Tea Trials - Final Report (PDF 712KB)
Experiments with Compost Tea and Mycorrhizae Applications (Doc 60KB)
Green
Lake Shoreline Restoration Project (Doc 20.5KB)
&
Signage (Doc 175KB)
Green
Lake Shoreline Restoration Project Progress
- A slide show
Heat
Alternatives - Cost Analysis (Doc 30KB)
Steam Heat Weeder (Doc 62KB)
Vacant
Property Reclamation (13 KB)
Zero
Maintenance Landscape Circles (13.5 KB)
Pesticide Free Parks
List of Pesticide Free Parks
Pesticide
Free Parks - A slide show
Pesticide
Free Parks Brochure (PDF 180KB)
Integrated Pest Management
(IPM)
Alternative Pest Control Practices for City of Seattle Grounds Managers Submitted by the Green Gardening Program
(Doc 89KB)
Pilot Studies (Doc 22.5KB)
Newsletters & Brochures
Pest
Monitor - July 2002 (PDF (205KB)
Pest Monitor -
February 2001 (PDF 140KB)
Pest Monitor - September 2000 (PDF 192KB)
A Few Facts
The City of Seattle manages over
110,00 acres of public land, of which 12,000 acres are highly developed and
managed grounds including greenhouses, specialty gardens, roadsides and
medians, golf courses, and hundreds of miles of electrical transmission
right-of-way.
Links - Government
City of Seattle Natural Landscaping Program
City of Seattle - Save our Salmon
King County Pesticide Strategy
King County Dept of Natural Resources
King County Noxious Weed Program
King County Local Hazardous Waste Program Safer Gardening
San Francisco Integrated Pest Management Program
Sustainable
Landscaping - EPA Region 10
Tri County Integrated Pest & Vegetation Management Policy
Tri County Integrated Pest Management Guidelines
Washington State Department of Agriculture (Pesticide & Fertilizer Info)
Washington State Pesticide & Environmental Stewardship
Links - Other
Northwest
Natural Yard Days
Seattle Tilth
Extoxnet - Fact Sheets for Some Common Pesticides
Restricted
Active Ingredients in Pesticides near Salmon Supporting Waters
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