Friends of the Ravines forum on spraying
Friday, March 6th, 2009The Friends of the Ravines, an umbrella organization that supports various groups in preserving central Ohio ravines, is holding its annual forum at 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 17 in the multipurpose room of the Whetstone branch of the Columbus Public Library (3909 N. High St).
The topic of the forum is Columbus’s pesticide spraying — how pesticides are but a part of an integrated pest management (IPM) program; how individuals can support IPM, reduce the threat of the West Nile virus and even eliminate the need to spray in their community; and how the city’s spraying of pesticides may be affected by recent court decisions.
Speakers include
- Mary K. Daniels (Public Health Entomologist for the Ohio Department of Health’s Zoonotic Disease Program),
- Joe Harrod (Vector Specialist and Program Coordinator for Columbus Public Health),
- Frank J. Reed, Jr. (Environmental law attorney at the law firm of Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan & Aronoff)
For more information, please contact friendsoftheravines@gmail.com or visit http://www.friendsoftheravines.org.