The 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.