Pesticide Free Parks
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Neighborhood parks serve as gathering places for community celebrations, events, and informal get-togethers among friends. Parks are reflections of a community, places to celebrate diversity, and places for families and kids to play. People want neighborhood parks they can go with their families and pets where they will not be exposed to pesticides. NCAP has been hard at work to ensure that neighborhood parks are free of pesticides for communities to enjoy. As more Northwest community members demand pesticide-free public spaces, parks departments are responding. Over the last five years, 17 Northwest cities have adopted a Pesticide-free Parks Program, allowing more than 50 parks to be managed without the use of any pesticides (including insecticides, fungicides and herbicides). Weeds in these parks are managed with a variety of techniques including hand pulling, flame weeding and mulching by parks staff and sometimes by volunteers.
And the pesticide-free parks movement is growing!
NCAP needs your help in continuing to grow this important program and your community is the first place to start! We have all the resources and tools you need to establish a strong pesticide-free park program in your community. The process of establishing a new pesticide-free parks program takes a firm commitment from dedicated individuals and is well worth the effort.
California:
San Carlos
San Francisco
Mill Valley
Fairfax
Montana:
Bozeman
Helena
Whitefish
Oregon:
Eugene
Lincoln City
Milwaukie
Oregon City
Portland
Springfield
Washington:
Everett
Seattle
Shoreline
Snohomish
Learn more, Get involved, Take action
Ten Steps to Pesticide Free Parks
Download the toolkit on how to establish a pesticide-free park in your community.
Non-Herbicidal Weed Control Strategies
Check out resources designed specifically for parks maintenance staff on successful strategies to maintain pesticide-free parks throughout the Northwest.
Pesticide-Free Parks: It’s Time!
Download an overview of the risks and benefits of pesticide-free parks.
Join NCAP
Support NCAP and the Pesticide-free Parks Program.
Keep Your Own Home and Garden Pesticide Free
Non-chemical methods to control pests and weeds in and around your home.
For more information contact:
Shelly Connor, Program Coordinator
sconnor@pesticide.org
541-344-5044 ext. 17 |
