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You are invited to DPR's IPM Achievement Awards Ceremony and Networking Event

February 4, 2025

You are invited to attend DPR’s annual Integrated Pest Management Achievement Awards Ceremony and Networking Event at the CalEPA Building in downtown Sacramento on
Wednesday, February 26.

DPR is looking forward to hosting an in-person networking event, including exhibit tables and a poster session, before the ceremony. Attendees will have the opportunity to speak with other IPM professionals and make connections for future collaboration.

The awards ceremony, kicked off by a keynote panel session, will spotlight the achievements of three award recipients and will feature guest speakers and congratulatory remarks from legislative representatives.

We hope you can join us!

If you can't join in person, register to watch the keynote panel session and ceremony on Zoom: https://bit.ly/IPMAA2025-Register 

Find more information at https://www.cdpr.ca.gov .

What is IPM?

Integrated pest management, or IPM, is a sustainable pest management strategy you can use everyday. IPM focuses on a variety of pest prevention and non-toxic or least-toxic pest management techniques to effectively solve pest problems. IPM strategies use practices that exclude pests so they can’t cause problems and use pesticides only as a last resort. By using integrated pest management practices, it’s possible to effectively, safely, and more sustainably manage pests at your school or child care center while protecting staff, children, and the environment. 

What is SPM?

Sustainable Pest Management (SPM) is a holistic, whole-system approach applicable in agricultural and other managed ecosystems and urban and rural communities that builds on the concept of integrated pest management (IPM) to include the wider context of the three sustainability pillars: Human Health & Social Equality, Environmental Protections, and Economic Vitality.

Questions? Contact Us:

 Please contact the Department of Pesticide Regulation’s IPM Achievement Awards Program by emailing Achieve@cdpr.ca.gov. For additional information about the IPM Achievement Awards please visit DPR’s website.

Who We Are

The California Department of Pesticide Regulation protects human health and the environment by fostering safer and sustainable pest management practices and operating a robust regulatory system to monitor and manage the sale and use of pesticides across the state. DPR’s work includes registering all pesticides sold or used in California, conducting scientific evaluation of pesticides to assess and mitigate potential harm to human health or the environment, investing in innovative research to encourage the development and adoption of integrated pest management tools and practices, monitoring for pesticides in the air and water, conducting outreach to ensure pesticide workers, farmworkers and local communities have access to safety information, and enforcing pesticide regulations in coordination with 55 County Agricultural Commissioners and their 500 field inspectors.