Integrated pest management is the new industry philosophy for controlling insects, Gold said. That means the use of all appropriate pest control techniques to keep the insect population below an economic level. The basic ingredient in pest management is sanitation, Gold said. Once an area is kept clean, he explained, other techniques become effective. Checks for registration should be sent to the University of Nebraska Department of Entomology, made payable to the University of Nebraska UPM Conference.
Registration includes the program, two meals, refreshments and handouts.
An examination of how drought and climate change can affect Nebraska's single largest groundwater resource will be the focus of the 26th Annual Nebraska Water Conference. The Great Plains Symposium 1997 is set for March 10-12 at Lincoln's Cornhusker Hotel and Burnham Yates Convention Center. The subject of this year's conference lies beneath Nebraska's soil and contains nearly five times the water volume of Lake Erie. The 688 trillion-gallon Ogallala Aquifer reaches beneath several neighboring states, but nearly 80 percent of it lies beneath Nebraska. Speakers will include hydrogeologists, environmentalists, economists, meteorologists, farmers, manufacturers, food processors and government representatives.