2025 Northwest Florida Pest Management Conference – Niceville, FL

• This conference provides continuing education units (CEU’s) training for pest control operators (PCO’s) as well as other professionals and volunteers involved in the management of pests in urban environments, both in structures and landscapes. The NWFPMC provides education on General Household Pests (GHP), Wood Destroying Organisms (WDO), Lawn & Ornamental (L&O) pests, and general information (CORE) that professionals and volunteers need in order to provide quality service in pest management.

Event Tentative Schedule

Annual UF Northwest Pest Management Conference

February 25, 2025

Niceville Community Center

204-C Partin Dr N, Niceville, FL 32578

Registration

Regular Attendees: Free

Exhibitors (6 ft. table available): $150

7:30 AM – 8:00 AM – Registration

GHP

8:00 AM – 8:55AM – Managing Urban Ant Problems. Roberto Pereira (UF)

8:55 AM – 9:50 AM – Integrated Vector Management. Claudia Riegel (NOMTRB)

9:50 AM – 10:10 AM – Break

WDO

10:10 AM – 11:05 AM – Understanding Termite Behavior. Tae Young Lee (UF)

11:05 AM – 12:00 PM – Formosan Termites in NW FL. Johanna Welch (FDACS)

12:00 PM – 1:00 PM – Lunch – Free pizza with Exhibitors!

CORE

1:00 PM – 1:55 PM – Pesticide Use Limitation Areas (PULA) Sheila Dunning (UF)

1:55 PM – 2:50 PM – Tips for working with Formulations for Urban Pests. Rebecca Baldwin & Phil Koehler (UF)

2:50 PM – 3:00 PM – Break

L&O

3:00 PM – 3:55 PM – Key Lawn & Landscape Pests. Matt Lollar (UF)

3:55 PM – 4:50 PM – Landscape IPM. Anamika Sharma (FAMU)

Contacts:

Sheila Dunning – Phone: (850) 689-5850 email: sdunning@ufl.edu

Matt Lollar – Phone: (850) 623-3868 email: mattl@santarosa.fl.gov

Rebecca Baldwin- Phone (352) 273-3974 email: baldwinr@ufl.edu

Phil Koehler – Phone (352) 392-2484 email: pgk@ufl.edu