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RISE Comments on White House Pollinator Strategy
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Responsible Industry for a Sound Environment supports the goals of improving pollinator health and habitat contained in today’s White House Pollinator Task Force’s release of its National Strategy to Promote the Health of Honeybees and Other Pollinators. “The pollinator issue is very complex and the White ...
Pricing Irrigation Maintenance Services
One-third of all residential water is used by landscape irrigation systems, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Some experts estimate that 50 percent of that water is wasted due to evaporation, runoff and improperly operating landscape irrigation systems. One broken sprinkler can easily waste 300 gallons of water per ...
ICC Resources In Place To Support Critical Water Issues In The West
The International Code Council and its Family of Companies have several resources available to assist jurisdictions, manufacturers and the public with critical water issues in California and Washington and the western region of the United States. On April 1, 2015, California Gov. Jerry Brown issued an executive order to further ...
Lowe’s to Phase Out Neonicotinoids, Treated Plants After Investor Campaign
Home improvement retailer Lowe’s Companies, Inc. announced it will phase out the sale of neonicotinoid insecticides from its stores and work with its suppliers to eliminate the use of neonicotinoids on the garden plants it sells. In its annual corporate social responsibility report, issued April 9, Lowe’s said it will ...
EPA Announces it is Unlikely to Approve New Outdoor Neonicotinoid Pesticide Uses
As part of EPA’s ongoing effort to protect pollinators, the Agency has sent letters to registrants of neonicotinoid pesticides with outdoor uses informing them that EPA will likely not be in a position to approve most applications for new uses of these chemicals until new bee data have been submitted ...
Irrigation Auditing: Tighten Up
The importance of efficient irrigation in landscape management grows day by day with many parts of the country being in extreme drought. Another factor influencing turf and landscape watering is the hotly debated issue of climate change. While many scientists agree that climate change is underway, many people remain skeptical. ...
Weeds On The Move
Weeds are the bane of lawn care operators (LCOs) whose livelihoods depend on providing customers with expanses of uniformly green, weed-free turfgrass. When weeds rear their ugly heads on customers’ treated lawns, customers may demand return treatments (i.e. expensive callbacks) or cancel the lawn care service altogether. Turf managers rely ...
RISE Holds Annual Golf Industry Issues Breakfast
SAN ANTONIO, Texas – RISE (Responsible Industry for a Sound Environment) held its annual Industry Issues Breakfast for members and golf course superintendents at the Golf Industry Show in San Antonio. RISE Governing Board chairman Dan Stahl, OHP, Inc., and RISE President Aaron Hobbs welcomed some 150 attendees to talk ...
RISE President Talks IPM, Benefits on NPR Show
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Pesticide resistance is a serious concern for everyone involved in the pest control discussion-homeowners, farmers, pest control operators, environmentalists and others, and long-standing NPR radio personality Diane Rehm invited Aaron Hobbs, president of RISE (Responsible Industry for a Sound Environment), to join a panel discussion tackling the ...
