Insects in the Built Environment
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Agenda
Monday, October 26, 2020
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Log into Webinar: 9:00 – 9:30 am CDT
Morning Session: 9:30 – 1:15 pm CDT
Break: 1:15 – 1:45 pm CDT
Afternoon Session: 1:45 – 5:15 pm CDT
The Insect Apocalypse and the S. Waters
Status of Insects in the Built Environment
Background on insect decline and specifically pollinator decline
Causes of pollinator declines
Impacts of pollinator declines
What we can do and how this applies to landscape decision making
How Pollinators Interact with Landscapes S. Waters
Diversity of pollinators and pollinator life cycles
Impacts of landscape features on pollinator success
• Nesting habitat
• Floral resources
• Spatial and temporal consideration
How whole communities of pollinators are interconnected with communities of plants
Insects and Native Plants D. Delaney
Investigating mutualisms, co evolution and floral visitation
Floral rewards from the plant perspective
Floral rewards from the flower visitor’s perspective
Preferences: case studies looking at visitation in native plant genera
Ants – Nuisance Pests in and Around Buildings D-H Choe
Biology of ants
Impact on structure
Management of ants
• Cultural
• Mechanical
• Chemical
Reduced risk IPM (integrated pest management)
Creating Pollinator Habitat A. Melathopoulos
Recognizing common pollinators
Ten principles for landscaping for pollinators
Managing pests and weeds to promote pollinators
Case studies
• Examples of exemplary pollinator landscapes
Effects of Landscape Design on Vector-Borne Diseases B. Allan
Impacts of land use on arthropod disease vectors and human exposure risk
Changes in tick- and mosquito-borne diseases along urban-to-rural land-use gradient
Green spaces and other landscape design strategies to mitigate vector-borne diseases
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Credits
Professional Engineers
6.5 PDHs
Landscape Architects
6.5 HSW CE Hours
6.5 LA CES PDHs
Architects
6.5 HSW CE Hours
6.5 AIA LU|HSW
Certified Planners/AICP
CM | 6.5
Continuing Education Credit Information
This webinar offers 6.5 PDHs to professional engineers and 6.5 HSW continuing education hours to architects in all states. It offers 6.5 HSW continuing education architects in most states. It offers 6.5 HSW CE hours to landscape architects in all states, except Florida, New Jersey, and North Carolina.
HalfMoon Education is an approved continuing education sponsor for engineers in Florida (Provider No. 0004647), Indiana (License No. CE21700059), Maryland, New Jersey (Approval No. 24GP00000700), North Carolina (S-0130), and North Dakota. HalfMoon Education is deemed an approved continuing education sponsor for New York engineers, architects, and landscape architects via its registration with the American Institute of Architects Continuing Education System (Regulations of the Commissioner §68.14(i)(2) and §69.6(i)(2), §79-1.5(i)(2)). Courses approved by the AIA/CES qualify for Florida and New Jersey architects. Other states do not preapprove continuing education providers or courses.
This course has been approved by the American Institute of Architects Continuing Education System 6.5 LU|HSW (Sponsor No. J885) and the Landscape Architect Continuing Education System for 6.5 HSW PDHs. Only full participation is reportable to the AIA/CES and LA CES.
This course is approved by the American Planner Association AICP for CM | 6.5 for Certified Planners.
Completion certificates will be awarded to participants who complete this event, respond to prompts, and earn a passing score (80%) on the quiz that follows the presentation (multiple attempts allowed).
Speakers
Brian Allan
University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignUniversity of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Dr. Allan is broadly interested in the ecology of infectious diseases, particularly diseases transmitted via the bite of an infected arthropod (e.g., ticks, mosquitoes). Much of Dr. Allan’s research focuses upon the consequences of human-mediated global change, such as climate change and human land- use, on the risk of exposure to parasites and pathogens carried by wildlife. While Dr. Allan works on these questions in a wide variety of wildlife communities and disease systems, he is especially interested in understanding the effects of landscape change on the emergence and transmission of tick-borne diseases. He uses a broad array of tools in approaching these questions, including molecular technologies, remote sensing applications, and theoretical modeling.
Dong-Hwan Choe
University of CaliforniaUniversity of California
Dr. Choe’s research focuses on three major areas: urban entomology, insect behavior, and chemical ecology. In particular, his research has focused on exploring innate and learned behaviors of economically or environmentally important insect species to develop more effective integrated pest management (IPM) programs. Dr. Choe uses manipulative laboratory studies to investigate how the behaviors of pest insects can be exploited to improve management and to develop novel management techniques. He also uses field studies to test the feasibility of these new techniques in real-world conditions. He draws upon his expertise in behavioral ecology, experimental design, chemical ecology and analytical chemistry to illuminate the biology of target insects, and to inform the design of new approaches for control. In addition to the bioassays involving chemistry, physiology, behavior, and toxicology, the effort to incorporate the behavioral information of target species into the working IPM program often requires extensive design, manufacturing, and testing of devices in the field. To meet these goals, Dr. Choe works with other researchers especially from industries and other academic disciplines when possible. Subjects of current work include chemical ecology of ants, development of new control strategy for pest ants, bed bug chemical ecology, bed bug detection and control, reduced- risk IPM, and development of web-based resource for urban pest management.
Deborah Delaney
University of DelawareUniversity of Delaware
Deborah Delaney is an associate professor in the Department of Entomology and Wildlife Ecology at the University of Delaware where she mentors graduate and undergraduate students working on various aspects of pollinator health and productivity. She teaches Insects and Society, Apiculture, Pollination Ecology, Aquatic Entomology and Bridging Art and Science: Environmental Communication. She has over 30 years of experience working with pollinators, specifically honey bees and maintains between 50- 100 colonies in and throughout Delaware, Pennsylvania and Maryland. Her research program has four main focal areas: 1) genetic identity and diversity of US honey bees, 2) temporal stability of pollinator populations, 3) best management solutions for creating sustainable managed pollinator populations and 4) pollinator nutrition and forage mapping.
Andony Melathopoulos
Assistant Professor – Agriculture & Life SciencesMr. Melathopoulos is an Assistant Professor in Pollinator Health Extension in the Department of Horticulture at Oregon State University, which was the first such position in the United States. He also sits on the Steering Committee of the Oregon Bee Project, which coordinates pollinator health work across state agencies, leads the Oregon Bee Atlas and hosts a weekly podcast called PolliNation. In 2018 Mr. Melathopoulos was recognized with the national Pollinator Advocate award by the North American Pollinator Protection Campaign.
Susan Waters
Center for Natural Lands ManagementCenter for Natural Lands Management
Dr. Waters is the Rare Species Ecologist at the Center for Natural Lands Management in Olympia, Washington. Her research focuses on plant-pollinator community dynamics in Puget Trough/ Willamette Valley prairies, and on restoration of habitat for rare butterflies. Dr. Waters’ training is in pollination ecology and plant community ecology, with an emphasis on species interactions under climate change. She earned her doctorate at the University of Washington, where her research focused on native-exotic plant interactions mediated by pollinators and the effects of phenological shifting on those interactions. She currently studies how prairie plant-pollinator networks change as sites undergo restoration and as native plant populations rebound. Dr. Waters also co-founded and co-directed the Urban Pollination Project, a citizen science initiative in Seattle that investigated urban land use impacts on bumblebee foraging and urban food production. Dr. Waters is an affiliate professor at the University of Washington-Bothell.
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Course Title: Insects in the Built Environment
Delivery Method: Live Online
Course Description: This course examines insects, specifically pollinators, in the built environment, how design professionals can promote pollinators through landscape design decisions, how landscape strategies can mitigate arthropod vector-borne disease vectors and human exposure risk.
Learning Objectives:
Learning Objective 1:
Learners will be able to describe how human activity, including development and construction, are impacting insect populations.
Learning Objective 2:
Learners will be able to take steps to limit the adverse impact of development and construction on insects, including pollinators.
Learning Objective 3:
Learners will be able to identify the impacts of landscape features on pollinators.
Learning Objective 4:
Learners will be able to explain how pollinator communities are interconnected with communities of plants.
Learning Objective 5:
Learners will be able to describe the important benefits that native plants have on populations of native insects. Learners will be able to explain the impact of ant populations on structures, and will be able to identify important strategies for managing ants.
Learning Objective 6:
Learners will be able to identify the impact of landscape design on the prevalence of insect-borne diseases on humans.
LUs: 6.5 LU Type: LU|HSWs.
Prerequisites: Familiarity with landscape design
Advance Preparation: None
Program Level: Intermediate
Course Expiration Date: 09/22/2023
Complaint Resolution Policy:
Complaints regarding this course can be emailed to doug@halfmoonseminars.org or by calling (715) 835-5900. A HalfMoon Education representative will respond within 72 hours to resolve the complaint, which will include, but not limited to, access to another CE activity at no or reduced cost or a full or partial refund. Each instance will be resolved on a case-by-case situation.