- The work of New York vs Bed Bugs has ended -- this site remains as an archive. We're making things simple and easier to maintain but we'll bring back the photographs our friends allowed us to use (perhaps you liked them too).
- Check out the innovative work of the Central Ohio Bed Bug Task Force
- HPD has streamlined the registration page for its online bed bug course and is now offering community classes for non-profits and tenant groups. More details here.
- Featured interview: Steven W. Smollens on landlord / tenant litigation history in Bedbug City
Category Archives: Action Plans – Other Cities
Central Ohio Bed Bug Summit on November 10
Update: Ohio’s Section 18 exemption filing was announced at the summit. The Central Ohio Bed Bug Task Force, the volunteer bed bug task force that is fighting bed bugs in the Greater Columbus area, is holding its second annual bed … Continue reading
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Tagged bedbugs, Central Ohio Bed Bug Task Force, Ohio
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The Central Ohio Bed Bug Task Force, doing great work
I hope you are checking the website of the Central Ohio Bed Bug Task Force every now and then. If you live in a place, like we do, where there’s nothing like it, you can borrow and learn from them. … Continue reading
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Tagged bedbugs, best practices, Central Ohio Bed Bug Task Force, Ohio
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Michigan’s bed bug management decision flow chart
The Michigan Bed Bug Working Group has published a bed bug management flow chart (PDF)—additional working group materials are available at Michigan’s Emerging Diseases Issues website; see also our previous discussion of some documents that describe the goals and genesis … Continue reading
Beating Bedbugs guides from Greater London Pest Liaison Group
The Greater London Pest Liaison Group’s Beating Bedbugs best practice guides are finally out and you may download them on the group’s new website. Not since the days of stalking the Cincinnati Board of Health meeting minutes for news of … Continue reading
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Tagged bedbugs, Clive Boase, London, UK
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The NH Bedbugs project
Nobugs has a nice post taking note of the remarkable news from New Hampshire of a new organization that will begin its work by taking on the eradication of bed bugs from a Manchester building as a community project. My … Continue reading
Michigan’s Bed Bug Workgroup
I found these background notes (PDF) on the website of the Property Management Association of West Michigan (PMAM); they describe the efforts of a workgroup on bed bugs brought together by the Michigan Department of Community Health. The first meeting … Continue reading
The Central Ohio Bed Bug Task Force: an interview with Paul Wenning
Paul Wenning on the challenges and issues faced by the Central Ohio Bed Bug Task Force (COBBTF) in controlling the spread of bed bugs in Columbus and Franklin County. Continue reading
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Tagged bedbugs, Central Ohio Bed Bug Task Force, Ohio
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Baltimore’s Bed Bug Response Plan
Baltimore has launched a comprehensive bed bug control strategy: the Bed Bug Response Plan (PDF) the press release (PDF) and the bed bug web page at Baltimore City Health Department. (You’ll notice here something interesting: EPA apparently has a bed … Continue reading
Central Ohio Bed Bug Task Force
The Central Ohio Bed Bug Task Force is entirely a volunteer organization according to this article about the task force in The Other Paper. They have a $5K grant. That’s it. It’s humbling. They’re just simply doing this. Jessica appreciated … Continue reading
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For the “other cities” file: London to have best practices guidelines
A London local authority pest control group has completed a series of best practice guides for residents, landlords and property owners, and healthcare professionals, plus an inspection and treatment guide for pest control professionals and a bed bug treatment preparation guide for residents. Continue reading
