2010 Japanese Beetle Spray Program
Orem – The 2010 Japanese beetle treatment program in Orem concluded on June 9 with the successful one-day treatment of 46 acres of lawn and open space in Central Orem. This year’s program targeted a much smaller treatment area following the discover of only five male beetles last year. This represents a 95% reduction from the previous year. Highlights of the program include NO restrictions on gardening and a lifting of restrictions to the Orem City Green Waste Disposal Program.
Other program highlights:
• Half as many acres treated compared with 2009.
• The products used this year again allows for gardens.
• No restrictions on the Orem Green Waste. (see more at: http://www.orem.org/index.php?Itemid=89&id=49&option=com_content&task=view
• Professional lawn care experts used to apply the insecticide.
• 48-72 hour advance notice to residents of when treatment begins will be given to residents in the treatment area. This was done by door-to-door contact and/or written notices left at residence when personal contact was not possible.
• Treatment consisted of ground application only.
• Lawns, bare ground, and soils were treated only once, on June 9th.
• Only spraying where we found beetles.
• Spray area located within, 400 N., 400 W., 100 N., and 725 W. streets.
More information is available at:
An employee from Eco-Life sprays a lawn in Orem during
the 2010 Japanese beetle eradication program.
A resident in the 46-acre Orem treatment area prepared to
talk with the news media about the 2010 eradication program.
The UDAF program has nearly eliminated the beetle from
this neighborhood, thanks to the cooperation of Orem residents.
Posted June, 2010