Resource Management
Resource management is the efficient and effective development of an organization's resources when they are needed. Such resources may include the financial resources, inventory, human skills, production resources, or information technology (IT) and natural resources. This area contains resources applicable to the essential components of a comprehensive project management plan to execute and monitor a project successfully.
Maintenance Standards For Soil Base Soccer Fields
Tom Cook
This article highlights guidelines for maintenance of fields at levels ranging from professional quality fields to unirrigated youth soccer league fields.
IPM for Invasive Species
County of Santa Clara
Best practices and alternative approaches to pest management.
Integrated Pest Management for Park Managers - A Training Manual
William Olkowski and Helga Olkowski
This manual is designed to aid parks landscape and building personnel, supervisors and assistants, within public agencies or private institutions. The text is meant to be used bythe person who will actually design the IPM program for a particular geographic area and then coordinate the implementation of theprogram.
Best Management Practices Usedat Urban Parks
National Park Service
This report looks at best management practices used at a variety of urban parks in national and international locations.
Maintenance Planning and Scheduling Handbook
Doc Palmer
The book positions planning in maintenance operations and then proceeds logically to introduce the principles of planning and scheduling and explain how to make planning work. Additional sections cover the nuances of planning preventive maintenance, predictive maintenance, and project work. The book concludes with helpful information on howto get started.
SAMPLE - Integrated Pest Management Plan
Clean Water Services
The approach outlined in this document is being integrated into a regional invasive species Early Detection-Rapid Response (EDRR) program currently under development in the Tualatinbasin. This vegetation management strategy emphasizes education, monitoring for early detection, and control or eradication of invasive species.
Sample IPM for Wetlands Area
Devil's Lake Wetland Management Complex
This document presents IPM strategies selected to control invasive plant species according to the Complex’s various site and soil types, with attention to resource needs. All control methods are considered, specific to each invasive and other pest species, as are prevention, monitoring, mapping, and restoration methods.
Invasive Plant Management Planning
National Park Service
This document provides an overview of key technical concepts and critical information needed to develop the content of an effective invasive plant management plan.
Invader Watch List
Western Pennsylvania Conservancy
Many invasive species are exceptionally difficult and costly to control. That’s why it’s important to identify invasive species before they make their impact on the environment. To aid in early detection efforts, Pennsylvania Natural Heritage Program staff initiated a project in 2017 to determine invasive plants likely to arrive in Pennsylvania over the next ten years, species considered “emerging threats” to the commonwealth.
PA imapInvasives
Western Pennsylvania Conservancy
Resources regarding Pennsylvania invasive species control
Plant Invaders of Mid-Atlantic Natural Areas
US FIsh and Wildlife Service
This guide should be used as an introduction to invasive plants and the impacts they are having on natural habitats and ecosystems. Plants not included here should not be assumed to be non-harmful.
PA Game Commission Battles Invasive Plants
Timesleadervideo
Members of the Pennsylvania Game Commission speak about their project to battle invasive plants in the area.
Responding to Employee's COVID-19 Diagnosis
SHRM
Updated guidance has provided some additional considerations employers should keep in mind as they address a positive coronavirus case.
What to Do If You Have a COVID-19 Confirmed Positive Worker
US FDA
This summary, derived from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommendations, outlines key steps that employers and workers can take to help prevent and slow the spread of COVID-19 and support continuity of essential operations if workers are diagnosed with, or exposed to, COVID-19, or show symptoms associated with COVID-19.
Guide to Creating a Return to Work Action Plan
Risk Strategies Company
As businesses are allowed to resume operations, the question then is: How will business owners know it is acceptable to reopen? The following are some best practices to keep in mind when creating an action plan.
