Wayne Buhler

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Wayne is the statewide coordinator of the Pesticide Safety Education Program and Director of the Southern Region Pesticide Safety Education Center. His main responsibility is to develop and distribute educational materials for the certification and recertification of North Carolina's Private and Commercial Pesticide Applicators and Dealers of restricted use pesticides. The program is developed in cooperation with faculty members working in other NC State University pesticide programs, the federal partners, and the N.C. Dept. of Agriculture and Consumer Services. A network of 98 Cooperative Extension Agents delivers the program at the county level.

Publications

• Integrated Wildlife Damage Management: An Assessment of Extension Educator’s Needs , 11th International IPM Symposium (2025)
• Personal Protective Equipment , Farm Toxicology (2025)
• Pesticide Use and Safety Information , 2025 North Carolina Agricultural Chemicals Manual (2025)
• Assessing Educator Needs for Resources Associated with Integrated Vertebrate Pest Management , Proceedings of the 31st Annual Vertebrate Pests Conference (2024)
• Dealing with Deer Damage to Ornamental Plants , Branching Out: An IPM Newsletter for Trees and Shrubs. Cornell University (2024)
• Ensuring Water is of Sanitary Quality for Pesticide Applications after Hurricane Helene , (2024)
• Pesticide Use and Safety Information , 2024 North Carolina Agricultural Chemicals Manual (2024)
• A Program Team for Multimedia Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Outreach , New Technologies in Agricultural Extension 2022-23 Yearbook (2023)
• Assessing Educator Needs for Resources Associated with Integrated Vertebrate Pest Management , 31st Annual Vertebrate Pest Conference (2023)
• Closing the Divide between IPM and Pesticide Safety Education Programs , Pesticide Applicator and Certification Training meeting (2023)

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