As society strives to reduce reliance on chemical pesticides, describe some practical and effective IPM (integrated pest management) approaches you, as a concerned (and knowledgeable) citizen, could pursue in trying to control insects, weeds, and other pests in your own yard and garden.

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As society strives to reduce reliance on chemical pesticides, describe some practical and effective IPM (integrated pest management) approaches you, as a concerned (and knowledgeable) citizen, could pursue in trying to control insects, weeds, and other pests in your own yard and garden.  Cite several of the human and environmental problems the IPM approach to pest control aims to avoid.