Mountain West PEST Information

Mountain West PEST was founded by Sandra McDonald in 2009. Prior to establishing Mountain West PEST, Sandra was the Environmental and Pesticide Education Specialist at Colorado State University. She worked for thirteen (13) years at Colorado State University where she was involved in specialty crop pesticide research in addition to her role as a pesticide safety educator. Sandra also has extensive teaching experiences in pesticide safety, pesticide applicator exposure, pest management and pesticides in the environment. She is an active member of the American Association of Pesticide Safety Educators, the Western Society of Weed Science and the Rocky Mountain Agribusiness Association. Sandra is the Organizing Chair of the Global Herbicide Resistance Challenge 2017. Mountain West PEST is the service provider for the Western Invasive Weed Short Course and the National Right-of-Way Applicator Workshop.