Endangered Species Act Pesticide Label Changes Impacts on Conservation and Agriculture

Organizer(s)

• CM

  Christopher McCullough (he/him/his)

  Pesticide Usage and Stewardship Scientist
  Washington State Department of Agriculture
  Wenatchee, Washington
• 

  Dowen Jocson

  Washington State University
  Pullman, Washington
• JR

  Jasmin Ramirez-Strain

  University of California
  Davis, California

This symposium will explore the tension of the role of pesticides in being useful for meeting human needs, but also their risk to endangered species. Attendees will gain a better understanding of the impact of the EPA's work to mitigate the effects of pesticides on endangered species.

Presentations:

• 8:00 AM - 8:15 AM Pacific

  Winning the geographic lottery, impacts of mitigations in Eastern Washington
  

  Presenting Author: Christopher T. McCullough (he/him/his) – Washington State Department of Agriculture

  Co-Author: Margaret Drennan – Washington State Department of Agriculture

  Co-Author: Abigail Nickelson – Washington State Department of Agriculture
• 8:15 AM - 8:30 AM Pacific

  Impacts of EPA strategies and Endangered Species Act label changes on Pesticide Safety Education
  

  Presenting Author: Dowen Jocson – Washington State University

  Co-Author: Wendy Sue Wheeler – Washington State University
• 8:30 AM - 8:45 AM Pacific

  Generation of species sensitivity distribution models for estimation of toxicity and risk for non-target and listed Coleopteran species
  

  Presenting Author: Margaret Kato – University of Maryland

  Co-Author: Niranjana Krishnan (she/her/hers) – University of Maryland
• 8:45 AM - 9:00 AM Pacific

  Understanding how to use the label to protect endangered species and your farm
  

  Presenting Author: Brett Butlemeier – University of Florida
• 9:00 AM - 9:15 AM Pacific

  Widespread annual occurrence of pesticides within designated critical habitats for endangered prairie butterflies
  

  Presenting Author: Erik Runquist – Minnesota Zoo

  Co-Author: Cale Nordmeyer – Minnesota Zoo

  Co-Author: Seth Stapleton – Minnesota Zoo
• 9:15 AM - 9:25 AM Pacific

  Break
• 9:25 AM - 9:40 AM Pacific

  Endangered Species Act mitigations: Tree fruit growers perspective
  

  Presenting Author: Harold Austin – Zirkle Fruit

  Co-Author: Virna Stillwaugh – Northwest Horticultural Council
• 9:40 AM - 9:55 AM Pacific

  Compatible practices and mitigation points assessed across PNW specialty crop systems
  

  Presenting Author: Dani Lightle – Oregonians for Food and Shelter

  Co-Author: Annie Krueger – Compliance Services International

  Co-Author: Ryan DeWitt – National Marine Fisheries Service

  Co-Author: Kathryn Rifenburg – Oregon Department of Agriculture

  Co-Author: Abigail Nickelson – Washington State Department of Agriculture
• 9:55 AM - 10:10 AM Pacific

  Bee's eye view: Will EPA's Strategies deliver meaningful change for listed species conservation?
  

  Presenting Author: Aimee Code – Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation

  Co-Author: Emily May – The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation
• 10:10 AM - 10:25 AM Pacific

  The species decline apocalypse: Are pesticides causing a proverbial Anthropogenic Judgment Day?
  

  Presenting Author: Richard Brain – Syngenta

  Co-Author: Mark Hanson – University of Manitoba

  Co-Author: Ryan Prosser – University of Guelph
• 10:25 AM - 10:40 AM Pacific

  How pesticides fit in the great big picture of threats and recovery for ESA-listed salmon
  

  Presenting Author: Ryan DeWitt – National Marine Fisheries Service
• 10:40 AM - 10:55 AM Pacific

  Labels, loopholes, and land mines: When regulation meets reality
  

  Presenting Author: Billy Olesen – Washington State Pest Management Association
• 10:55 AM - 11:10 AM Pacific

  Insecticide regulations need to consider impacts on conservation adoption
  

  Presenting Author: Tristan A. Barley – University of Illinois

  Co-Author: Lisa Schulte Moore – Iowa State University

  Co-Author: Amy Toth – Iowa State University

  Co-Author: Matthew E. O'Neal – Iowa State University

  Co-Author: Adam Dolezal – University of Illinois
• 11:10 AM - 12:00 PM Pacific

  Panel discussion