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Education Efforts and Crying Wolf

This overview highlights the challenges and strategies for educating pesticide applicators about compliance with the Endangered Species Act (ESA) and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) guidelines. It discusses issues like the frustration applicators face due to ineffective communication and the need for timely education adaptation as new bulletins are released. The importance of awareness in the protection of species like the Chinook salmon and endangered plants like the Wenatchee Mountain Checker-mallow and Golden Paintbrush is emphasized, alongside the resources available for education and compliance.

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Education Efforts and Crying Wolf

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  1. Education Efforts and Crying Wolf Carol Ramsay Washington State University

  2. A Balancing Act

  3. ESA Awareness Chinook (king) salmon Robert Millage, API

  4. ESA Awareness Wenatchee Mountain Checker-mallow Golden Paintbrush

  5. ESA Awareness: 4(d) Rule

  6. Awareness: EPA and ESA • Pesticide labels direct applicators to consult a Bulletins Live web site • Lists states, counties, active ingredients and any special restrictions • Labels changed • Due to litigation • Through normal new registrations and registration reviews

  7. Awareness: EPA and ESA Example Label Statement – on many labelsThis product may have effects on endangered species. When using this product, you must follow the measures contained in the Endangered Species Protection Bulletin for the area in which you are applying the product. To obtain Bulletins, consult www.epa.gov/espp, or call 1-800-447-3813 no sooner than six monthsbefore using this product. You must use the Bulletin valid for the monthand yearin which you will apply the product.”

  8. Awareness: EPA and ESA

  9. Searches by Applicators

  10. Applicator Frustration • Crying Wolf • How many times will an applicator visit Bulletins Live and find nothing? • How much effort should educators put into outreach in this area? • Need sufficient time to put education in place after new bulletins activated

  11. Applicator Frustration • Crying Wolf • Communication between EPA and Educators is inadequate • Caveat – understand litigation put a HUGE wrinkle in timelines

  12. Plant protections versus animal protections on private property • http://dnr.wi.gov/org/land/er/landowner/ • Washington Species of Concern • http://wdfw.wa.gov/wlm/diversty/soc/soc.htm • WSDA Natural Resources • http://agr.wa.gov/PestFert/natresources/EndangSpecies.aspx

  13. National Water Quality Tracking Database • http://points.wsu.edu • National Listing of Endangered and Threatened Species • http://ecos.fws.gov/tess_public/StateListing.do?state=all

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