Educate. Provide practical, science-based training that helps land managers understand stewardship practices and complex compliance requirements.

Connect. Create spaces for land managers, technical experts, and regulators to share knowledge and develop locally workable solutions to stewardship challenges.

Equip. Develop user-friendly tools, references, and online resources that translate technical information into approaches that fit existing operations.

Recent Outcomes

3 regional stakeholder workshops about Endangered Species Act implementation convened in OR & WA.

1200+ producers, applicators, and land managers attended educational presentations.

3 hands-on Bulletins Live! Two training sessions.

Leveraged partnerships with OSU, NMFS, OR and WA Departments of Agriculture, private consultants, and conservation organizations to benefit Pacific Northwest land managers.

Current Projects

Grant title: Reducing regulatory burden from Endangered Species Act label implementation

Funding agency: Oregon Specialty Crop Block Grant Program

Collaborators: Annie Krueger (Compliance Services, International); Silvia Rondon (Integrated Pest Management Center, Oregon State University)

Project overview: This project was developed to address the issue of grower and pesticide applicator compliance with US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) requirements enacted for protection of threatened and endangered species. We are working with Oregon specialty crop pesticide users to reduce the current burden of navigating FIFRA Endangered Species Act mitigations. We are working to develop an online program that will streamline understanding of labeled mitigation requirements, create references for applicators and producers to use to aid in compliance, and host workshops with hands-on training to navigate and demonstrate compliance with Endangered Species Act mitigations.

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Grant title: Implementation of Endangered Species Act pesticide mitigations – developing localized solutions for diverse cropping systems in Washington and Oregon

Funding agency: Western IPM Center

Collaborators: Annie Krueger (Compliance Services, International), Kathryn Rifenburg (Oregon Department of Agriculture), Ryan DeWitt (National Marine Fisheries Service), Abigail Nickelson (Washington Department of Agriculture)

Project overview: Overarching label requirements established by EPA at a national level ignores local complexities, on-the ground implementation needs, and existing collaborations. Through a workshop series, we seek to gather information needed to develop a regional implementation plan for pesticide Endangered Species Act mitigations that leverages local expertise and addresses the needs of local communities.