Pesticides and the Endangered Species Act

RustyPatchedBumbleBee.pngPesticide labels are changing to comply with the Endangered Species Act.  While only a few labels carry these additional mitigation measures at this time, the Environmental Protection Agency has indicated that in the future all new and existing conventional agricultural pesticides will contain these mitigation measures as products are reviewed.​

The new mitigation measures are:

  1. ​Drift Mitigation (Downward Buffers)
    a. Mitigation Menu | US EPA
    b. EPA's Ecological Spray Drift Buffer Calculation​ Worksheet​
    c. ​Pesticide App for Label Mitigations | US EPA

  2. Runoff/Erosion Mitigation (Points)
    a. Mitigation Menu | US EPA
    b. Mitigation Points by County - Wisconsin
    c. Common Mitigation Points for Wisconsin Row Crops
    d. Pesticide App for Label Mitigations | US EPA

  3. Geographic Specific Restrictions (Bulletins)
    a. Bulletins Live! Two -- View the Bulletins

    b. Active Wisconsin Products with a Pesticide Use Limitation Area Bulletin​​

Every county in Wisconsin contains at least one endangered species: Wisconsin: Species Counts by County (USFWS only)

Wisconsin Registered Products with ESA Label Requirements

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​​EPA Tools​​

Mitigation Menu | US EPA

Mitigation Menu Measure Descriptions | US EPA

Pesticide App for Label Mitigations | US EPA

EPA's Ecological Spray Drift Buffer Calculation Worksheet

Pesticides and Endangered Species Educational Resources Toolbox | US EPA


General ESA Resources​​​

Endangered Species Act | CropLife America

Endangered Species Act Mitigation – CPDA

FIFRA Endangered Species Task Force

ESA Technical Guide to Mitigation Options

ESA and Pesticide Labels – Pesticide Environmental Stewardship

Take Steps to Ensure That You're Complying with the EPA Herbicide Strategy to Protect Threatened and Endangered Species – Wisconsin Fruit


Bulletins Live! Two Resources​​

Bulletins Live! Two

Bulletins Live! Two (BLT): Tutorial | US EPA

The Endangered Species Act and Bulletins Live! Two – University of Wisconsin Pesticide Applicator Training Program

Data Download | US EPA


Webinars/Training Videos
Webinar on Mitigation Measures to Protect Endangered Species from Pesticides - YouTube

Adapting to ESA: Mitigation Overview

Adapting to ESA: Spray Drift

Adapting to ESA: Runoff

Adapting to ESA: Bulletins Live! Two

How to Comply with the Endangered Species Act



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