Pesticide-Use Risk Assessments and Worksheets
Risk Assessments
Worker reading label prior to field work. (Photo by USDA Forest Service - Region 8)
Forest managers frequently make decisions regarding the use of pesticides on forest lands. These decisions must be based not only on the effectiveness of these tools, but also on an understanding of the risks associated with their use. For the pesticides commonly used by the Forest Service in…
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Pesticide Registration
nucleopolyhedrosis virus (NPV). (USDA Forest Service photo)
USDA Forest Service through its Forest Health Protection program maintains federal (U.S. EPA) and state pesticide registrations for two biological pesticides it produces and uses in its forest pest management projects. The Forest Service also provides these pesticides to federal and state cooperators at no cost. These pesticide…
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Pesticide Impact Assessment Program (FS-PIAP)
History
Aerial application. (Courtesy photo from bugwood.org, by Steve Dewey, Utah State University)
FS-PIAP started as one element of the National Agricultural Pesticide Impact Assessment Program (NAPIAP), a USDA-wide effort to develop pesticide use and effects data, and to fill data gaps in support of EPA registrations. When NAPIAP was disbanded in 1998 the Forest Service saw a continuing…
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Pesticide Management & Coordination Contacts
National Pesticide-Use Management and RegistrationFS Pesticide Impact Assessment Program (FSPIAP)Todd Neel (Acting)Forest Health Protection Pesticide-Use Program ManagerUSDA Forest Service SPTF201 14th Street, SWWashington, DC 20250Phone: (303) 275-5061Email: todd.a.neel@usda.govLiz Matthews (Acting)Forest Health Protection Pesticide-Use Program ManagerUSDA Forest Service SPTF201 14th Street…
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Assessment & Applied Sciences
Mapping & Reporting
FHP Highlights of Tree Mortality and Other Damage from Insects and Diseases
Forest Health Protection (FHP) Mapping & Reporting conducts surveys to detect and appraise insect infestations, disease conditions and man-made stresses affecting trees. FHP Mapping & Reporting establishes a monitoring system throughout the forests of the United States to determine…