Endangered Species Protection

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Endangered Species Protection
For Minnesota Applicators
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Always applicators responsibilityto prevent
non-target damage.
Sweat fly a beneficial insect
Damage to lilacs from cropland drift
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Responsibility more criticalwhen plants and
animals are
Endangered
Karner blue butterfly
A plant or animal in dangerof extinction
Threatened
Leedysroseroot
A plant or animal likely tobecome endangered in
near future
Candidate
Eastern massasauga
A plant or animal in line to be listedendangered
or threatened
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Federally listed species in MN
Endangered
A plant or animal in dangerof extinction
Threatened
A plant or animal likely tobecome endangered in
near future
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Endangered species in MN
Minnesota dwarf trout lily
Winged mapleleaf mussel
Karner blue butterfly
Higgins eye pearlymussel
Piping Plover
Topeka shiner
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Threatened species in MN
Proposed to be removed from federal list on
6/29/07
To be removed fromfederal list on 3/12/07
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Not all plants and animals areat the same risk
from pesticides


Species Habitat

Toxicity
Exposure

Risk
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Which has greatest risk from aherbicide sprayed
in Clay County?
Wolf in Lake County
Orchid in Clay County
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Three species that havehigher exposure and
higher risk
Landowners typically know if they have these
species ask before you apply!
Landowners can call MDNR to learnof potential
locations.
Western Prairie Fringed Orchid
Minnesota Dwarf Trout Lily
Prairie Bush Clover
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Western Prairie Fringed Orchid

• ABOUT
• Threatened
• Grows to 2 feet, white fringed flower
• Found in tallgrass prairie, old fields, and
  roadsides
• Only pollinated by the hawkmoth

• RISKS
• Herbicides applied to waysides and prairie
  pasture
• Herbicide drift
• Insecticide applications that damage the
  hawkmoth.

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Prairie Bush Clover

• ABOUT
• Threatened
• 1 1.5 feet tall, pink flower
• Tallgrassprairie of Upper Mississippi River
• Found in only 40 sites in IA, IL, MN, and WI

• RISK
• Herbicides applied to waysides and prairie
  pasture

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Minnesota Dwarf Trout Lily

• ABOUT
• Endangered
• 6 to 9 tall, light pink flower
• Found only on 600 acres of woodland habitat
• Found mainly in Rice and Goodhue Counties, MN

• RISK
• Herbicide drift from lawns near dwarf trout lily
  habitat
• Herbicides applied to control invasive buckthorn

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Best Practices

• Ask landowner or MDNR about presence of
  endangered species.
• Use buffer set-backs. Avoid drift.
• Time applications to avoid exposure.
• Delay application if safety cannot be assured.

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EPAs Bulletin System

• Endangered species protection now part of label
  requirements enforceable.
• Site specific - requires complex system.
• Bulletins developed as part of registration and
  re-registration process.
• Expect seeing bulletinsphased in starting 2007.

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Endangered SpeciesProtection Statements
This 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 county in which you
are applying the product. To obtain Bulletins,
consult www.epa.gov/espp, or call 1-800-447-3813
no more than six months before using this
product. You must use the Bulletin valid for the
month in which you will apply the product.
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Endangered SpeciesProtection Statements

• If you see a Statement, you must go to the
  website or telephone to see if there is a
  Bulletin for your county.
• There is a good chance that there is not a
  Bulletin for your county.
• If there is a Bulletin, obtain it, read it,
  follow it, and save it.
• Bulletins need to be less than six months old.

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Bulletins give maps limitations

• MAPS
• Maps indicate whether a species is in the area
  you plan to apply.
• LIMITATIONS CAN INCLUDE
• Buffer set-backs
• Reduced rates
• Timing restrictions
• Prohibitions on use

Bulletins Label Law!
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Minnesotas EndangeredSpecies Statue and Rules

• Minnesota has its own endangered species program
  - separate from federal.
• Longer lists 96 endangered species and 101
  threatened species.
• Against the law to kill or harm.
• Bulletin program applies to onlyfederal list,
  not state.

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Minnesotas EndangeredSpecies Statue and Rules

• Damage to plants exempt from state law if on or
  near certain agricultural land or in ditches or
  roadways.
• Program depends on protection plans developed
  with landowners.
• More infowww.dnr.state.mn.us/ets

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In the news . . . Minnesota Department of
Natural Resources has proposed revised state
lists for endangered and threaten species. If
approved Listed endangered species will increase
from 96 to 131. Listed threatened species will
increase from 101 to 143.
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Take home points

• Ask landowner or MDNR about presence of
  endangered species.
• Prevent non-target damage.
• Look for Endangered Species Protection
  Statements on labels in 2007.
• Follow Endangered Species Protection Bulletins
  as part of the label.
• Keep A copy of Bulletins for your records.

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Ron Struss Water Quality AdvisorPesticide and
Fertilizer Management Unit 651-201-6269 ron.struss
_at_state.mn.us