Managing ecosystem services can present unique challenges that can put into conflict regulators, resource and land managers, and land owners. Land used for agricultural production (an important agroecosystem service) can be habitat for or impinge upon habitat providing the ecosystem service of maintaining/enhancing biodiversity. Working with NatureServe, and drawing upon other data resources, the FIFRA Endangered Task Force (FESTF) and NatureServe have demonstrated the value of applying conservation data to decisions made for the regulation of pesticide use, particularly in the interface between FIFRA and Endangered Species Act regulatory assessments. NatureServe, a nonprofit organization providing the scientific basis for effective conservation action, maintains data on ecological systems and species of conservation concern. These data can play a vital role in contributing to the maintenance of biodiversity in and near agricultural ecosystems. FESTF licenses data from NatureServe on federally listed species for the purposes of supplying data to the US EPA in support of their pesticide registration process. Using landscape-scale overviews and examples, this poster will explore how some of the challenges of maintaining biodiversity in agricultural systems can be addressed with information from NatureServe and FESTF.  Challenges explored will include working with regulatory agencies to streamline the environmental permitting process, invasive species, habitat restoration/management, and sustainability of agricultural systems.

Application of landscape-scale data to management decisions made for maintaining biodiversity in natural ecosystems potentially influenced by agricultural activities

248th National Meeting (2014)

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