Following the release of the April 2013 National Academy of Sciences l (NAS) report, entitled �Assessing Risks to Endangered and Threatened Species from Pesticides�, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, National Marine Fisheries Service, the United States Environmental Protection Agency and the United States Department of Agriculture convened an interagency workshop in August 2013.  Based on review of the NAS report, the agencies developed interim scientific approaches and   identified areas of continued collaboration to achieve the recommendations of the NAS.  Subsequent to this workshop, the agencies developed and provided stakeholders with a description of the �interim approaches� to be jointly applied by all agencies for the purposes of pesticide consultations.  The agencies intend to implement the �interim approaches� on a phased and iterative basis in the context of actual pesticide consultations.  The purpose of this session is to communicate to the scientific community , the  public and other stakeholders: (1) the current status of  interim approaches, (2) plans for their initial implementation, and (3) progress on additional areas of collaboration identified in the 2013 workshop.  The session will allow for a period to receive feedback from the public and to respond to questions .

Assessing risks to endangered and threatened species from pesticides: An update on interim approaches and implementation

248th National Meeting (2014)

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