In the United States, management of risk to threatened or endangered species in the FIFRA/ESA setting is often accomplished at the field level. However, consideration of field-level data is rarely factored into the national pesticide assessment process. Aggregation and application of data is one of the challenges in this process; without a management system, the wealth of information can be overwhelming. The FIFRA Endangered Species Task Force (FESTF) has contributed to the US Environmental Protection Agency’s (USEPA) endangered species and pesticide data development process for nearly 20 years. A recent contribution is an enhanced data integration tool – “Gopher” – which integrates best available datasets related to pesticides and endangered species into a single platform. Gopher can be used to identify where efforts should be focused in a national-level assessment, and to organize/manage data at various scales. These activities will better inform the probability of risk as well as options for risk management.

Informing national-level assessments with FESTF’s “gopher” data integration tool

2019 Fall National Meeting

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