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Location
Corpus Christi, TX
Start Date
9-4-2007 12:00 AM
Description
The Endangered Species Act and the Migratory Bird Treaty Act protect wildlife from injury or harm resulting from human activities, including pesticide use. In administering these laws, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) advises federal and state agencies, and private landowners and organizations of ways in which to minimize the adverse effects of rodenticides upon threatened and endangered species, and migratory birds. Technical assistance and formal consultation with USFWS can occur on both the registration and use of a rodenticide, and may result in general mitigation to the overall labeled use of a product, or site-specific modification based on the presence of a sensitive species or habitat. To date, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, which is the federal agency responsible for registering pesticides, has consulted with the USFWS on rodenticide registrations limited to local areas (e.g., Special Local Needs registrations). However a comprehensive assessment of potential effects to threatened and endangered species and sensitive populations of migratory birds has not been completed to date for any currently registered rodenticide. Thus, reliance solely on labeled use restrictions may not adequately protect vulnerable species of wildlife. Rodenticides have been associated with mortality incidents involving the endangered San Joaquin kit fox, the previously endangered bald eagle and peregrine falcon, and numerous species of migratory birds.
Recommended Citation
Golden, N. H. (2007). Endangered species and migratory bird treaty act considerations in rodenticide registration and use. In Nolte, D.L., Arjo, W.M., & Stalman, D. (Eds.), The Twelfth Wildlife Damage Management Conference (127-133). Corpus Christi, TX: National Wildlife Research Center.
Included in
Endangered Species and Migratory Bird Treaty Act Considerations in Rodenticide Registration and Use
Corpus Christi, TX
The Endangered Species Act and the Migratory Bird Treaty Act protect wildlife from injury or harm resulting from human activities, including pesticide use. In administering these laws, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) advises federal and state agencies, and private landowners and organizations of ways in which to minimize the adverse effects of rodenticides upon threatened and endangered species, and migratory birds. Technical assistance and formal consultation with USFWS can occur on both the registration and use of a rodenticide, and may result in general mitigation to the overall labeled use of a product, or site-specific modification based on the presence of a sensitive species or habitat. To date, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, which is the federal agency responsible for registering pesticides, has consulted with the USFWS on rodenticide registrations limited to local areas (e.g., Special Local Needs registrations). However a comprehensive assessment of potential effects to threatened and endangered species and sensitive populations of migratory birds has not been completed to date for any currently registered rodenticide. Thus, reliance solely on labeled use restrictions may not adequately protect vulnerable species of wildlife. Rodenticides have been associated with mortality incidents involving the endangered San Joaquin kit fox, the previously endangered bald eagle and peregrine falcon, and numerous species of migratory birds.