Oct 31st 1pm-2pm CST Virtual.
Western desert, sagebrush, and grassland ecosystems are important, multi-use lands. They provide critical habitat for bees, butterflies, and other insects that support a rich diversity of birds, wildlife, and plants. But the federal Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) uses large-scale aerial applications of pesticides to curb outbreaks of native grasshoppers on millions of acres in 17 western states, harming the health of these ecosystems.
The Xerces Society, together with Advocates for the West and the Center for Biological Diversity and other groups have succeeded in challenging APHIS’s pesticide spraying program—limiting spraying on public lands, protecting sensitive and imperiled species, and promoting transparency in how APHIS’s program is operated.
Panelists for this webinar include Sharon Selvaggio, Pesticide Program Specialist at the Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation; Hannah Goldblatt, Staff Attorney at Advocates for the West; Sally Paez, Staff Attorney at New Mexico Wild; and Roger Rosentreter, who has published over 100 scientific publications and is the author of four books on botany.
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