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Protecting Endangered Species from Pesticides

  • EPA Shares Fish and Wildlife Service’s Draft Biological Opinion for Carbaryl for Public Comment

    BiOps are available for comment.

  • EPA Finalizes the Herbicide Strategy

    • Read the Final Herbicide Strategy.
    • Read the press release.
  • EPA Releases Pesticide and Endangered Species Educational Resources Toolbox

    Learn about our Pesticides and Endangered Species Educational Resources Toolbox.

About

  • About the endangered species program
  • Assessing pesticides under the ESA
  • Litigation and associated pesticide limitations
  • Implementing NAS Report Recommendations on Ecological Risk Assessment for Endangered and Threatened Species
  • Conventional Pesticide Registration

Endangered Species Act Workplan

  • EPA’s workplan and progress toward better protections for endangered species
  • Implementing EPA’s Workplan to Protect Endangered and Threatened Species from Pesticides: Pilot Projects
  • Assessing effects of new pesticides on listed species

Biological Evaluations (BEs)

  • Final BE Chapters for Chlorpyrifos, Malathion, Diazinon, Carbaryl, Methomyl, Atrazine, Simazine, Glyphosate, Clothianidin (updated), Imidacloprid (updated), Thiamethoxam (updated), Sulfoxaflor, Enlist, Inpyrfluxam, Cyantraniliprole,
    Fluazaindolizine, Pyraclonil,
    Dinotefuran, Acetamiprid, Rodenticide BE and Mitigation Strategy
  • Draft BE Chapters for Propazine, Bicyclopyrone, Benzovindiflupyr
  • Provisional Models and Tools Used in EPA’s Pesticide Endangered Species Biological Evaluations
  • Models and Tools for National Level Listed Species Biological Evaluations of Neonicotinoid Insecticides

Protections for Endangered Species

  • Effects determinations
  • Pesticide restrictions
  • Bulletins Live! Two
  • Information for pesticide users
  • Publicly available geospatial data
  • Process EPA Uses to Develop Core Maps for Pesticide Use Limitation Areas

Recent Highlights 

  • Proposed Guidance to registrants on Endangered Species Act considerations for antimicrobial pesticides
  • Pesticides and Endangered Species Educational Resources Toolbox
  • Draft methomyl biological opinion from FWS available for public comment
  • Memorandum of Understanding Between EPA and USDA to Help Protect Endangered Species and Support Sustainable Agriculture
  • Final guidance to registrants for pesticide submissions for new outdoor uses that require Endangered Species Act reviews
  • Final guidance to registrants for new active ingredients and registration review
  • EPA’s workplan and progress toward better protections for endangered species
  • Reports to Congress on Improving Consultation Process Under Endangered Species Act Section 7 for Pesticide Registration & Registration Review
  • EPA’s Vulnerable Species Pilot Project
  • Vulnerable Species Pilot Webinar
  • EPA's Final Herbicide Strategy
  • EPA's Final Rodenticide Biological Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy
  • Process EPA Uses to Develop Core Maps for Pesticide Use Limitation Areas

Working with Our Partners

  • Memorandum of Understanding Between EPA and USDA to Help Protect Endangered Species and Support Sustainable Agriculture
  • Interagency Working Group: Public Meeting
  • Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) Endangered Species Page
  • National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) Endangered Species Page
  • Biological Opinions Available for Public Comment, Links to Final Opinions, and Links to Required Label Changes

For Kids

  • Endangered species information
  • Endangered species coloring book
  • Environmental information for students and teachers

Resources

  • About endangered species
  • Report an incident
  • Pesticides and Endangered Species Educational Resources Toolbox
  • Pest control and pesticide safety for consumers
  • Find more pesticide information

Search the Endangered Species Website

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Contact Us about Protecting Endangered Species from Pesticides to ask a question, provide feedback, or report a problem.
Last updated on January 7, 2025
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