Fall 2025 Newsletter

New Documents/Maps Added to the Website

The Maps and Materials webpage now contains an Excel file with a list of states and counties overlapping with Pesticide Use Limitation Areas (PULAs) for ESA-listed species under the jurisdiction of NOAA’s National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS).
New webpage housing a beta version of FESTF’s Mitigation Tracker spreadsheet that summarizes information on spray drift and runoff/soil erosion mitigations proposed or required as part of EPA’s pesticide registration decisions since January 2022.

New and Upcoming FESTF Projects

FESTF is developing a new Information Management System (IMS) that will house and deliver FESTF’s aggregated data and analytical tools to FESTF members, governmental agencies, and the public. This exciting new platform aims to be the go-to source for pesticide and Endangered Species Act (ESA)-species information, housing everything from decisions and determinations from EPA and the Services, spatial and tabular data on the potential interaction of pesticides and species, pesticide mitigation measures, species attributes and maps, & much more.
FESTF is collaborating with farmers and agricultural industry groups in the Mississippi Delta to build awareness and enhance compliance with Endangered Species Act-related pesticide label mitigations, and leading efforts to build long-term capacity for sustained agricultural growth in the Delta alongside the conservation of Federally-listed animals and plants.

Recent Final Registration Decisions

Benzovindiflupyr – Final Biological Evaluation (BE) and Effects Determinations (Docket ID: EPA-HQ-OPP-2024-0458-0018)
Bicyclopyrone – Final Biological Evaluation (BE) and Effects Determinations (Docket ID: EPA-HQ-OPP-2024-0457-0017)
Cyclobutrifluram – Registration Decision (Docket ID: EPA-HQ-OPP-2022-0003-0082)
Methomyl – Required Label Changes to Implement National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) Biological Opinion (BO) (Docket ID: EPA-HQ-OPP-2010-0751-0070)
Pepino mosaic virus strains – Registration Decision (Docket ID: EPA-HQ-OPP-2023-0217-0010)
Vadescana dsRNA – Registration Decision (Docket ID: EPA-HQ-OPP-2023-0558-0086)

Recent Proposed Registration Decisions (Dockets Closed to Comments)

4-CPA – Proposed Registration Decision (Docket ID: EPA-HQ-OPP-2014-0544-0015, Comment period closed 9/22/2025)
Dicamba – Proposed Registration Decision for Uses on Dicamba-tolerant Cotton and Soybean (Docket ID: EPA-HQ-OPP-2024-0154-1239, Comment period closed 9/6/2025)
Fluoxapropalin – Proposed Registration Decision (Docket ID: EPA-HQ-OPP-2022-0980-0018, Comment period closed 9/12/2025)

Recent Proposed Registration Decisions (Dockets Open for Comment as of 11/14/25)

Atrazine and Simazine – Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) Draft Biological Opinions (Docket ID: EPA-HQ-OPP-2020-0514-0419, Comment period closes 12/8/2025)
Epyrifenacil – Proposed Registration Decision (Docket ID: EPA-HQ-OPP-2022-0354-0013, Comment period closes 12/3/2025)
Priesta megaterium strain SYM36613 – Proposed Registration Decision (Docket ID: EPA-HQ-OPP-2023-0621-0013, Comment period closes 12/30/2025)

Calendar of Events

· Nov. 16-20, 2025: SETAC North America 46^th Annual Meeting. There will be multiple speakers affiliated with FESTF, including:

· Annie Krueger, co-chair of Session 8.01.T – Real World Pacific Northwest: What it Takes to Build Solutions for Endangered Species and Agriculture, Tuesday Nov. 18 1:30-3:30 PM (PST)

· Dec. 1-3^rd, 2025: Michigan State University Pesticide Safety Webinar Series. There will be multiple speakers affiliated with FESTF, including:

· Cameron Douglass – Understanding How to Comply with Listed Species-related Mitigation Measures, Monday Dec. 1^st 10-11 AM (EST)

· Leah Duzy – Interpreting Pesticide Label Language to Reduce Risks to Listed Species, Wednesday Dec. 3^rd 10-11 AM (EST)

· Jan. 20-21, 2026: 2026 Alabama Row Crops Short Course. Leah Duzy will present an update on ESA and pesticide registration on January 21^st