Endangered Species Protection Resources

PowerPoint Presentations/Educational Resources:

Introduction to Pesticide Registration and the Endangered Species Act. June 2025. E. Arnold, K. Brown, B. Chism, C. Douglass & N. Krishnan, and FAQs.

National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS). Feb. 2025. R. DeWitt, Office of Protected Resources, NOAA.

Pesticide Laws 101. March 2025. B. Glenn, CropLife America.

University of Maryland

  1. Pesticides and Endangered Species: Activities by the Maryland Pesticide Safety Education Program. 2024. M. Zhao and N. Krishnan
  2. Final Herbicide Strategy. 2024. M. Zhao and N. Krishnan
  3. Final Insecticide Strategy. 2025. M. Zhao and N. Krishnan
  4. Bulletin’s Live! Two (BLT) Guide-English
  5. Bulletin’s Live Two (BLT) Guide-Spanish
  6. How to Make Public Comments on Proposed Federal Actions-English
  7. How to Make Public Comments on Proposed Federal Actions-Spanish

Update on EPA’s Endangered Species Protection Program Workplan Activities. 2024. Beth Dittman, North Carolina Dept. of Agriculture and Consumer Services.

Websites:

Weed Science Society of America:
Short Description of ESA (PDF). One-page handout from Weed Science Society of America, Entomological Society of America, and American Pathological Society.
Herbicides and The Endangered Species Act: What You Need to Know
Endangered Species Act. Definitions and Acronyms List

FIFRA Endangered Species Task Force (FESTF):
Count of All ESA-listed Species for Each State by County. 2025.

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency:
Pesticide App for Label Mitigations
Protecting Endangered Species from Pesticides 
Pesticides and Endangered Species Educational Resources Toolbox
EPA’s Workplan and Progress Toward Better Protections for Endangered Species
About the Endangered Species Protection Program
Bulletins Live! Two–View the Bulletins
Mitigation Menu Webinar (September 2025) Recording (YouTube) and Slides (PDF)

U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service:
Endangered Species

National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), 
a.k.a. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Fisheries:
ESA Threatened and Endangered Species Directory