North Dakota Endangered Species
Protection Program

"On November 2, 2005, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published a final notice concerning implementation of the Endangered Species Protection Program (ESPP).  The ESPP is intended to better mitigate the risks of pesticide use to the threatened and endangered species.  The cornerstone of the ESPP will be the use of Endangered Species Protection Bulletins (“Bulletins”) that will contain enforceable pesticide use restrictions beyond those found on a pesticide container label. Pesticide users must not only follow all pesticide use restrictions, directions, and precautions found on the pesticide container label, but also in their local County Bulletin if one is available.”

Further information on the ESPP (including the Bulletins) can be found on the EPA Endangered Species Protection Program homepage: www.epa.gov/espp.

For more information, contact:

Jim Gray
ND Department of Agriculture
600 E Boulevard Dept 602
Bismarck ND 58505-0020
Phone: (701) 328-1505
FAX: (701) 328-2240
Email: jgray@nd.gov