This always-popular course will be focused toward State and Tribal FIFRA Water Quality Specialists.  The goal of this course is for participants to come away with a better understanding of the Pesticides in Water Program by exploring both the technical and policy aspects of protecting ground and surface water resources from pesticide risks. Topics may include: Drift Watch; ground and surface water management programs, plans, and protocols; sediment sampling programs & protocols; state show and tell of cutting edge mapping technology; mitigation strategies for reducing runoff in the urban environment; sharing management techniques for the “list of 57”; building partnerships with other offices to stretch resources; applicator basics and ag-background basics related to pesticides for the groundwater quality state people without an agricultural background, and vice-versa; the difference between USGS pesticide monitoring mechanisms, objectives, outcomes, interpretations, and also those of some of the different states; and lack of recent (less than 5 years old), high quality pesticide use data available, or sharing of techniques and data sources from which to do guesstimates.

This course is now closed.