Funders • USDA NRCS Conservation Innovation

Grant Program • Unilever• General Mills • US EPA Region V 

Project Team• Chuck and Karen Benbrook, BCS-Ecologic• Paul Jepson, Michael Guzy, Kellie Vache, Oregon State

University• Susan Kegley, Erin Conlisk, Pesticide Research Institute• Pierre Mineau, Environment Canada• Thomas Green, Wade Pronschinske, Amrita Batra, IPM

Institute of North America• Marty Williams, Mark Cheplik, Waterborne Environmental• Scott Martin, University of Illinois• Jonathan Kaplan, Natural Resources Defense Council

NRCS Advisor: Joe Bagdon

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Specifications• Online and user friendly.Online and user friendly.

• Comprehensive set of indices using best available science.Comprehensive set of indices using best available science.

• Based on real-life empirical data where possible.Based on real-life empirical data where possible.

• e.g., probability of kill or of an unacceptable level of impact; proportion of the overall breeding e.g., probability of kill or of an unacceptable level of impact; proportion of the overall breeding season when reproduction is impaired, etc.season when reproduction is impaired, etc.

• Site-specific, field-level impacts with aggregation potential.Site-specific, field-level impacts with aggregation potential.

• Use Pattern Adjustment Factors (UPAFs) account for agricultural Use Pattern Adjustment Factors (UPAFs) account for agricultural variability and mitigation.variability and mitigation.

• Sustainable financial plan to ensure continued functionality and Sustainable financial plan to ensure continued functionality and up-to-date databases.up-to-date databases.

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Landscape Features

Users create individual “sites” for each orchard.

Users save data for individual blocks in the selected orchard.

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Field MappingField Mapping

Users map their block Users map their block using Google Earth. using Google Earth. PRiME then PRiME then automatically automatically retrieves site-specific retrieves site-specific soils data from NRCS.soils data from NRCS.

In addition to In addition to mapping cropping mapping cropping areas, users map areas, users map sensitive areas, sensitive areas, mitigation zones mitigation zones and/or areas at high and/or areas at high risk for runoff.risk for runoff.

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Pesticide ApplicationPesticide Application

Users use multiple Users use multiple search options to search options to select a formulated select a formulated product, for e.g., product, for e.g., Lorsban 50W.Lorsban 50W.

Users enter pertinent Users enter pertinent use pattern use pattern information for information for selected product.selected product.

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Pesticide Management Scenarios

Users create and select a pesticide management scenario for evaluation.

Users enter amount of product applied, acres treated and restricted entry interval for selected product, Lorsban 50W.

Users calculate risk for selected product.

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Risk Summary for Lorsban 50W

(Green= Low riskYellow= Moderate riskRed= High risk)

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Users can select the product, Lorsban 50W and change the application rate to compare the risk of Lorsban 50W at different application rates.

Risk Summary for Lorsban 50W applied at 4 lbs. per acre and 2 lbs. per acre.

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Risk summary for Dithane DF, Kocide 2000 and Lorsban 75WG.

*: Insufficient data for risk calculation.*FEH: Presumed low exposure and low hazard

(Green= Low riskYellow= Moderate riskRed= High risk)

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Summary Output and Mitigation

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PRiME will provide users with a risk summary ofthe number of indices in the low, moderate and high risk categories for each product.

Users may also be alerted to indices demonstrating moderate and high risk ratings and pathways of exposure for each product.

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When risk is When risk is moderate to high, moderate to high, PRiME will suggest PRiME will suggest mitigation mitigation measures including measures including IPM practices and IPM practices and links to technical links to technical resources.resources.

PRiME can then PRiME can then recalculate risk recalculate risk comparing the comparing the effects of effects of hypothetical hypothetical mitigation. mitigation.

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PRiME will display a summary showing the total number of applications falling into each risk category in a given year, allowing program managers to report progress or compare program participants.

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Questions ?Questions ?

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