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Pre-serve Mapping Tool to Help Protect Endangered Plant Species
Oral Presentation
Prepared by D. Healy1, N. Floersch2, M. Winchell3
1 - Stone Environmental Inc, 535 Stone Cutters Way, Montpelier, Vermont, 05602
2 - Stone Environmental, Inc., 535 Stone Cutters Way, Montpelier, Vermont, 05602
3 - Stone Environmental, Inc, 535 Stone Cutters Way, Montpelier, Vermont, 05602
Contact Information: dhealy@stone-env.com; 802-229-1879
ABSTRACT
The Stone has developed a Web Mapping Tool to protect threatened and endangered plant species from potential impacts resulting from the agricultural use of herbicides that contain glyphosate. Through a simple four-step process, the application, Pre-serve.org, quickly helps licensed growers of crops containing the Roundup Ready trait determine which, if any, pesticide mitigations are required based upon the specific location of their fields. During this session, we will demonstrate through a series of steps to determine which, if any, mitigations are necessary for their location. This multi-step strategy is a clear and simple process, which allows many growers to exit Pre-Serve in the first few steps. In the initial steps, users are asked about their application methods and rates, as well as the state and county where their fields are located. If a user indicates that the fields planned to receive the application of a glyphosate agricultural herbicide are located in a county containing glyphosate use limitation areas (ULAs), then the user is directed to an interactive mapping application that allows the comparison of the locations of the specific fields and the ULAs. The mapping application provides a background map to help users identify their field locations using “Google Maps-like” navigation. Once a user has zoomed in on the field locations, a report are available that provides detailed use limitations, including a description of the species habitats to be aware of within the ULAs.
Oral Presentation
Prepared by D. Healy1, N. Floersch2, M. Winchell3
1 - Stone Environmental Inc, 535 Stone Cutters Way, Montpelier, Vermont, 05602
2 - Stone Environmental, Inc., 535 Stone Cutters Way, Montpelier, Vermont, 05602
3 - Stone Environmental, Inc, 535 Stone Cutters Way, Montpelier, Vermont, 05602
Contact Information: dhealy@stone-env.com; 802-229-1879
ABSTRACT
The Stone has developed a Web Mapping Tool to protect threatened and endangered plant species from potential impacts resulting from the agricultural use of herbicides that contain glyphosate. Through a simple four-step process, the application, Pre-serve.org, quickly helps licensed growers of crops containing the Roundup Ready trait determine which, if any, pesticide mitigations are required based upon the specific location of their fields. During this session, we will demonstrate through a series of steps to determine which, if any, mitigations are necessary for their location. This multi-step strategy is a clear and simple process, which allows many growers to exit Pre-Serve in the first few steps. In the initial steps, users are asked about their application methods and rates, as well as the state and county where their fields are located. If a user indicates that the fields planned to receive the application of a glyphosate agricultural herbicide are located in a county containing glyphosate use limitation areas (ULAs), then the user is directed to an interactive mapping application that allows the comparison of the locations of the specific fields and the ULAs. The mapping application provides a background map to help users identify their field locations using “Google Maps-like” navigation. Once a user has zoomed in on the field locations, a report are available that provides detailed use limitations, including a description of the species habitats to be aware of within the ULAs.