WESTERN REGION PESTICIDE MEETING Pre-Meeting Agendas
Embassy Suites,
May 15 Tribal Pre-Meeting John
Steinbach Room Lobby Level
7:00 Coffee
Service and Registration
Moderator: Judy Bloom, Region 8, EPA
8:00 Opening
Comments/Prayer
8:15 Introductions
8:30 Circuit Rider Programs Judy Bloom, EPA Region 8; Willie Keenan, Confederated Salish &
Kootenai Tribes, Montana; and Jayme Mestes, Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, South
Dakota
9:45 Coffee break
10:00 Pesticide
Education and Outreach - Jeremy Phillips,
Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community,
10:30 IPM in
Tribal Schools Judy Bloom, EPA Region 8
10:45 OECA
Enforcement Performance Measures Al Havinga, US EPA
Headquarters
11:30 Future
Tribal Pre-Meetings: Purpose and Need - Dan Helfgott,
12:00 Lunch
on your own
May 15
Pesticide Safety Education Pre-Meeting Gevurtz
Room Mezzanine Level
7:00 Coffee
Service and Registration
Moderator: Lisa Downey-Blecker,
8:00 Opening Comments/Introductions
8:15 Pesticide
Environmental Stewardship eXtension Project
8:35 Fluorescent
Tracer Tricks and Training for Pesticide Applicators/Handlers Kit Galvin, Pacific Northwest Agricultural Safety and
10:00 Coffee break
10:15 Understanding and Training for Reduced-Risk
Pesticides Allan Felsot, WSU Food and
Environmental Quality Lab
11:05 Questions
and Answer session
11:25 AAPSE Update Ples Spradley,
12:00 Lunch on your own
May 15
Salmon-Safe Certification Tour Hotel
Lobby Meet 1:20pm
1:30 to 5:30 pm
Coordinator:
Carrie Foss,
Spokesman: Dan
Kent, Managing Director, Salmon-Safe Inc. (http://www.salmonsafe.org/)
Salmon-Safe is a program developed by
the Pacific Rivers Council and has successfully defined and promoted
ecologically sustainable farming and urban lands management practices
(including pesticide and pest management) that protect water quality and
aquatic biodiversity throughout the