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Pesticide Notification Registry Deadline is February 1
Wisconsin Ag Connection - 01/12/2009

There's still some time to join the Landscape Pesticide Advance Notice Registry. According to the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, the registry is a way for homeowners and renters to receive advance notice of pesticides that will be professionally applied to lawns, trees and shrubs in their neighborhood. But the deadline to fill out paperwork is February 1.

"In 2008, more than 1,000 people from 52 counties joined the registry requesting advance pesticide notification," said Debra Viedma, registry coordinator with DATCP. "You don't need to share your reason for joining the registry although we've been told that people use the registry to know when to close their windows, to keep children and pets indoors, or when to avoid an area while pesticides are applied."

The registry is free, but you must complete a form listing the addresses on your block or immediately adjoining blocks that you are concerned about. Last year, citizens listed nearly 16,000 addresses on the registry. Pesticide companies must let you know in advance when and if addresses you have listed are to be treated with pesticides. The registry does not apply to agricultural applications, pesticides applied by local governments, pesticides applied by private homeowners or to fertilizer-only applications.

For a registry form, contact the Landscape Registry Coordinator, DATCP, P.O. Box 8911, Madison, Wis., 53708-8911 or call 608-224-4616.

Once on the registry, participants may begin receiving advance notice by mid-March, depending on the weather. The notice may be a telephone call, recorded message, mailed postcard or a notice left at your door.


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