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United States
Department of
Agriculture
Natural
Resources
Conservation
Service
Conservation
Buffers to Reduce
Pesticide Losses
March 2000
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The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) prohibits discrimination in all its programs and activities on the
basis of race, color, national origin, gender, religion, age, disability, political beliefs, sexual orientation, and marital or
family status. (Not all prohibited bases apply to all programs.) Persons with disabilities who require alternate means
for communication of program information (Braille, large print, audiotape, etc.) should contact the USDA’s TARGET
Center at (202) 720-2600 (voice and TDD).
To file a complaint of discrimination, write USDA, Director, Office of Civil Rights, Room 326W, Whitten Building, 14th
and Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20250-9410, or call (202) 720-5964 (voice or TDD). USDA is an equal
opportunity employer.
Issued March 2000
Conservation Buffers to Reduce Pesticide Losses is a joint product of the United States
Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service (USDA-NRCS)
National Water and Climate Center and the United States Environmental Protection
Agency (USEPA) Office of Pesticide Programs. It was conceived by an ad hoc joint
committee formed in 1994. Participants were Joe Bagdon, USDA-NRCS National Water
and Climate Center, Ron Parker, USEPA Office of Pesticide Programs, Tom Gilding,
American Crop Protection Association, Nick Poletika, Dow AgroSciences LLC, and
Dick Fawcett, Fawcett Consulting. The committee would like to express its thanks to
reviewers from the following organizations for comments on and additions to the
publication:
Iowa State University - Department of Agricultural Engineering
Michigan Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Association
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
Rachel Carson Council, Inc.
United States Geological Survey
USDA Agricultural Research Service
USDA-NRCS Science and Technology Consortium and National Headquarters
USEPA Regional Offices
USEP