DESCRIPTION: Comment on Notice of Intent to prepare a Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement; Grasshopper and Mormon Cricket Suppression Program
TO: William Wesela, National Policy Manager U.S. Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
FROM: Sharon Selvaggio, Pesticide Program Specialist & Natural Lands Lead, Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation; Johanna Hamburger, Director and Senior Attorney, Terrestrial Wildlife Program, Animal Welfare Institute; Sara Grantham, Science, Regulatory, and Advocacy Manager, Beyond Pesticides; Jennifer Eisele, Project Manager, Beyond Toxics; Shaaron Netherton, Executive Director, Friends of Nevada Wilderness; Jeff Abrams, Wildlife Program Associate, Idaho Conservation League; Fern Holland, Pesticides & Public Health Campaign Director, Hawaii Alliance for Progressive Action (HAPA); Sean Lynch, Acting Program Director, Maryland Pesticide Education Network; Anni Hanna, Director, New Mexico Climate Justice; Sally Paez, Staff Attorney, New Mexico Wild; Anne White, Conservation Program Manager, Oregon Natural Desert Association; Chandra Rosenthal, Western Lands and Rocky Mountain Advocate, PEER (Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility); Joyce Kennedy, Executive Director, People & Pollinators Action Network; Steve Ellis, President, Pollinator Stewardship Council; Mary O’Brien, Executive Director, Project Eleven Hundred; Steve Harris, Rio Grande Restoration; Terry Sloan, Director, Southwest Native Cultures; Teresa Seamster, Chapter Representative, Water Sentinels, Rio Grande Chapter of Sierra Club; Josh Osher, Public Policy Director, Western Watersheds Project; Lizzy Pennock, Carnivore Coexistence Attorney, WildEarth Guardians; Michelle Lute, PhD, Executive Director, Wildlife for All; Susan Geer, President, Native Plant Society of Oregon, William Cusick Chapter; Gabrielle Yates, Public Lands Program Manager, Wyoming Outdoor Council
DATE: July 17, 2026
TAGS: pesticides, pollinators, public lands, USDA
