1. An Overview of Pesticide Use on US Army Agricultural Outleases
Zia Mehr
USAEC Pest Management Consultant
10 February 2010
Our Mission: Lead and execute environmental programs and provide expertise that enables Army training, operations, acquisition and sustainable military communities.
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2. BACKGROUND
There are 31 Army installations/training sites with Agricultural Outlease programs:
8 IMCOM Installations
12 AMC Installations
11 ARNG Installations/Training Sites
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3. BACKGROUND
Authority – Federal Law (Title 10) Involves Leasing of Army Lands
The Army Agricultural Outlease Program is one of the most effective tools for enhancing and maintaining training lands for the installation with limited or no OMA Dollars.
Program Used to Reduce Maintenance Costs (i.e., maintain DZs)
Program Can Not Hinder Mission; Use as a Mission Enabler
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4. REIMBURSIBLE PROGRAM
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5. Hay Lease on a Drop Zone, Fort Campbell
This particular field at Fort Campbell had been out of the Ag program for several years and had grown up with trees and brush. You can see the stump pile where we cleared some invading trees prior to mowing the remainder.
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6. PESTICIDE USE
Based on review of installations’ annual Measure of Merit for pounds of active ingredients (p.a.i.), we found:
Pesticide usage on installations with Agricultural Outleases are much higher than we expected
Increased trends
We examined FY05-FY09 data for the 31 installations/training sites with Agricultural Outleases
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8. PESTICIDE USE ( p.a.i)
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9. PESTICIDE USE (p.a.i)
In fact, in one of the Commands, the total pai used on Agricultural Outleases is more than twice of total pai for the rest of installations in that Command.
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10. Challenges for Pest Management
PESTICIDE USE
Challenges for Pest Management
Little control over selection and quantities of pesticides used on Agricultural Outleases
Some IPMCs provide us a proposed list of products for their Agricultural Outlease program
No involvement in Agricultural Outlease contract reviews
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11. PESTICIDE USE REDUCTION Proposed Mitigation Strategies
Promote IPM on Agricultural Outleases
Implement programs like the one at Ft Riley with incentives to reduce p.a.i.
Get involved in the Agricultural Outlease review process by promoting IPM implementation on Army Agricultural Outleases programs
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12. FORT RILEY Firebreak Fields
Currently 1270 Acres
Along Installation Boundary
Primarily Row Crops
5 Year Lease Cycle
Entering 5th Year of Lease
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13. HISTORICAL PESTICIDE USE
Historical Pesticide Usage
Fort Riley Agricultural Outlease
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14. Land Use Regulation
Extracted from “LAND-USE REGULATIONS (Firebreak Areas), Fort Riley Military Reservation , Kansas, 1 January 2006 revised 1 May 2007”
4. Use of Pesticides
a. Pesticides (herbicides, insecticides, and other such chemicals) may be used on the leasehold. All chemicals shall be applied in accordance with label directions and in accordance with paragraphs b and c of this section.
b. The lessee shall utilize pesticides which minimize pounds of active ingredient (PAI) applied per acre. The total quantity of pesticides used shall not exceed 2.0 PAI per acre (averaged across the leasehold) per year. The lessee is encouraged to keep the total PAI below an average of 1.5 PAI per acre per year. A 2% reduction of the annual consideration will be allowed for maintaining an average of 1.5 PAI per year or less, a 5% reduction of the annual consideration will be allowed for maintaining an average of 1.25 PAI per year or less, and a 10% reduction of the annual consideration will be allowed for maintaining an average of 1.0 PAI per year or less. The reduction of annual consideration will be provided to the lessee through rental abatement of the following year’s consideration. The Chief, Conservation Branch will arrange for this abatement with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
c. Herbicides containing Atrazine may NOT be used.
d. Lessees shall complete a "Pesticide Report Form" each year and provide the completed form to the Chief, Conservation Branch, no later than 1 October of each year. This report shall cover all pesticides applied to Fort Riley lands by the lessee and the lessee’s agents during the previous 12-month period. A copy of the chemical label for each pesticide used shall be provided with the pesticide report. Spray orders may not be used in lieu of the Pesticide Report Form but may accompany the form. If the lessee fails to provide this report the lessee shall be considered to be in default with the terms of this lease and may be subject to revocation of the lease.
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15. Historical Pesticide Usage Fort Riley Agricultural Outlease
Current Lease Period
Historical Pesticide Usage
Fort Riley Agricultural Outlease
Lease Number
2006
2007
2008
2009 1
1.78
1.75
1.36 2
1.80
1.61
1.20
1.11 3
1.86
1.18
1.21
1.89 4
0.73
0.95
0.99
1.00 5
0.97
0.96
0.88 6
0.74
1.74
1.52 7
1.04
0.79
1.39
0.87 8
1.49 9
1.17
0.51
Total
1.35
1.15
1.10
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16. Updated Historical Pesticide Usage
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17. Future Agricultural Pesticide Usage
Continue Incentive
Aim to reduce allowable from 2.0 PAI per A to 1.75 PAI per A in 2016
Investigate other ways to reduce pesticide usage on Agricultural Outlease area
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18. Questions Questions? Fort Riley POC: Jerold Spohn, Agronomist
Installation Pest Management Coordinator
Agricultural Outlease Coordinator
DSN
USAC POC: Zia Mehr, Entomologist
Pest Management Consultant
DSN
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19. INSTALLATION MANAGEMENT COMMAND
“Sustain, Support and Defend”
“Sustain, Support, and Defend”
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