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Friday, June 10, 2022
Lawsuit opposes spraying of grasshoppers, Mormon crickets
By MATEUSZ PERKOWSKI
Capital Press
Federal insecticide treat-
ments aimed at controlling
grasshoppers and Mormon
crickets on Western range-
lands have come under fire
from environmental advo-
cates for allegedly causing
ecological damage.
Two environmental non-
profits — the Xerces Soci-
ety for Invertebrate Con-
servation and the Center
for Biological Diversity —
have filed a lawsuit claim-
ing the USDA’s rangeland
pesticides program violates
the National Environmental
Policy Act.
The complaint has asked
a federal judge to overturn
the agency’s authorization
of the insecticide program
in Oregon, Idaho, Mon-
tana and Wyoming and to
potentially prohibit spray-
ing while the environmental
impacts are reconsidered.
Congress intended for
the USDA’s Animal and
Plant Health Inspection
Service to use a “holistic
approach” for controlling
the pests, using tools other
than just chemicals, but the
agency has ignored these
instructions to focus almost
exclusively on spraying, the
plaintiffs say.
“APHIS’s widespread,
routine application of pes-
ticides on public and pri-
vate rangelands to man-
age grasshoppers — many
of which never reach eco-
nomic infestation levels —
harms not just grasshoppers
but also numerous non-tar-
get insect species critical
to ecosystem functioning
and productivity,” the law-
suit alleges. “This, in turn,
has repercussions for birds,
mammals, and plants that
rely on these insects for
food or pollination.”
Oregon horse tests positive
for equine herpesvirus
By GEORGE PLAVEN
Capital Press
SALEM — A horse in
Clackamas County, Ore.,
was euthanized after test-
ing positive for equine
herpesvirus, the state
Department of Agricul-
ture reported June 2.
Equine herpesvirus is a
highly contagious disease
in horses. It can be trans-
mitted via nose-to-nose
contact, respiratory secre-
tions, fetal fluids and con-
taminated equipment such
as feed and water buck-
ets. The disease cannot be
transmitted to humans.
According to ODA, the
infected horse had trav-
eled to the 2022 State
Oregon High School
Equestrian Teams Cham-
pionship, which was May
12-15 at the First Inter-
state Bank Expo Center in
Redmond.
A second horse from
the same ranch that also
traveled to OHSET is
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doing well and recover-
ing from initial respira-
tory symptoms. ODA has
placed the ranch under
quarantine.
Dr. Ryan Scholz, state
veterinarian for ODA,
said he is working with
OHSET to evaluate the
potential exposure risk for
other animals. Event coor-
dinators are also working
with contract exhibitors.
It was not immediately
clear how many horses
may have been exposed.
All owners who believe
their horses may have been
exposed should monitor
their animal’s temperature
twice daily and call their
veterinarian if they notice
any symptoms — includ-
ing fever, difficulty uri-
nating, nasal discharge,
coughing, head tilt, stum-
bling or weakness in hind
limbs or inability to rise.
The virus typically
has an incubation period
of 2-10 days. Respira-
tory shedding of the virus
generally occurs for 7-10
days but could persist lon-
ger in infected horses.
ODA recommends sev-
eral biosecurity measures
to decrease potential
spread of equine herpes-
virus, including:
• Limit horse-to-horse
contact.
• Limit horse-to-hu-
man-to-horse contact.
• Avoid use of commu-
nal water sources.
• Avoid sharing equip-
ment unless thoroughly
cleaned and disinfected
between uses.
• Isolate new or return-
ing horses from others for
30 days.
• Monitor horses for
symptoms, and report
any temperature over 102
degrees to a veterinarian.
Capital Press File
An environmental lawsuit seeks to overturn USDA’s ap-
proval of a pesticide treatment program for grasshop-
pers and Mormon crickets.
A spokesperson for
APHIS did not respond to
requests for comment as of
press time.
Killing billions of grass-
hoppers affects rangeland
ecosystems but the USDA
hasn’t considered long-term
benefits from the species,
whose outbreaks serve valu-
able environmental func-
tions while causing “short-
term damage” to crops and
forage, according to the
plaintiffs.
“Grasshoppers play an
important role in nutri-
ent cycling and serve as an
important food source for
wildlife, including reptiles,
small mammals, fish, and
birds, particularly the imper-
iled greater sage grouse,” the
complaint said.
The
lawsuit
claims
USDA has underestimated
the adverse effects on bees,
butterflies, moths, ants and
other insects from the four
pesticides it uses to con-
trol grasshoppers and Mor-
mon crickets: carbaryl,
diflubenzuron, malathion and
chlorantraniliprole.
For example, the agency
has evaluated the threat from
diflubenzuron, known as
Dimilin, by reviewing stud-
ies on honey bees, which
have different life cycles than
native rangeland bees that are
already suffering from falling
populations, the complaint
said.
The USDA conducted an
environmental impact state-
ment that comprehensively
examined the pesticide pro-
gram in 2019.
Though APHIS did not
comment on the litigation,
the agency’s environmental
review concluded the spray
regime would provide the
most flexibility in controlling
grasshoppers and Mormon
crickets while still protecting
the environment.
The agency uses a
“reduced agent area treat-
ment” approach, or RAAT,
under which the chemicals
are sprayed at lower rates or
over a smaller land area. This
method preserves natural
predators and parasites that
prey on grasshoppers and
Mormon crickets while still
reducing pest populations.
“The goal of the RAAT
strategy is to economically
and environmentally sup-
press grasshopper popu-
lations to a desired level,
rather than to reduce those
populations to the greatest
possible extent,” according
to APHIS.
California court rules bumble bee is
a fish under endangered species law
By SIERRA DAWN McCLAIN
Capital Press
SACRAMENTO — A California
appeals court has ruled that, under
certain circumstances, bees are now
legally considered fish and can be
protected as such under the state’s
endangered species law.
The May 31 decision triggers pro-
tections for bumble bees and effec-
tively prohibits actions that could
kill, or “take,” some species without
a permit or authorization.
Supporters of the ruling call
it a win for bumble bees; critics
say it might make farming activ-
ities, including grazing, growing
crops and applying pesticides, more
difficult.
In the ruling, Almond Alliance of
California v. Fish and Game Com-
mission, the California 3rd District
Court of Appeals reversed an earlier
judgment that had found that bumble
bees could not be considered “fish”
under the California Endangered
Species Act, or CESA.
In 2018, the Defenders of Wildlife,
Xerxes Society for Invertebrate Con-
servation and Center for Food Safety
petitioned the California Fish and
Game Commission to list four bum-
ble bee species — the Crotch, Frank-
lin’s, Suckley cuckoo and Western
bumble bees — for CESA protection.
CESA, however, only protects
“native species or subspecies of a
bird, mammal, fish, amphibian, rep-
tile or plant.” Insects are notably
missing from the list.
The conservation groups argued
that the definition of fish should be
reinterpreted. Section 45 of CESA
defines a fish as a “wild fish, mollusk,
crustacean, invertebrate, amphib-
ian or part, spawn or ovum of any of
those animals.” The groups argued
that the word “invertebrate” should
include all invertebrates, not just
aquatic ones.
The California Fish and Game
Commission responded by voting
to begin the listing process in 2019
but was sued by seven agricultural
groups, including the Almond Alli-
The Western bumble bee.
ance of California and the California
Farm Bureau Federation.
The California Superior Court
ruled in favor of the farm groups
in 2020, but last month the Califor-
nia 3rd District Court of Appeals
reversed the decision, allowing
bumble bees to be classified as fish.
“Although the term fish is collo-
quially and commonly understood
to refer to aquatic species, the term
of art employed by the Legislature
in the definition of fish in section 45
is not so limited,” 3rd district Cal-
ifornia Court of Appeals Associate
Justice Ronald Robie wrote for the
three-judge panel. “…Accordingly,
a terrestrial invertebrate, like each
of the four bumble bee species, may
be listed as an endangered or threat-
ened species under the Act.”
Robie called the decision “a lib-
eral interpretation of the act.”
“The court’s decision allows Cal-
ifornia to protect some of its most
endangered pollinators,” Sarina Jepsen,
Xerces Society’s director of endan-
gered species, said in a statement.
The Xerxes Society said the deci-
sion could also pave the way for “crit-
ical protections “ for other “imperiled
insects.”
California Farm Bureau’s senior
counsel, Kari Fisher, said the orga-
nization is “troubled” by the appeal
court’s decision and is “evaluating
potential next steps.”
Andony Melathopoulos, Ore-
gon State University Extension Ser-
vice’s pollinator health special-
ist and assistant professor, said that
although the decision was intended
to protect bumble bees, it may actu-
ally have some unintended negative
consequences.
One downside of the ruling, he
said, is that it could make it more dif-
ficult for scientists to study bumble
bee populations because they’ll need
to apply for permits to “take” endan-
gered pollinators.
“Before this ruling, entomologists
in California could collect a lot of data
on bumble bee distribution, and now,
it will be more closely scrutinized
through permits,” he said.
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