Pesticide Safety Education Program

This page includes recorded sessions of the 2025-2026 Pesticide Safety Webinar Series: The RUP/CCA CEU Credit Clinic, that has started in November 2025 through March 2026.

November 3rd

• Ana Heck - Pollinator Protection for Pesticide Applicators
• Erin Lizotte - ESA Changes & Compliance + Label Language
• Ruth Kline-Robach - Groundwater Fundamentals: Protecting Our Hidden Resource
• Sam Polly - Load Securement: Understanding Straps and Chains

November 5th

• Keith Mason - Weather-based Tools for Pest Management from the MSU Enviroweather Program
• Salta Mambetova - Pest Control in Vegetables: A Scouting, Monitoring, and Forecasting Approach
• Martin Chilvers - Pesticide Optimization in Field Crops
• Laura Campbell - Buffer Zones, Setbacks & Application Restrictions: Navigating Regulation in MI

December 1st

• Cameron Douglass - Understanding How to Comply with Listed Species-related Mitigation Measures
• Brent Crain - PPE Selection, Exposure Risk and First Aid
• Kevin Kern - Compliance with ESA Requirements
• Derek Plotkowski - Pesticide Transport & Security & Best Practices for Rinsate Disposal

December 3rd

• Leah Duzy - Interpreting Pesticide Label Language to Reduce Risks to Listed Species
• Fred Whitford - The Science Behind Spray Nozzles
• Madelyn Celovsky - Influence of Soil Types on Pesticide Mobility
• Erica Clites - Aquatic invasives identification

January 5

• Nicolle Ritchie - Pesticide Label Staples
• Ray Heisler - Updates on WPS

January 7

• Stanley Culpepper - Overcoming ESA and BLT Challenges on the Farm
• Mike Reinke - Drone 101
• Ehsan Ghane - Water Quality and Ecosystem Protection from Pesticide Drift
• Brenden Kelley - Learn About Chemigation Techniques

February 2

• Meghan Milbrath - Pollinator Protection During Pesticide Application
• Edward Parsons - Selecting the appropriate respirator for pesticide application and WPS requirements
• Mike Reinke - Drone 102
• Ruth Kline-Robach - Introduction to Surface Water Issues and Best Management Practices

February 4

• Nicolle Ritchie - Pesticide and Pest Management
• Mark Ledebuhr - Airblast 101 (link to get book)
• Ben Phillips - Application Equipment for Greenhouse and High Tunnel Vegetable Systems