Competitive funding awarded under EPA-i-R10-OW-crbrp-2023-02

This agreement will be funded under the infrastructure investment and jobs act. The proposed project will build on the successful pesticide stewardship partnership program (pspp) in oregon. Activities:work for this project will include targeted water quality monitoring for pesticides, implementation of actions to reduce pesticides in both urban/residential and agricultural areas, and monitoring for successful implementation, all of which will result in the larger goal of improving water quality by preventing toxics from entering the environment. In collaboration with confederated salish and kootenai tribes (cskt) and kootenai tribe of idaho (ktoi), work will also address risks to human health from consumption of pesticides through fish tissue.subrecipient:subawards will be provided to seven different organizations. Projects include helping coordinate numerous watershed groups, to engage landowners and conduct education and outreach activities across western montana, increase pesticide collection efforts and complete toxics collection every year at all landfills in the CRB basin portion of montana,, coordinating and implementing toxic reduction efforts in various rural communities, focusing on education and outreach as well as the use of native plant buffers, and implementing well-planned green infrastructure projects to reduce urban toxics and pesticides entering streams outcomes:expected project outcomes include development of a new pesticide stewardship partnership program for the upper columbia of montana, resulting in pesticide reductions and improved water quality. Anticipated project deliverables include a report on best irrigation practices and a website with educational material for the public about pesticides. Intended project beneficiaries are the residents of the state of montana and the regional tribal communities.