It is imperative that the federal government receives significant numbers of comments from those in agriculture and pest management supporting its forthcoming Endangered Species Act rulemaking. Notice will likely appear in the Federal Register in early 2004. During an earlier comment period when EPA solicited public input about certain aspects of an ESA-compliant process, anti-pesticide activists submitted more than 4,500 comments against EPA’s plan, while pesticide users and stakeholders submitted 115 supportive comments. Let your association know that you would like to comment in support of the forthcoming rulemaking. They’ll have all the tools you’ll need, including a Web site feature and model language. Your input is essential to ensuring a science-based process that protects endangered species with minimum disruption to agricultural production and pest management. Go to www.croplifeamerica.org for more information about how you can comment in support of this rulemaking.