Resources

Informational Courses

Herbicide Tolerant Crop Stewardship

This online course is designed for pesticide applicators looking to better understand how to prevent herbicide injury. With an understanding of the off-target movement of herbicides and knowing which factors contribute to herbicide injury, applicators can more easily take preventative steps.

  • Identify typical injury symptoms that result from exposure to PGR or auxin herbicides.
  • Learn how to get injury diagnosis assistance.
  • Identify resources for handling injured plants and communicating with neighbors.

This training also can serve those interested in preventing herbicide injury and promoting neighbor communications in regard to these issues.

Visit this online training course and click 'Login as Guest' for access. This free course was revised in May 2021.

Factsheets

Structural Pest Control Licensing

  • For questions regarding structural pest control licensing, testing, training, or school IPM, please contact the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) Division of Environmental Health (217-782-5830).
  • Please visit the Structural Pest Control Program website
  • Please visit the Frequently Asked Questions website
  • The Pesticide Safety Education Program general standards exam and training are different than the general standards exam and training offered through IDPH and are used to obtain a different license.
  • The Pesticide Safety Education Program general standards training can be completed to gain continuing education credits for an existing structural pest control license.

Illinois Resources

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UI Plant Clinic

Plant and insect identification, diagnosis of disease, insect, weed and chemical (on field crops only) injury, nematode assays, and help with nutrient related problems, as well as recommendations involving these diagnoses.
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Clean Sweep Program

Free of charge disposal of unwanted pesticides which may be posing an unnecessary threat to their owners and to the surrounding environment. Collection sites rotate by county yearly. Registration is required.
Map of sensitive areas in Illinois

Sensitive Areas Map

Online mapping tool for identifying the location of the state’s natural areas, threatened and endangered species, and other sensitive areas to assist landowners, producers, and applicators with pre-application planning of herbicides and pesticides.
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Agrichemical container recycling program

Pesticide users can bring containers for granulation and shipment to a national contractor that utilizes the plastic for the manufacture of other agrichemical-related products.

National Resources

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Driftwatch, Beecheck, Fieldcheck

Voluntary communication tool that enables crop producers, beekeepers, and pesticide applicators to work together to protect specialty crops and apiaries through use of mapping programs.
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National Pesticide Information Center

Objective, science-based information about pesticides and pesticide-related topics to enable people to make informed decisions.
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WPS Compliance Assistance Library

Collection of educational resources to help people on farms, orchards, forests, and other agricultural establishments comply with the Worker Protection Standard (WPS).
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Endangered Species List

Search for threatened and endangered plants and animals by state, county or species. Provided by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service.