Posted: 01.17.2012

Wednesday, Feb. 1 is the deadline for Wisconsin’s homeowners and renters to join the Landscape Pesticide Advance Notice Registry with the new on-line registration system.  

The landscape registry is a way for homeowners and renters to be notified in advance of professional pesticide applications made to lawns, trees and shrubs in their neighborhood. 

Registration is through the website of the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection at http://datcpservices.wisconsin.gov/landreg/index.jsp instead of completing a paper form. 

“On-line registration should save time and effort for the public and provide a cost-savings to the department,” explained Debra Viedma, landscape registry coordinator. “Instead of downloading a form, filling it out and mailing it back to DATCP, it can be done in one sitting. We also estimate saving about $35,000 a year in mailing, printing and staff costs.”

The deadline to join the landscape registry is February 1, 2012.

Go to http://datcpservices.wisconsin.gov/landreg/index.jsp, read the instructions, click on the registration link on the left side of the page, then begin filling in the requested information.

“Completing the application on-line requires the same information as before. You’ll enter your name, address, and phone numbers to be contacted by the professional businesses and you will log in to enter the street addresses that you are concerned about,” Viedma explained. “You will need an email address and will be asked to create your own password. This is to ensure that only you can make changes to your registry listing.”

Be aware that an application without addresses is incomplete. Addresses of concern must be entered by Feb. 1. For those who have already used the on-line registration, please verify your entries and fix any error flags before Feb. 1. 

Applicants who do not own or have access to a computer may go to any of Wisconsin’s public libraries, all of which offer free Internet access and staff assistance.  Library staff can also help applicants who do not have an email address obtain a free one. 

Current registry members received a letter with instructions on using the on-line system. Current members must enter their addresses into the new on-line system by Feb. 1.

Addresses placed on the registry must be on your block of residence or immediately adjoining blocks.

Once on the registry, members can receive notices from professional lawn and landscape businesses starting on March 15. Registry members must be notified at least 12 hours before a pesticide is professionally applied to lawns or landscapes at the addresses listed within the registry.

In 2011, approximately 950 people from 48 counties listed nearly 14,000 addresses.

To join the registry, visit http://datcpservices.wisconsin.gov/landreg/index.jsp before Feb. 1, 2012. Those needing technical assistance with the application process can contact (608) 224-4616.  

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